The Challenges of Measuring Epistemic Beliefs across Cultures: Evidence from Nigerian Teacher Candidates

Autor/inn/en	Odebiyi, Oluseyi Matthew; Choi, Youn-Jeng
Titel	The Challenges of Measuring Epistemic Beliefs across Cultures: Evidence from Nigerian Teacher Candidates
Quelle	In: Teaching Education, 33 (2022) 2, S.214-236 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Odebiyi, Oluseyi Matthew) ORCID (Choi, Youn-Jeng)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1047-6210
DOI	10.1080/10476210.2020.1844650
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Preservice Teachers; Cultural Differences; Epistemology; Beliefs; Measurement; Student Teacher Attitudes; Nigeria; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Kultureller Unterschied; Erkenntnistheorie; Belief; Glaube; Messverfahren; USA
Abstract	Available evidence indicates that teacher candidates undergo shifts in beliefs throughout the process of learning to teach, and various contextual realities contribute to reshaping their general teaching beliefs. The concept of epistemic beliefs is key to understanding teacher development as cross-cultural teacher education becomes increasingly common. This study examines Nigerian teacher candidates' conceptions about the nature and process of knowing, epistemic beliefs. This exploration of these epistemic beliefs is framed within the United States-based Schommer model. Exploratory factor analysis was employed to examine a sample of 1009 full-time teacher candidates at two large public institutions in southwestern Nigeria. Findings indicate that Nigerian teacher candidates expressed dependently complex, yet distinct epistemic beliefs compared to their U.S. counterparts. The findings are contextualized within the effective deployment of teacher education research across cultures, highlighting sociocultural antecedents to the nature of reality in the measures of teacher candidates' epistemic beliefs in non-Western contexts. Implications for educational theory, research, and practice are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01