Autoeficacia de profesores de la escuela prescolar y básico 1 para prácticas inclusivas / Autoeficácia de professores da pré-escola e ensino fundamental 1 para práticas inclusivas / Self-efficacy of preschool and elementary school 1 teachers for inclusive practices

RESUMO Este artigo objetivou comparar o senso de autoeficácia dos professores da Pré-Escola e Ensino Fundamental I para ensinar estudantes público-alvo da Educação Especial (PAEE) na sala de aula regular da rede pública municipal e relacionar o senso de autoeficácia com dados demográficos e de atuação profissional. Participaram da pesquisa 17 professores da Pré-Escola e 27 do Ensino Fundamental 1 de um município do interior paulista. Os dados foram obtidos mediante questionário de caracterização e a Escala de Eficácia Docente para Práticas Inclusivas (EEDPI) via tendência central, dispersão e correlacionais. Quando comparados com os professores do Fundamental 1, os da Pré-Escola possuem mais idade, menos alunos em sala e sentem-se mais preparados para incluir. Os valores de autoeficácia foram semelhantes entre os grupos e são descritos os dados de correlação entre os instrumentos. Corroborou-se na sinalização da potência e sensibilidade da EEDPI para avaliação da autoeficácia docente e da influência do constructo no contexto educativo.

RESUMEN En este artículo se tuvo por objetivo comparar el sentido de autoeficacia de los profesores de la Preescuela y Enseñanza Básica I para enseñar estudiantes destinatario de la educación especial (PAEE) en la clase regular de la red pública municipal y relacionar el sentido de autoeficacia con datos demográficos y de actuación profesional. Participaron 17 profesores de la Preescuela y 27 de la Enseñanza Básica 1 de un municipio do interior paulista. Se obtuvieron los datos por intermedio de un cuestionario de caracterización y la Escala de Eficacia Docente para Prácticas Inclusivas (EEDPI) vía tendencia central, dispersión y correlacionales. Cuando comparados con los profesores de la Enseñanza Básica 1, los de la Preescuela posee más edad, menos alumnos en clase y se sienten más preparados para incluir. Los valores de autoeficacia fueron semejantes entre los grupos y son descriptos los datos de correlación entre los instrumentos. Se corroboró en la señalización de la potencia y sensibilidad de la EEDPI para evaluación de la autoeficacia docente y de la influencia del constructo en el contexto educativo.

ABSTRACT This article aimed to compare the sense of self-efficacy of Pre-School and Elementary School I teachers to teach students target audience of Special Education (PAEE) in the regular classroom of the municipal public network and to relate the sense of self-efficacy with demographic and professional performance. In the research, a total of 17 teachers from Pre-School and 27 from Elementary School 1 from a city in the interior of São Paulo participated. Data were obtained through a characterization questionnaire and the Teacher Effectiveness Scale for Inclusive Practices via central tendency, dispersion and correlations. When compared to Elementary 1 teachers, Pre-School teachers are older, have fewer students in the classroom and they feel more prepared to include. The self-efficacy values ​​were similar between the two groups and the correlation data between the instruments are described. It was corroborated in the signaling of the potency and sensitivity of the EEDPI for the evaluation of teacher self-efficacy and the influence of the construct in the educational context.

Teacher expectations and students' achievement in solving elementary arithmetic problems.

The objective of this research was to verify whether teacher expectations of students' achievement in mathematics in solving elementary arithmetic problems are related to students' performance in these problems. The sample was 1,420 students and 66 teachers from 48 schools in Spain. First, we assessed whether differences existed in the level of resolution among students, with regard to such factors as grade, gender, or socioeconomic status. We then evaluated teachers' level of expectations of students in relation to the same factors. Finally, we aimed to verify to what extent teachers' expectations corresponded to students' performance levels. It was found that there is a moderate correlation between expectations and achievement, and that expectations were greater than the results. A comparison is made with the results of previous studies.

Teacher Expectations and Parental Stress During Emergency Distance Learning and Their Relationship to Students' Perception.

