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The Culturally Responsive Classroom Management Self-Efficacy Scale: Development and Initial Validation
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Siwatu, Kamau Oginga; Putman, S. Michael; Starker-Glass, Tehia V.; Lewis, Chance W. – Urban Education, 2017
This article reports on the development and initial validation of the Culturally Responsive Classroom Management Self-Efficacy Scale. Data from 380 preservice and inservice teachers were used to examine the psychometric properties of the instrument. Exploratory factor analysis results suggested a one-factor structure consisting of 35 items and the…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Self Efficacy, Test Construction, Test Validity
Preservice Teachers' Sense of Preparedness and Self-Efficacy to Teach in America's Urban and Suburban Schools: Does Context Matter?
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Siwatu, Kamau Oginga – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2011
The researcher examined the influence that school contextual factors have on American preservice teachers' sense of preparedness to teach and culturally responsive teaching self-efficacy appraisals. The findings suggest that preservice teachers in this study felt more prepared and confident to teach in a suburban school compared to an urban…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Urban Schools, Suburban Schools, Self Efficacy
Preservice Teachers' Culturally Responsive Teaching Self-Efficacy and Outcome Expectancy Beliefs
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Siwatu, Kamau Oginga – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2007
Guided by the theoretical and empirical research on self-efficacy and outcome expectancy beliefs, and the "Culturally Responsive Teaching Competencies" [Siwatu, K.O. (2006a). "The development of the culturally responsive teaching competencies: Implications for teacher education." Manuscript under review], two measures--the…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Second Language Learning, Self Efficacy, Preservice Teachers
Resolving a Cultural Conflict in the Classroom: An Exploration of Preservice Teachers' Perceptions of Effective Interventions
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Siwatu, Kamau Oginga; Polydore, Catherine L. – Journal of Negro Education, 2010
This study employed qualitative research methods to explore preservice teachers' thoughts about the effectiveness of interventions designed to resolve a cultural conflict involving an African American student. Ninety-five preservice teachers in the Southwest read a 300-word case study that was followed by four experienced teachers' responses and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Conflict