ERIC Number: EJ1228146
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 17
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Change in Preservice Teacher Beliefs about Inclusion, Responsibility, and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy for English Learners
Polat, Nihat; Mahalingappa, Laura; Hughes, Elizabeth; Karayigit, Cebrail
International Multilingual Research Journal, v13 n4 p222-238 2019
This study examines the effectiveness of a specially designed intervention in changing preservice teacher beliefs about the education of linguistically diverse students. The experiment involved a semester-long online letter exchange with English learner (EL) pen pal partners from two public schools. The research questions included: What effect did participation in an E-Pal exchange program have on content-area preservice K-12 teachers' beliefs about (a) benefits of the inclusion of ELs in mainstream classrooms; who should be responsible for ELs' (b) academic achievement and (c) language development; and (d) benefits of culturally responsive pedagogy for ELs' education? Participants included 74 preservice teachers in experimental (n = 35) and control (n = 39) groups. Survey data were submitted to several repeated-measure factorial ANOVA tests. Results suggested that the experiment had a transformative effect on all four measures pertaining to teachers' beliefs about ELs' education. In addition, item-based post hoc analyses revealed some specific items that contributed to differences between participants' pre-and posttest gain scores more saliently.
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, English Language Learners, Preservice Teachers, Teaching Methods, Transformative Learning, Comparative Analysis, Intervention, Attitude Change, Letters (Correspondence), Computer Mediated Communication, Elementary Secondary Education, Exchange Programs, Academic Achievement, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Attitude Measures, Pretests Posttests, Scores, Inclusion, Educational Benefits, Mainstreaming, Student Attitudes, Preservice Teacher Education, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Teacher Student Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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