School closures in spring 2020 caused by the COVID-19 pandemic were an unprecedented and drastic event for students, parents, and teachers. The unplanned adaptation of classroom instruction to emergency distance learning was necessary to ensure continued education. In this new learning environment, teachers formed expectations for student academic achievement gains, which in turn affected the opportunities for students to learn. Parents faced new challenges in supporting their children's learning. According to parenting stress models, such drastic events can be a stress factor for parents, which in turn affects their children's adjustment. This study analyzed the extent to which parents and teachers affected the perceptions of students in compulsory school toward distance learning through processes at home (individual level) and at the class level with data from multiple informants. On an individual level, the relationship between parents' perceived threat of COVID-19 and their stress due to distance learning and students' perceived threat of COVID-19 and their perception of distance learning were examined. Students' learning behavior was accounted for as a variable related to their perception of distance learning. At the class level, the explanatory character of teacher expectations and class-aggregated achievement gains were examined. Data on students in grades 4 to 8, parents, and teachers in Switzerland were collected with standardized online questionnaires after the period of school closures. A subsample of 539 students, 539 parents, and 83 teachers was analyzed. The results of multilevel structural equation modeling suggested that students had a more positive perception of distance learning if they were able to learn more autonomously (i.e., more motivated and concentrated than in regular classroom instruction) and if their parents felt less stressed in the distance learning setting. Parents were more stressed if they perceived COVID-19 as a threat. Students' perception of the COVID-19 threat was related to their parents' perception but did not explain students' learning behavior. At the class level, if teachers expected high academic achievement gains in distance learning, the average academic achievement gains of a class were greater. The greater the achievement gains were, the more positive the collective student perception of distance learning was.

How teachers form educational expectations for students: A comparative factorial survey experiment in three institutional contexts.

While schools are thought to use meritocratic criteria when evaluating students, research indicates that teachers hold lower expectations for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. However, it is unclear what the unique impact is of specific student traits on teacher expectations, as different traits are often correlated to one another in real life. Moreover, research has neglected the role of the institutional context, yet tracking procedures, financial barriers to education, and institutionalized cultural beliefs may influence how teachers form expectations. We conducted a factorial survey experiment in three contexts that vary with respect to these institutional characteristics (The United States, New York City; Norway, Oslo; the Netherlands, Amsterdam). We asked elementary school teachers to express expectations for hypothetical students whose characteristics were experimentally manipulated. Teachers in the different contexts used the same student traits when forming expectations, yet varied in the importance they attached to these traits. In Amsterdam - where teachers track students on the basis of their performance and tracking bears significant consequences for educational careers - we found a large impact of student performance. In Oslo - where institutions show an explicit commitment to equality of educational opportunity - teachers based their expectations less on student effort, and seemed to make more inferences about student performance by a student's socio-economic background. New York teachers seemed to make few inferences about student performance based on their socio-economic background.

Associations between teacher expectations and racial disproportionality in discipline referrals.

We explored the racial discipline gap and sought to understand the extent to which elementary school teachers' (N = 33; Grades K-6) expectations for their students' (N = 496) future outcomes predicted racial discipline disproportionality. We used multilevel models, and Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression with standardized errors corrected, to examine associations between teacher expectations of academic and behavioral student outcomes and patterns of office discipline referrals (ODRs) for the year. Results showed disproportionate ODR outcomes for Black students in comparison to White students. Additionally, we found that students held to lower expectations by their teachers received more ODRs than peers rated highly by their teachers, regardless of race. We also found that for every unit teacher expectations increased, the ODR disparity between Black, Latinx, and White students decreased. Lastly, multilevel models exploring teacher expectations of student outcomes explained approximately 21% of the difference in ODRs between Black and White peers.

