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Jacqueline Leonard Joy Barnes-Johnson Scott Jackson Dantley Charles Kimber 《The Urban Review》2011,43(1):124-150
This paper reports on a study of elementary preservice teachers’ inquiry-based practices, their efficacy beliefs, and the
role beliefs had on two preservice teachers’ practices in urban classrooms. Results show inquiry-based practices can be cultivated
through field-based experiences and preservice teachers’ efficacy beliefs, as it relates to practice in urban settings, are
malleable. Specifically, personal efficacy beliefs about teaching science improved or were sustained for one cohort of preservice
teachers. However, beliefs about students’ ability to learn science, that is outcome beliefs, were less stable. The results
of two case studies show that science content knowledge was a factor in preservice teachers’ inquiry-based practices. However,
why preservice teachers’ beliefs about student learning declined is less clear. More research is needed, along with follow-up
data on teacher induction, to learn how preservice teachers’ beliefs impact urban students’ science education. 相似文献
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In this article, we examine urban teachers’ perceptions of school reform models (SRMs) and culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP).
In particular, we examined how urban educators altered mandated reform models in the best interests of their culturally and
linguistically diverse students. We discuss data from a phenomenological study, which included in-depth interviews and a focus
group with seven urban African-American educators. We explore three facets of the intersection of culturally relevant pedagogy
and mandated school reforms: (1) Teachers’ use of CRP to empower urban students; (2) Teachers’ beliefs that SRMs hurt African
American students more than help them; (3) Teachers’ adaptations of SRMs with culturally relevant practices. Finally, this
article explores the implications for practice and policy when culturally relevant teachers struggle to utilize CRP in the
implementation of SRMs. 相似文献
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Virginia L. J. Bolshakova Carla C. Johnson Charlene M. Czerniak 《Cultural Studies of Science Education》2011,6(4):961-997
In the United States today, urban schools serve the majority of high-poverty and high minority populations including large
numbers of Hispanic students. While many Hispanic students perform below grade level in middle school science, the science
teaching community as a whole is lacking elements of diversity as teachers struggle to meet the needs of all learners. Researchers
have recognized that science teacher effectiveness, one consequence of self-efficacy among teachers, is associated with future
science achievement and science-related careers of their students. This qualitative study explores how three science teachers’
effectiveness in the classroom impacts students’ science self-efficacy beliefs at one urban middle school. Hispanic students
were the focus of this investigation due to demographics and history of underperformance within this district. Teachers’ perspectives,
as well as outside observer evaluations of instructional strategies and classroom climates were triangulated to explore dynamics
that influence students’ interests and motivation to learn science using a framework to link teachers’ sense of efficacy (focusing
on student outcomes). Findings suggest the impact teacher effectiveness can have on student outcomes, including strengthened
student science self-efficacy and increased science achievement. Building awareness and support in teachers’ sense of efficacy,
as well as developing respectful and supportive relationships between educator/facilitator and pupil during the transition
to middle school may construct permanence and accomplishment for all in science. 相似文献
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Lasisi Ajayi 《The Urban Review》2011,43(5):654-680
English-as-a-second language (ESL) teachers’ sociocultural identities and teacher role identities are posited to be deeply
rooted in their personal histories. Yet, this being the case, how ESL teachers interpret, negotiate and construct their identities
in the pedagogical process remains underexplored. This study is an exploration of the influences of teachers’ social, linguistic,
cultural, and educational backgrounds on the conception of their roles as ESL educators. Fifty-seven teachers from inner-city
high schools in Los Angeles responded to a questionnaire and interviews and provided self-written perspectives on how their
personal histories mediated their pedagogical practices. Results indicated that the ESL teachers’ sociocultural identities
significantly shape their pedagogical practices. The implications of the findings are discussed. 相似文献
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The quality of teachers’ knowledge about how people learn influences students’ learning outcomes. Similarly, the quality of
students’ knowledge about how they learn influences their engagement in self-regulated learning and consequently, their learning
achievement. There is a gap between research findings that support these two premises and teaching–learning practices in classrooms.
In this paper we describe attempts to reduce this gap. In Study 1 we surveyed early adolescent students’ cognitive and metacognitive
strategy use and demonstrated that students’ cognitive and metacognitive strategy knowledge has substantial room for improvement.
