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50 Years of ERIC
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Effects of Locus of Control on African American High School Seniors' Educational Aspirations: Implications for Preservice and Inservice High School Teachers and Counselors
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Flowers, Lamont A.; Milner, H. Richard; Moore, James L., III – High School Journal, 2003
The major purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of locus of control on African American high school seniors' educational aspirations. Controlling for family, student, and school characteristics, the results of the study suggest that African American high school seniors who reported higher levels of locus of control were more likely…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, High Schools, Academic Aspiration, Secondary School Teachers
Preservice Teachers' Awareness of Multiculturalism and Diversity
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Milner, H. Richard; Flowers, Lamont A.; Moore, Eddie, Jr.; Moore, James L., III; Flowers, Tiffany A. – High School Journal, 2003
In the present study, we attempted to replicate an earlier study (Larke, 1990) that sought to estimate preservice teachers' general awareness of cultural differences. Data from 99 preservice teachers who completed the Cultural Diversity Awareness Inventory were utilized to examine the extent to which teacher education programs were helping future…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Cultural Pluralism
A Case Study of an Experienced English Teacher's Self-Efficacy and Persistence through "Crisis" Situations: Theoretical and Practical Considerations
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Milner, H. Richard – High School Journal, 2002
The purpose of this case study was to understand and to describe the sources of self-efficacy (Bandura, 1997) for an experienced European American teacher in a suburban high school. Like other teachers who may have left teaching, this teacher had been challenged over the years. This could have threatened her sense of self-efficacy and ultimately…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Teacher Persistence, English Teachers, Teaching Experience