Writing Knowledge, Practices, Efficacy, Interests, Attitudes, and Beliefs of Deaf Education Teachers: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Autor/inn/en	Wolbers, Kimberly; Dostal, Hannah; Graham, Steve; Branum-Martin, Lee; Allen, Thomas; Holcomb, Leala; Saulsburry, Rachel
Titel	Writing Knowledge, Practices, Efficacy, Interests, Attitudes, and Beliefs of Deaf Education Teachers: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Quelle	(2023), (51 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Writing Instruction; Self Efficacy; Deafness; Teacher Attitudes; Attitudes toward Disabilities; Faculty Development; Writing Teachers; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Evidence Based Practice; Epistemology; Beliefs; Teacher Improvement; Elementary School Teachers; Grade 3; Grade 4; Grade 5; Grade 6 + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schreibunterricht; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Gehörlosigkeit; Taubstummheit; Lehrerverhalten; Pädagogische Kompetenz; Erkenntnistheorie; Belief; Glaube; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06
Abstract	Writing teachers play an extraordinarily important role in their students' writing development. Teachers' motivational beliefs, such as attitudes toward writing, perceptions of their efficacy to teach writing, or preparation to use evidence-based instructional practices, impact their writing instruction, which directly affects the advancement of students' writing skills. Deaf writers are a subpopulation of writers who may face discriminatory beliefs toward their writing development stemming from ableism, audism, or linguicism. Deaf education teachers may doubt their abilities to teach bilingual/multilingual students or teach deaf students experiencing language deprivation. The current study investigates whether deaf education teachers' beliefs can be fostered through an intensive one-year professional development (PD) program designed specifically for deaf education teachers. In this randomized controlled trial, we examine the extent to which the participation of deaf education teachers in specialized PD and subsequent writing instruction implementation (n=26) impacts their pedagogical content "knowledge," use of evidence-based "practices" for teaching writing, "interest," "attitudes," "efficacy" in teaching writing, and "epistemological beliefs" about writing compared to teachers in a business as usual condition (n=24). Pre-post regression analyses indicate statistically significant group differences (with the treatment group scoring higher) on all variables except attitude and some epistemological beliefs. We speculate that specialized, sustained PD paired with supported implementation of writing instruction and ongoing teacher reflection are contributing factors to changes in teachers' motivational beliefs. [This paper was published in "Frontiers in Psychology" v14 2023.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01