In Studies 2 and 3 we collaborated with teachers to embed explicit cognitive and metacognitive strategy instruction, using
learning protocols, into regular class lessons. Studies 2 and 3 showed that the learning protocols slipped readily into teachers’
typical lesson designs, scaffolded teachers’ delivery of strategy instruction, and scaffolded some students’ acquisition of
strategy knowledge, although progress was sometimes slow. Recommendations are presented for supporting teachers and students
to engage with cognitive and metacognitive strategy instruction. 相似文献
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Felicia M. Moore 《Research in Science Education》2008,38(5):589-610
Using multiple theoretical frameworks, reflective writings and interviews, this study explores preservice elementary teachers’
emerging identities as science teachers and how this identity is connected to notions of critical agency and a stance toward
social justice. The study addresses two central questions pertaining to preservice teachers’ conceptions as “agents of change”
and how their perceptions as change agents frame their science teacher identities and understanding of teaching science in
urban elementary classrooms. Their identity in the moment as elementary preservice teachers—not yet teachers—influences how
they view themselves as teachers and how much agency or power they feel they have as agents of change in science classrooms.
Findings suggest that science teacher education must play a more immediate, fundamental and emancipatory role in preparing
preservice teachers in developing science teacher identities and a stance toward social justice. 相似文献
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Joshua Gisemba Bagaka��s 《International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education》2011,9(4):817-842
The study identified two dimensions of teacher self-efficacy and practices and five dimensions of students’ mathematics self-efficacy
and sought to determine the extent to which teacher characteristics and practices can enhance secondary school students’ self-efficacy.
Data were collected from 13,173 students in 193 teachers’ classrooms from 141 schools in the 10 districts of Lake Victoria
Region of Kenya. Two-level hierarchical linear model revealed that teachers’ frequent use of mathematics homework, their level
of interest and enjoyment of mathematics, as well as their ability and competence in teaching mathematics were found to play
a key role in promoting students’ mathematics self-efficacy. Teachers’ ability and competence in teaching were also found
to be effective in narrowing the gender gap in students’ self-confidence and competence in mathematics. The study recommends
that teacher training colleges emphasize such teacher practices and values in order to enhance students’ mathematics self-efficacy,
reduce their level of anxiety and fear of mathematics, and consequently, enhance their achievement in mathematics. Professional
development opportunities should also be made available to in-service teachers to continually update their knowledge and skills
and develop new strategies for teacher effectiveness. 相似文献
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The purpose of this ethnographic study was to explore the development of belief systems as related to racial and ethnic identities of preservice teachers as they crossed cultural borders into science teaching. Data were collected throughout a yearlong teacher preparation program to learn how early life experiences and racial and ethnic identities of preservice teachers influenced both their beliefs about diversity in science classrooms and science teaching pedagogy. Case studies of three preservice teachers from diverse racial and ethnic background are presented: Asian American, African American, and Rural Appalachian. Using Bank's ethnicity typology, findings suggest that racial and ethnic identity, developed in early life experiences of preservice teachers, provided clarity on the rigidity of their beliefs about diversity and how they view science teaching. By learning about the border crossing experiences of preservice teachers in relation to their beliefs about diversity as related to racial and ethnic identities, the researchers hoped to provide insight on preparing preservice teachers for the challenges of working in diverse classrooms. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Res Sci Teach 41: 119–141, 2004 相似文献
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We describe a model professional development intervention currently being implemented to support 3rd- through 5th-grade teachers’
science instruction in 9 urban elementary schools with high numbers of English language learners. The intervention consists
of curriculum materials for students and teachers, as well as teacher workshops throughout the school year. The curriculum
materials and workshops are designed to complement and reinforce each other in improving teachers’ knowledge, beliefs, and
practices in science instruction and English language development for ELL students. In addition to these primary goals, secondary
goals of the intervention included supporting mathematical understanding, improving scientific reasoning, capitalizing on
students’ home language and culture, and preparing students for high-stakes science testing and accountability through hands-on,
inquiry-based learning experiences. 相似文献
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Fran Arbaugh John Lannin Dustin L. Jones Meredith Park-Rogers 《Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education》2006,9(6):517-550