Academic Performance of Immigrant Students and Teachers' Expectations / Desempenho Acadêmico de Alunos Imigrantes e Expectativas Docentes / Rendimiento Académico de los Estudiantes Inmigrantes y Expectativas Docentes

Abstract This study focuses on whether teachers' thinking is prophetic, that is, whether these attitudes and actions permeate the students and condition their academic performance. To this end, we analyzed the beliefs of 167 teachers of Early Childhood, Elementary and High School Education in the province of Córdoba (Spain). A questionnaire was used to know the relationship between teachers' beliefs about immigrant students and their possible influence on academic achievements. In the first place, the findings show the teachers' lack of confidence in non-native students, a phenomenon that is largely unconscious; in the second place, lower school results in these students in relation to natives; and, finally, an external attributional style in teachers, for whom the families and the organizational resources of the school institution, not them, are the determining factors of school achievement.

Resumo Este estudo teve por objetivo investigar se o pensamento dos professores é um pensamento profético, ou seja, se suas atitudes e ações sugestionam os alunos e condicionam o seu desempenho acadêmico. Para este fim, são analisadas as crenças de 167 professores de Educação Infantil, Educação Básica e Ensino Médio da província de Córdoba (Espanha). Foi utilizado um questionário para saber a relação entre os alunos imigrantes e sua possível influência no desempenho acadêmico. Os resultados mostram, em primeiro lugar, a baixa confiança dos professores nos alunos não nativos, fenômeno em grande parte inconsciente; em segundo lugar, registra-se um desempenho acadêmico mais baixo neste corpo discente em relação aos autóctones e, finalmente, um estilo de atribuição externo aos professores, para os quais as famílias e os recursos organizacionais da instituição escolar, e não eles, são os fatores determinantes do desempenho acadêmico.

Resumen El presente estudio de investigación se centra en conocer si el pensamiento del docente es un pensamiento profético, es decir, si esas actitudes y acciones docentes penetran en el alumnado y condicionan su desempeño académico. Para ello se analizan las creencias de 167 docentes de Educación Infantil, Educación Primaria y Educación Secundaria de la provincia de Córdoba (España). Se utilizó un cuestionario para conocer la relación entre el alumnado inmigrante y su posible influjo en el logro académico. Los hallazgos evidencian, en primer lugar, la escasa confianza del profesorado en el alumnado no autóctono, fenómeno que es en gran medida inconsciente; en segundo lugar, resultados escolares más bajos en este alumnado con relación al autóctono; y, finalmente, un estilo atribucional externo en los docentes, para quienes las familias y los recursos organizativos de la institución escolar, no ellos, son los factores determinantes del logro escolar.

Factors that bias teacher expectations: Findings from Chile / Factores que sesgan las expectativas docentes: hallazgos en Chile

Abstract It is well-known that teacher expectations tend to be biased by factors such as student socio-economic status (SES) and gender. However, much less research has been devoted to understanding how teacher characteristics may impact their own expectations of the students. The present study investigated teacher expectations for 343 Chilean teachers (240 in-service and 103 pre-service). We first designed and validated an instrument to measure expectations; then we assessed the effect of teacher gender and experience, and student gender and school-SES in the formation of teacher expectations. The data were analysed using hypothesis and data-driven analyses. The results showed that SES had an effect on teacher expectations (η2= .03 to .12); there was a higher probability that teachers from high-SES schools would have positive expectations of their students. However, negative expectations were equally distributed across teachers working in high and low-SES schools. There was also no evidence of the effect of teacher or student gender on teacher expectations. With respect to teacher experience, the findings were clear cut; both pre-service and in-service teachers shared identical expectations of their students. These findings have important implications regarding teacher training programmes since the expectation bias is observed very early during training.

