Bilingual Education Teachers' Beliefs and Their Relation to Self-Reported Practices.

Flores, Belinda Bustos

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Publication Date: 2001

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Bilingual Education Teachers' Beliefs and Their Relation to Self-Reported Practices.

Flores, Belinda Bustos

Bilingual Research Journal, v25 n3 p275-99 Sum 2001

Surveys of 176 bilingual preK-5 teachers in San Antonio (Texas) schools investigated bilingual teachers' beliefs about the nature of knowledge and the influence of those beliefs on teaching practices. Respondents had specific beliefs about how bilingual children learn, and their beliefs were influenced by prior experiences, especially professional teaching experiences. (Contains 79 references.) (Author/TD)

Descriptors: Beliefs, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Epistemology, Learning Processes, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship, Teacher Surveys, Teaching Experience, Teaching Methods

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Language: English

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