In the research reported in this article, we sought to understand the instructional practices of 26 secondary teachers from one district who use a problems-based mathematics textbook series (Core-Plus). Further, we wanted to examine beliefs that may be associated with their instructional practices. After analyzing data from classroom observations, our findings indicated that the teachers’ instructional practices fell along a wide continuum of lesson implementation. Analysis of interview data suggested that teachers’ beliefs with regard to students’ ability to do mathematics were associated with their level of lesson implementation. Teachers also differed, by level of instructional practices, in their beliefs about appropriateness of the textbook series for all students. Results strongly support the need for professional development for teachers implementing a problems-based, reform mathematics curriculum. Further, findings indicate that the professional development be designed to meet the diverse nature of teacher needs. 相似文献
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Elementary Teachers’ Teaching for Conceptual Understanding: Learning From Action Research 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
This study reports teachers’ learning through action research on students’ conceptual understanding. The study examined (a)
the teachers’ views about science teaching and learning, (b) the teachers’ learning about their teaching practices and (c)
the conditions that supported the teachers’ learning through action research. A total of 14 elementary in-service teachers’
course discussion, self-video reflection, action research reports, and learning reflection were analyzed. Findings revealed
that (a) the teachers in this study commonly espoused the importance of probing and utilizing students’ preconceptions in
science teaching, but they demonstrated various levels of epistemological understanding of student learning and teaching,
(b) the teachers experienced the action research as a means to evaluate science teaching methods and changing their teaching
practices, and (c) the teachers identified sharing goals, problems, and solutions as an essential supporting condition for
their learning through action research. Implications for professional development and further research are discussed. 相似文献
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Dionne I. Cross 《Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education》2009,12(5):325-346
This collective case study reports on an investigation into the relationship between mathematics teachers’ beliefs and their
classroom practices, namely, how they organized their classroom activities, interacted with their students, and assessed their
students’ learning. Additionally, the study examined the pervasiveness of their beliefs in the face of efforts to incorporate
reform-oriented classroom materials and instructional strategies. The participants were five high school teachers of ninth-grade
algebra at different stages in their teaching career. The qualitative analysis of the data revealed that in general beliefs
were very influential on the teachers’ daily pedagogical decisions and that their beliefs about the nature of mathematics
served as a primary source of their beliefs about pedagogy and student learning. Findings from the analysis concur with previous
studies in this area that reveal a clear relationship between these constructs. In addition, the results provide useful insights
for the mathematics education community as it shows the diversity among the inservice teachers’ beliefs (presented as hypothesized
belief models), the role and influence of beliefs about the nature of mathematics on the belief structure and how the teachers
designed their instructional practices to reflect these beliefs. The article concludes with a discussion of implications of
teacher education. 相似文献
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Nasser Mansour 《Journal of Science Teacher Education》2010,21(5):513-534
The failure of much curriculum innovation has been attributed to the neglect by innovators of teachers’ perceptions. The purpose
of this study was to investigate inservice science teachers views of integrating Science, Technology and Society (STS) issues
into the science curriculum and identify the factors that influence their decisions concerning integrating STS issues (or
not). The study used mixed methods (questionnaire and interviews) with Egyptian science teachers who teach science courses
for 12- to 14-year-old students. The findings indicate that unless curriculum developers take account of teachers’ beliefs
and knowledge and the sociocultural factors that shape or influence those beliefs in designing and planning new STS curriculum
materials, these materials are unlikely to be implemented according to their intended plan. 相似文献
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This article examined the various ethnic identities of Cambodian students, a group often perceived by the larger society through
the lens of the model minority stereotype but often endure low expectations from teachers and counselors in their local high
schools. Our findings suggested that a Cambodian identity was often considered a stigmatized label and students identified
as Cambodian were essentialized into the discourse of urban low achieving and culturally deficient minority students. Cambodian
students’ identities in the less selective academic programs were often quite visible to teachers. This characterization was
often coupled with a panethnic representation of Asian American students in selective programs who were considered motivated
and supported by advantageous home and cultural values. In these contexts, teachers preferred to discuss Cambodian students
in panethnic terms, ignoring students’ ethnic backgrounds, described their Cambodian students as part of their “bright Asian
students” group. Overall, this study extends other works on Asian American ethnicity and panethnicity by focusing on the conflicting
identities that affect the schooling of Cambodian students. These analyses complicate further the static notion of Asian American
students as model minorities by emphasizing the fluid, problematic, and contextually-based nature of the construct. 相似文献
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Alandeom W. Oliveira 《Journal of Science Teacher Education》2010,21(1):103-126
