ERIC Number: ED625954
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 18
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A Culturally Responsive Disposition: How Professional Learning and Teachers' Beliefs about and Self-Efficacy for Culturally Responsive Teaching Relate to Instruction
Meghan Comstock; Erica Litke; Kirsten Lee Hill; Laura M. Desimone
Grantee Submission, AERA Open v9 n1 Jan-Dec 2023
Persistent social inequities in the United States demand attention to culturally responsive (CR) teaching, which requires a specific disposition toward students and teaching. Using survey data of secondary teachers (N = 417) in seven urban districts across the country engaging in equity-oriented professional learning (PL) initiatives, we examine the relationship between teachers' beliefs about, self-efficacy for, and engagement in PL around CR teaching and their self-reported CR teaching practices. We find correlational evidence that teacher-reported self-efficacy with CR teaching and engagement in PL focused on CR teaching are associated with higher self-reported frequency of CR teaching. We also find that teachers who have beliefs aligned with CR teaching have a stronger relationship between their CR teaching self-efficacy and self-reported CR teaching practices. Finally, we find evidence that changes in CR teaching self-efficacy are associated with changes in self-reported CR teaching--suggesting that CR teaching self-efficacy may drive changes in CR teaching.
Related Records: EJ1405250
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305B200035
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