Resumen Es bien sabido que las expectativas docentes tienden a estar sesgadas por factores como el nivel socioeconómico de los estudiantes (NSE) y el género. Sin embargo, se ha investigado menos cómo las características de los docentes pueden afectar sus propias expectativas de los estudiantes. El presente estudio investigó las expectativas de 343 docentes chilenos (240 en servicio y 103 alumnos en prácticas). Primero se diseñó y validó un instrumento para medir expectativas; luego se evaluó el efecto del género y experiencia del profesor, y el género del estudiante y NSE de la escuela en la formación de las expectativas del profesor. Los datos fueron analizados mediante técnicas dirigidas por hipótesis y por datos. Los resultados mostraron un efecto del NSE de la escuela en las expectativas docentes (η2 = .03 a .12), con una mayor probabilidad de que los profesores de escuelas con alto NSE tengan expectativas positivas de sus estudiantes. Sin embargo, las expectativas negativas fueron distribuidas equitativamente entre los profesores que trabajaban en escuelas con bajo y alto NSE. Tampoco hubo evidencia del efecto de género de los profesores o estudiantes en las expectativas del profesor. Respecto a la experiencia del profesor, los hallazgos son claros; tanto los estudiantes en práctica profesional como los profesores en servicio mostraron idénticas expectativas hacia sus estudiantes. Estos hallazgos tienen implicaciones importantes respecto a los programas de formación docente ya que el sesgo de las expectativas se observa tempranamente desde la formación.

Factors Associated with Academic Achievement for Sexual and Gender Minority and Heterosexual Cisgender Students: Implications from a Nationally Representative Study.

Research on sexual and gender minority student achievement indicates that such students report lowered achievement relative to other students. Increased victimization and less school belonging, amongst other factors, have been identified as contributing to these inequalities. However, supportive schooling structures and caregiver support may support their achievement. A nationally representative survey of secondary school students was used to identify specific factors that support achievement for sexual minority (n = 485), gender minority (n = 298), and heterosexual cisgender (where one's sex assigned at birth "matches" a binary gender identity, i.e., a male assigned at birth identifies as a boy/man, n = 7064) students in New Zealand. While reported victimization did not affect achievement for sexual and gender minority students, school belonging, and teacher expectations of success, emerged as significant factors. Differences emerged between sexual minority and gender minority achievement factors, suggesting a range of detailed policy implications and recommendations.

The interpersonal character of teacher expectations: The perceived teacher-student relationship as an antecedent of teachers' track recommendations.

Teacher expectations of students have long been recognized as a form of interpersonal expectations. In this study, we aimed to investigate the interpersonal character of teacher expectations by assessing 1) whether teacher expectations and the teacher-student relationship shared similar antecedents in terms of demographic characteristics of students, and 2) whether the dimensions closeness, conflict, and dependency of the teacher-student relationship were predictive of teacher expectations. Analyses were based on a large sample of 9881 students in 614 classes in the final grade of primary education. The results indicated that teacher expectations - as measured by track recommendations - and the teacher-student relationship were not consistent in antecedents. Student performance, parental education, and closeness were positive predictors of track recommendations, whereas they were negatively associated with conflict and dependency. Ethnicity was positively associated with track recommendations, but negatively with closeness. Furthermore, perceived closeness and conflict were not statistically significantly associated with track recommendations. A negative association was found for perceived dependency with teachers' track recommendations, although the latter association appeared stronger for high performing students. Finally, the results showed that teachers differed in how they weigh the conflict and dependency dimensions when formulating track recommendations, indicating that those teacher perceptions played a stronger role in some of the classes.

Students' Characteristics and Teachers' Estimates about Their Academic Achievement / Características dos Estudantes e Estimativas dos Professores acerca do seu Desempenho Acadêmico / Características de los Estudiantes y la Estimación de sus Logros Académicos por los Profesores

Abstract The relation between teachers' expectations and students' academic achievement has received considerable interest in the education and psychology domains. In this study, we analyze the extent to which the information about students influences the formulation of teachers' estimates about their achievement. The sample consisted of 491 Portuguese teachers, aged between 26 and 82 years old (M age = 43 years). To assess the teachers' estimates, we created excerpts containing information about hypothetical students, in relation to whom an estimate of academic success was required. Each excerpt had two versions (A and B), according to the more or less favorable information regarding students' intellectual, family, self-regulation, and previous performance variables. The results show moderate differences between the estimates of the participants that received version A and those that received version B. The results are discussed considering the importance of a set of student characteristics for the way teachers develop estimates about student performance.

