The Power of Perception: Mediating the Impact of Poverty on Student Achievement

Autor/in	Dell'Angelo, Tabitha
Titel	The Power of Perception: Mediating the Impact of Poverty on Student Achievement
Quelle	In: Education and Urban Society, 48 (2016) 3, S.245-261 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1245
DOI	10.1177/0013124514531042
Schlagwörter	High School Students; Urban Schools; Poverty; Academic Achievement; Barriers; Secondary School Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Predictor Variables; Teacher Role; Urban Education; Locus of Control; Phenomenology; Systems Approach; Teacher Surveys; Likert Scales; Multiple Regression Analysis; Mediation Theory; Coping; Self Efficacy; Teacher Influence; Criterion Referenced Tests + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Armut; Schulleistung; Lehrerverhalten; Prädiktor; Lehrerrolle; Stadtteilbezogenes Lernen; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Systemischer Ansatz; Likert-Skala; Mediationsverfahren; Bewältigung; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit
Abstract	Race and class often marginalize students in impoverished urban neighborhoods, and this reality is evident in consistently low student achievement in many of the schools in these neighborhoods. This study examines how a teacher's sense of agency can help mediate the detrimental impact of poverty on student achievement. Teachers in a large Northeastern urban school district (N = 1,019) were surveyed about how they perceive obstacles to student learning. The study shows that the ways in which teachers think about obstacles to student learning are strong predictors of student achievement regardless of poverty level. The study suggests ways teachers can achieve a greater sense of agency in the classroom. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01