This study examined the effectiveness of introducing elementary teachers to the scholarly literature on personal pronouns
and hedges in classroom discourse, a professional development strategy adopted during a summer institute to enhance teachers’
social understanding (i.e., their understanding of the social functions of language in science discussions). Teachers became
aware of how hedges can be employed to remain neutral toward students’ oral contributions to classroom discussions, invite
students to share their opinions and articulate their own ideas, and motivate students to inquire. Teachers recognized that
the combined use of I and you can render their feedback authoritative, you can shift the focus from the investigation to students’ competence, and we can lead to authority loss. It is argued that explicitness, reflectivity, and contextualization are essential features of
professional development programs aimed at improving teachers’ understandings of the social dimension of inquiry-based science
classrooms and preparing teachers to engage in inquiry-based teacher–student interactions. 相似文献
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The influence of video clubs on teachers’ thinking and practice 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Elizabeth A. van Es Miriam Gamoran Sherin 《Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education》2010,13(2):155-176
This article examines a model of professional development called “video clubs” in which teachers watch and discuss excerpts
of videos from their classrooms. We investigate how participation in a video club influences teachers’ thinking and practice
by exploring three related contexts: (a) teachers’ comments during video-club meetings, (b) teachers’ self-reports of the
effects of the video club, and (c) teachers’ instruction across the year. Data analysis revealed changes in all three contexts.
In the video-club meetings, teachers paid increased attention to student mathematical thinking over the course of the year.
In interviews, teachers reported having learned about students’ mathematical thinking, about the importance of attending to
student ideas during instruction, and about their school’s mathematics curriculum. Finally, shifts were also uncovered in
the teachers’ instruction. By the end of the year, teachers increasingly made space for student thinking to emerge in the
classroom, probed students’ underlying understandings, and learned from their students while teaching. 相似文献
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Heidi B. Carlone Julie Haun-Frank Sue C. Kimmel 《Cultural Studies of Science Education》2010,5(4):941-965
Science educators and researchers have bemoaned the lack of reform-based science in elementary schools and focused on teachers’
difficulties (i.e., lack of knowledge, interest, experience) in enacting quality science pedagogy. We present compelling evidence
that challenges assumptions about science education reform and draw on a practice theory perspective to examine the stories,
commitments and identities of thirteen teachers, whose beliefs and practices aligned with those promoted by science education
reform documents. Through ethnographic interviews, we learned about these teachers’ critical science experiences, perceived
science teacher identities, and their goals and commitments. Their stories highlight institutional and sociohistorical difficulties
of enacting reform-based science, the many biases, contradictions, and unintended consequences prevalent in educational policy
and practice today, and emphasize how easily the status quo can get reproduced. These teachers had to work as ‘tempered radicals’,
‘working the system’ to teach in ways that were consistent with reform-based science. 相似文献
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Anthony L. Brown 《The Urban Review》2009,41(5):436-435
Drawing from ethnographic data, this paper explores how African American male teachers working with African American male
students performed their pedagogy. This paper highlights how teachers’ understanding of African American males social and
educational needs shaped their pedagogical performance. Interestingly however, teachers’ performance was contingent on the
diverse ways they imagined African American males should engage within their social and political worlds. These findings suggest
then that African American male teachers’ pedagogic performances were both complex and multifaceted. 相似文献
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Olga Gioka 《Research in Science Education》2009,39(4):411-428
The aim of the reported study was to explore how science teachers made sense of their roles and responsibilities in teaching
and assessing science coursework. The focus was on the teacher assessment, the feedback that teachers gave to students and,
how they perceived their role when they taught and assessed students’ science coursework reports. The research methodology
included observation of science lessons, collection of marked students’ reports and two interviews with each of the nine participant
teachers. Two cases of teachers are considered as representative of the participant teachers and their perceptions and practices
are compared and contrasted. Teachers either adopted the role of the examiner or combined the role of the teacher with that
of examiner. They distinguished marking of science theory exercises from marking of coursework and, teaching theory from teaching
investigations, on the basis that the grade they assigned to coursework contributed to the total grade for external exams.
A key conclusion is that teaching and assessment of science coursework need to re-focus on learning. The study calls for changes
in public policy for summative assessment to place more reliance on teachers’ assessments and secondly, for changes in school
practices in formative assessment for teachers to support students to learn in the case of science coursework. 相似文献