An exploratory comparison of native American and Caucasian students' attitudes toward teacher communicative behavior and toward school

Abstract

This is an exploratory study comparing Native American and Caucasian students' perceptions of teacher good will and delivery communication competence as well as attitude toward school. Native American students perceived teachers to have less good will and delivery competence and had more negative attitudes toward school compared to Caucasian students.

Keywords:

• Native American students
• attitudes toward teachers
• attitudes toward school