Description
Teacher beliefs play a fundamental role in the education landscape. Nevertheless, most educational researchers only allude to teacher beliefs as part of a study on other subjects. This book fills a necessary gap by identifying the importance of research on teacher beliefs and providing a comprehensive overview of the topic. It provides novices and experts alike a single volume with which to understand a complex research landscape. Including a review of the historical foundations of the field, this book identifies current research trends, and summarizes the current knowledge base regarding teachers窶� specific beliefs about content, instruction, students, and learning. For its innumerable applications within the field, this handbook is a necessity for anyone interested in educational research.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction. Section One. Foundations of Teachers窶� Beliefs Research. Chapter 2. The Promises, Problems, and Prospects of Research on Teachers窶� Beliefs. Chapter 3. Historical Overview and Theoretical Perspectives of Research on Teachers窶� Beliefs. Chapter 4. The Development of Teachers窶� Beliefs. Chapter 5. The Relationship between Teachers窶� Beliefs and Teachers窶� Practices. Section Two. Studying Teachers窶� Beliefs. Chapter 6. Assessing Teachers窶� Beliefs: Challenges and Solutions. Chapter 7. Measuring Teachers窶� Beliefs: For What Purpose? Chapter 8. Qualitative Approaches to Studying Teachers窶� Beliefs. Chapter 9. Methods for Studying Beliefs: Teacher Writing, Scenarios, and Metaphor Analysis. Section Three. Teachers窶� Identity, Motivation, and Affect. Chapter 10. The Intersection of Identity, Beliefs, and Politics in Conceptualizing 窶狼eacher Identity窶�. Chapter 11. A Motivational Analysis of Teacher Beliefs. Chapter 12. The Career Development of Preservice and Inservice Teachers: Why Teachers窶� Self-Efficacy Beliefs Matter. Chapter 13. A 窶廩ot窶� Mess: Unpacking the Relation between Teachers窶� Beliefs and Emotions. Section Four. Contexts and Teachers窶� Beliefs. Chapter 14. Teachers窶� Beliefs about Teaching (and Learning). Chapter 15. Teachers窶� Instructional Beliefs and the Classroom Climate: Connections and Conundrums. Chapter 16. Teachers窶� Beliefs about Assessment. Chapter 17. Context Matters: The Influence of Collective Beliefs and Shared Norms. Section 5. Teachers窶� Beliefs about Knowing and Teaching within Academic Domains. Chapter 18. Personal Epistemologies and Teaching. Chapter 19. The Individual, the Context and Practice: A Review of the Research on Teachers窶� Beliefs Related to Mathematics. Chapter 20. Beliefs about Reading, Text, and Learning from Text. Chapter 21. Science Teachers窶� Beliefs: Perceptions of Efficacy and the Nature of Scientific Knowledge and Knowing. Chapter 22. Teachers窶� Beliefs about Social Studies. Chapter 23. Teacher Beliefs and Uses of Technology to Support 21st Century Teaching and Learning. Section Six. Teachers窶� Beliefs about Learners. Chapter 24. Preschool Teachers窶� Ideas about How Children Learn Best: An Examination of Beliefs about the Principles of Developmentally Appropriate Practice. Chapter 25. Teachers窶� Beliefs about Cultural Diversity: Problems and Possibilities. Chapter 26. Teachers窶� Beliefs about English Language Learners. Chapter 27. Teachers窶� Beliefs about Students with Special Needs and Inclusion.
