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Culture, Efficacy, And Outcome Expectancy In Teacher Preparation;How Do The Beliefs Of Pre-Service Interns, Mentor Teachers, University Supervisors And Teacher Educators Compare?, Sashelle Thomas Alexander Jan 2011

Culture, Efficacy, And Outcome Expectancy In Teacher Preparation;How Do The Beliefs Of Pre-Service Interns, Mentor Teachers, University Supervisors And Teacher Educators Compare?, Sashelle Thomas Alexander

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Researchers agree that teachers' attitudes and efficacy beliefs play a significant role in student achievement (Armor et al., 1976 Hoy & Spero, 2005 Szabo & Mokhtari, 2004 Woolfolk & Hoy, 1990). Teachers with high self-efficacy: 1) believe they can positively influence students' learning and achievement despite environmental conditions (Armor et al., 1976 Ashton & Webb, 1986 Gibson & Dembo, 1984) and 2) assume accountability for student learning (Gibson & Dembo, 1984 Ross, 1998 Siwatu, 2007). On the contrary, teachers with low teacher efficacy have minimal expectations for and fewer interactions with minority students. They are also more likely to feel …


Common Factors That African American Adults Attribute To Their Graduation From A Predominantly African American Midwestern School District: A Case Study, Adriennie Yvette Hatten Jan 2011

Common Factors That African American Adults Attribute To Their Graduation From A Predominantly African American Midwestern School District: A Case Study, Adriennie Yvette Hatten

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This qualitative research study examines the reflections of African American adults on their high school journey to graduation in the late 20th Century from one Midwestern public school district where African- American students represented the majority of the student body. The particular emphasis of this study was to identify common factors that the participants perceive as critical to their own high school graduation, as the measure of academic success and lifelong learning. This dissertation addresses two research questions through the methodology of narrative inquiry: 1) what are the experiences of the African American adults who were educated in the same …


Interracial Interactions And Resource Depletion, Darian E. Johnson Jan 2011

Interracial Interactions And Resource Depletion, Darian E. Johnson

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Self-control/self-regulation depends on a limited resource. It has been suggested that self-presentation may require self-regulation particularly when familiar or dispositional tendencies must be overridden in order to make desired impressions. The more resources used the less a person has control of his or hers executive functioning. This is especially true for some people during interracial interactions. Recent research finds that interracial interactions can negatively impact executive functioning. This study examined whether the anticipation of an interracial interaction would deplete regulatory resources more in an unstructured than a structured (i.e. scripted) condition. Also examined in this study, was whether participants would …