Perceived Need Deficiencies of Teachers And Administrators: A Proposal for Restructuring Teacher Roles

Based upon Maslow's theory of human motivation and modeled after Porter's research in industry, the following study reports on the perceived needs of school teachers and administrators arising from their employ ment. The authors discover that factors such as age, sex, and professional role are significantly related to the perception of need deficiencies. Their findings suggest to the researchers that teaching and administrative roles ought to be restructured drastically. Mr. Trusty is assistant professor of education at the University of Rochester, while Mr. Sergiovanni is as sistant professor of educational administration at the University of Illinois.