Teacher beliefs and classroom performance : the impact of teacher education / edited by James Raths, Amy C. McAninch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Raths, James D., editor.

McAninch, Amy Raths, editor.

Center for the Application of Information Technologies.

Series:

Advances in teacher education.

Advances in teacher education ; v. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers--United States--Attitudes.

Teachers.

Teachers--Training of--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 p.)

Place of Publication:

Greenwich, Conn. : Information Age Pub., c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume of Advances in Teacher Education is about beliefs held by teachers and addresses the important topic of teacher beliefs from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Most of the authors who have contributed to this collection of essays assume that beliefs are propositions that are felt to be true by the person embracing them, but that do not necessarily rest on the kind of evidence that justifies the use of the term "knowledge." Teacher beliefs are an important topic because it is hypothesized that teachers and teacher candidates use them to shape the information they receive from formal teacher preparation and to direct subsequent decision-making in the classroom.

Contents:

Preservice teachers' beliefs / Virginia Richardson

Prompting the development of preservice teachers' beliefs through cases, action research, problem-based learning, and technology / Mary Anna Lundeberg and Barbara B. Levin

Teacher beliefs, performance, and proficiency in diversity-oriented teacher preparation / Peter C. Murrell, Jr. and Michèle Foster

Is realism a better belief than nominalism? : reopening the ancient debate / Richard S. Prawat

At the heart of teaching : the role of emotion in changing teachers' beliefs / Patricia Ashton and Michele Gregoire-Gill

Teacher education and teachers' beliefs : theoretical and measurement concerns / Maria Teresa Tatto and David Bryan Coupland

The impact of schools on teacher beliefs, influence, and student achievement : the role of collective efficacy beliefs / Roger D. Goddard.

Notes:

"Center for the Application of Information Technologies."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9786612015540

9781607529651

1607529653

9781282015548

1282015540

OCLC:

827237187