A Companion to Research in Teacher Education

Table 17.1 Survey response rates

Survey Total

enrolments

Research

participants

Number of

responses

Response

rate (%)

Cohort 1 Beginning

year 1

171 106 76 72

End year 2 84 35 42

Cohort 2 Beginning

year 1

146 112 65 58

End year 2 90 46 51

Cohort 3 Beginning

year 1

288 195 126

End year 2 161 60

Table 17.2 Demographic data

Mean age

group

Gender % Ethnicity %

Male Female Missing European Maori Other

Cohort 1 40 – 55 10 78 12 70 13 17

Cohort 2 40 – 55 5 92 3 74 4 22

Cohort 3 40 – 55 8 90 2 68 17 15

Table 17.3 Participants across endorsement areas

Cohort one % of total

sample

Cohort two % of total

sample

Cohort three % of total

sample

Pre

(N= 76)

End

(N= 35)

Pre

(N= 65)

End

(N= 46)

Pre

(N= 126)

End

(N= 60)

Autism spectrum

disorder

11.8 17.1 20.0 26.1 9.5 8.3

Blind and vision

impairment

6.6 8.6 7.7 8.7 4.0 5.0

Complex educational

needs

n/aa n/a n/a n/a 6.3 8.3

Deaf and hearing

impairment

9.2 5.7 29.2 23.9 2.4 1.7

Early intervention 10.5 5.7 13.8 15.2 7.1 10.0

Gifted and talented 0 0 6.2 0 3.2 1.7

Learning and

behavior

60.5 62.9 20.0 26.1 67.5 65.0

Missing 1.3 0 3.1 0 0 0
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100
aThe Complex Educational Needs Endorsement did not begin until 2011

256 M. Mentis and A. Kearney