ERIC Number: EJ1150083
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 12
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Enhancing Teacher Efficacy for Urban STEM Teachers Facing Challenges to Their Teaching
Seals, Christopher; Mehta, Swati; Berzina-Pitcher, Inese; Graves-Wolf, Leigh
Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, v13 p135-146 2017
This paper explores challenges of teaching in relation to teachers' efficacy for 49 teachers who were part of a year-long teacher development program (PD) called the UrbanSTEM program. This program took place in an urban school district that serves over 300,000 students. This research asked if there are common challenges that urban teachers face when teaching STEM content. If so, do these challenges influence efficacy of teachers, and did the teachers' efficacy change over time due to their involvement in the UrbanSTEM program? Teachers identified external challenges, lack of resources, and organizational contexts having effect on their capacity to address the needs of their diverse students. Although the study did not identify significant relationship between challenges and efficacy, the study did show that this PD was successful in supporting urban STEM teachers by significantly increasing their self-efficacy
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Urban Education, Science Teachers, STEM Education, Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness, Self Efficacy, Teacher Improvement, Likert Scales, Constructivism (Learning), Data Analysis, Barriers, Online Surveys, Statistical Analysis
AERA SIG: Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research. Tel: 323-343-4393; Web site: https://aera-ultr.wixsite.com/ultr
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Teacher Efficacy Scale
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