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Title: Investigating the impact of beliefs, norms, and culture on teachers in both a comprehensive middle school and STEM-focused middle school
Authors: Madera, Raul J
Keywords: Materials Science
Engineering
Investigating the impact
Middle school
School culture
Issue Date: 2016
Publisher: MIT International Center for Air Transportation (ICAT)
Abstract: Teacher perception of control, teacher beliefs, and school culture are important variables in shaping a STEM classroom. This pilot study explores the connectedness of classroom practice, teacher perceptions, and school culture through observational case studies of two classrooms, one in an urban public school and another in a suburban private school. Evidence including classroom observations, teacher interviews, and examining documentation was evaluated by using an established observation protocol called the Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol, or RTOP (Sawada, Pibum, Judson, Turley, Falconer, Benford,, & Bloom, 2002). Interview data suggests that both teachers had similar perceptions of effective STEM education, yet their classroom practice was very different. While teacher's perceptions were similar, the school culture as portrayed by the school websites and documentation was very different. The urban public school was focused on student character development and standardized test preparation, while the suburban private school focused more on fostering student thinking. This small glimpse into the relationship between beliefs, practice, and norms could suggest that different school cultures may influence the teachers' practices.
URI: https://lib.hpu.edu.vn/handle/123456789/24894
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