NAEP - U.S. History 2006: Policymakers: Teacher Major/Minor

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Teacher major/minor

GRADE 4

GRADE 8

Undergraduate
As part of the 2006 U.S. history assessment, teachers of eighth-grade students were asked the following question about their undergraduate studies. Below is the full text of the question and the percentage of students whose teachers responded within each category.

Did you have a major, minor, or special emphasis in any of the following subjects as part of your undergraduate coursework?

Subject	Major	Minor/special emphasis	No
	Percentage of students
History or history education	40	28	32
Political science	9	20	70
General social science or social studies education	20	25	56
Other social science (for example, economics, sociology, psychology, anthropology)	14	25	61
Education (including elementary or early childhood)	43	19	38

Graduate
As part of the 2006 U.S. history assessment, teachers of eighth-grade students were asked the following question about their graduate studies. Below is the full text of the question and the percentage of students whose teachers responded within each category.

Did you have a major, minor, or special emphasis in any of the following subjects as part of your graduate coursework?

Subject	Major	Minor/special emphasis	No
	Percentage of students
History or history education	13	14	73
Political science	2	5	93
General social science or social studies education	9	11	80
Other social science (for example, economics, sociology, psychology, anthropology)	6	7	87
Education (including elementary or early childhood)	46	9	45

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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2006 U.S. History Assessment.

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