DIMENSIONS OF EDUCATIONAL ATTITUDES: FACTORIAL CONGRUENCE OF TWO SCALES

A second-order factor analysis of responses to Kerlinger's ES-VII and Oliver and Butcher's Survey of Opinions about Education was performed. Both scales were designed to measure "Attitudes toward Education". Seven first-order factors emerged, as follows: (1) Career Training; (2) Moral vs. Religious Training; (3) Corporal Punishment; (4) Individualized Instruction; (5) Subject Matter and Knowledge; (6) Expansion of Education; and (7) School as a Social Force. Two second-order factors emerged. The first was a bipolar factor involving Kerlinger's concept of "Traditionalism" and Oliver and Butcher's "Tendermindedness". The second combined Kerlinger's "Progressivism" with Oliver and Butcher's "Radicalism".