The Image al the School in Goa- I Silly al Ike Higher Secondary Stage
A Thesis Submitted to Goa University For the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN EDUCATION
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Goa University, Taleigaon 1999
Certikate
This is to certify that the Thesis entitled
"THE IMAGE OF THE SCHOOL IN GOA - A STUDY
AT THE HIGHER SECONDARY STAGE" submitted
by Louis Vernal is his own work carried under
say guidance and supervision and is worthy of
examination. 4/001112•10
Prof. Bhagat Ram Goya( profennor of Education and getd ac Head, Dept-of Educational Recearch and Policy Pernpectiven, NCERT, New Delhi
Guide of Goa University Dectgircati.o-rit.
I, Mr. Louis Vernal, solemnly declare that this Thesis submitted by me is my own research work on "The Image of the School in Goa - A Study at the Higher Secondary Stage" carried out under the guidance of Dr. Bhagat Ram Goyal, who has been Professor of Education, Dean of Instruction,
Member-Secretary ERIC, and also the Head, Dept. of Educational Research and Policy Perspectives, NCERT. He is a guide of Goa University.
I do, further, declare that, to the best of my knowledge, the research work presented in this Thesis is original and has not been submitted in part or full for any other diploma or degree of this or any other University.
Louis Vernal Investigator CKNOVVLEDGEMENT
The planning and execution of this research has been a long journey wit its ups and downs. It has been a challenge since the topic, being new, to be conceptualised first and then qieration.arised Further, there wer
o research works on this topic though a few were available in relate areas. In this task the researcher acknowledges the invaluable assistanc
endered by :
Dr. Bhagat Ram Goya,- Professor of Education and formerly, Dean o Instruction, 3-lead of the Department of Research and Polk Perspectives and Nlember Secretary, ERIC, all at the National Counci of Educational Research and Training (LACER T) New Delhi. At critical- juncture, he came to my assistance as guide. I am, indee indebted to him.
The teaching and non-teaching staff of my College, The g17.1tes Colleg of Education, Ponda who were of immense help at various stages o the research.
➢ The experts in the field of education who went through the tools an offeredvaluable suggestions The librarians of the National Council of Educational Research graining (LACER?), New Delhi, the Indian Institute of Education (IIE) Pune and Goa 'University who tendered apt advice on referenc available in their libraries
D The Principa, teachers and students of the 3-figher Secorula Schools without whose wholehearted cooperation, this research wor wouldnot have beenpossible
D Tile members of my family who encouraged me during the tenure o the research and exercised their _patience with me during the fin months of thesis writing.
Zooid %lad Table of Contents
> Title Page
➢ Certificate
> Declaration
> Acknowledgement
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Chapter I : Introduction 1 - 14
1.1 Overview 1
1.2 The Educational Scenario 4 1.2.1 Quantitative Growth after Liberation 4 1.2.2 Need for Qualitative Improvement 6 1.2.3 Present Study and Qualitative Improvement 9
1.3 Statement of the Research Study 13
1.4 Resume of succeeding chapters 14
Chapter II : Review of Related Research 15.53
2.1 The Socio-educational dimension 15
2.2 Pioneering Contributions 16
2.3 The Construct of School Image 21
2.4 Other Studies 35
2.5 Conclusions 52 Chapter III : The Problem and Hypotheses 5466
3.1 Statement of the Problem 54
3.2 Scope 54
3.3 Objectives of the Study 57
3.4 Hypotheses 58
3.5 Need and Importance of the Study 59
3.6 Limitations 60
3.7 Operational Definition of Terms and Concepts 61 3.7.1 School Image 61 3.7.2 Higher Secondary School 65 3.7.3 Stream 65 3.7.4 Attributes 65
Chapter IV : Description of the Tools of Research 67-102
4.1 Construction of Tools 67
4.2 Attributes of School Image Scale 68 4.2.1 Construction of the tool 68 4.2.2 Content Validity and Reliability 69 4.2.3 Description of the Attributes of School Image 71
4.3 Instrument of School Image 98 4.3.1 Construction of the School Image Scale 98 4.3.2 Content Validity and Reliability 101 iii