The Effect of Perceived Learner Advantages on Teachers' Beliefs about Critical-Thinking Activities

Autor/inn/en	Warburton, Edward; Torff, Bruce
Titel	The Effect of Perceived Learner Advantages on Teachers' Beliefs about Critical-Thinking Activities
Quelle	In: Journal of Teacher Education, 56 (2005) 1, S.24-33 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4871
DOI	10.1177/0022487104272056
Schlagwörter	Critical Thinking; Teaching Methods; Teacher Attitudes; Beliefs; Learning Activities; Measures (Individuals); Secondary School Teachers; Academic Achievement; Educationally Disadvantaged + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kritisches Denken; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lehrerverhalten; Belief; Glaube; Lernaktivität; Messdaten; Schulleistung
Abstract	To investigate teachers' beliefs about critical-thinking (CT) activities for different populations of learners, the Critical Thinking Belief Appraisal (CTBA) was administered to 145 practicing secondary teachers. Teachers rated both high-CT and low-CT activities as more effective for high advantage learners than low advantage ones, demonstrating strong "advantage effects." They also rated high-CT activities as more effective than low-CT ones for both high-advantage and low advantage learners, demonstrating "pedagogical-preference effects" stronger for high-advantage learners than low-advantage ones. Although these results are inconsistent with the assertion that teachers favor low-CT activities over high-CT ones for low-advantage learners, the results suggest that low-advantage learners may receive fewer high-CT activities in schools, which may hinder their academic performance. Studies of the development of teachers' CT-related beliefs are needed, with the goal of establishing teacher-education practices emphasizing appropriate use of high-CT activities for low-advantage learners. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10