ERIC Number: EJ968410
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-May
Pages: 27
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ISSN: ISSN-0042-0859
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Examining Culturally Responsive Teaching Self-Efficacy in a Preservice Social Studies Education Course
Fitchett, Paul G.; Starker, Tehia V.; Salyers, Beth
Urban Education, v47 n3 p585-611 May 2012
In a preexperimental study of preservice practitioners' professional dispositions, we examined the relationship between an innovative culturally responsive teaching model in a social studies methods course and teacher candidates' culturally responsive teaching self-efficacy. Findings indicate preservice teachers exposed to an in-depth culturally responsive teaching epistemology were more confident in their abilities to employ culturally relevant teaching practices. Participants noted increased willingness to work in diverse communities. Preservice teachers were more efficacious in their abilities to teach multicultural social studies content. Our study suggests that a comprehensive culturally responsive, social studies methods course inspired efficacious attitudes toward teaching diverse learners and content. (Contains 4 figures, 2 tables, and 1 note.)
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum, Self Efficacy, Epistemology, Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Culturally Relevant Education, Correlation, Cultural Pluralism, Multicultural Education, Middle Schools, High Schools
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Education Level: High Schools; Higher Education; Middle Schools
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