Relationships between teacher morale, as measured by the Purdue Teacher Opinionaire, and verbal teacher behavior, as systematically observed using the Reciprocal Category System, were explored. Subjects were 39 female elementary (Kindergarten through second grade) teachers in Follow Through classrooms in six states. Product-moment correlations indicated that (a) teacher morale was negatively related to percentage of teacher talk; (b) the percentage of teacher talk was negatively related to satisfaction with teaching, teacher load, curriculum issues, and community support of education; (c) the amount of pupil talk followed by more pupil talk was positively related to satisfaction with teacher salary and teacher load; and (d) the percentage of teacher acceptance behaviors was positively related to satisfaction with teaching and rapport among teachers.
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