Resumo A relação entre as expectativas dos professores e o desempenho acadêmico dos estudantes tem recebido muito interesse da investigação. Neste estudo, analisamos a extensão em que a informação sobre os estudantes influencia as estimativas docentes acerca do seu potencial desempenho acadêmico. A amostra consistiu em 491 professores, com idades entre 26 e 82 anos (M idade = 43). Para avaliar as estimativas, foram criados diferentes excertos contendo informação sobre estudantes hipotéticos, acerca dos quais era solicitada estimativa de sucesso escolar. Cada excerto tinha duas versões (A e B), conforme a informação sobre o estudante fosse mais ou menos favorável, relativamente a variáveis intelectuais, sociodemográficas, autorregulação e desempenho anterior. Os resultados mostram diferenças moderadas entre as estimativas dos participantes que receberam a versão A, comparativamente aos que receberam a versão B, permitindo concluir que aquelas características são relevantes na forma como os docentes desenvolvem estimativas acerca do desempenho acadêmico dos estudantes.

Resumen La relación entre las expectativas de los profesores y el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes ha sido investigada con gran interés. En este estudio se analiza la influencia de la información sobre los estudiantes, en la formulación de estimaciones docentes acerca de sus rendimientos académicos. La muestra estuvo compuesta por 491 profesores, comprendidos entre los 26 y 82 años de edad (M edad = 43). Para evaluar las estimaciones, fueron creados diferentes extractos con información sobre estudiantes hipotéticos, acerca de los cuales era solicitada una estimación de éxito académico. Cada extracto poseía dos versiones (A y B), sobre la información del estudiante, más o menos favorable sobre variables intelectuales, sociodemográficas, familiares, autorregulación y rendimiento académico anterior. Los resultados muestran diferencias moderadas entre las estimaciones de los participantes que recibieron la versión A y las efectuadas por los que recibieron la versión B. Lo anterior, permite arribar a la conclusión de que aquellas características son relevantes para los profesores para realizar sus estimaciones, relativas al desempeño académico de los estudiantes.

Low expectations: Do teachers underestimate the ability of overweight children or the children of overweight mothers?

Using the first wave of the Growing Up in Ireland Survey of nine year old children we examine whether a teacher's assessment of their pupil's academic ability is influenced by the weight status of the child and/or the child's mother. Multivariate regression analyses of the teacher's assessment, controlling for the child's actual test performance, their BMI, their mother's BMI, other socio-demographic and teacher characteristics were undertaken. The study highlighted that child BMI was not a significant determinant but that children whose mother was obese were more likely to be rated as below average in reading and in maths compared to those whose mother was leaner, after adjusting for their measured ability. The potential for mother's weight status to influence teachers' assessments of their children's perceived ability could have long term ramifications for educational outcomes and warrants further study.

Accurate, inaccurate, or biased teacher expectations: Do Dutch teachers differ in their expectations at the end of primary education?

BACKGROUND: In several tracked educational systems, realizing optimal placements in classes in the first year of secondary education depends on the accuracy of teacher expectations. AIMS: The aim of this study was to investigate between-teacher differences in their expectations regarding the academic aptitude of their students. SAMPLE: The sample consisted of 500 teachers (classes) who provided their expectations of 7,550 students in the final grade of Dutch primary education. METHODS: We analysed the extent to which teachers differed in their expectations and in what contexts their expectations were biased, using multilevel random slope models. RESULTS: Multilevel analysis showed teacher expectation bias to be related to gender and socio-ethnic background of students. The differences among teachers in expectations for Turkish, Moroccan, and other foreign students with low-educated parents were larger than the average teacher expectation bias for these groups in the sample. When student characteristics were controlled for, we found that the teachers in our sample had higher expectations for students in high-performing classes or classes with only a small proportion of students from low-SES families. Teacher expectation bias for demographic groups, however, was found to be independent of the class population. CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate the importance of the teacher and the necessity of using multilevel models when investigating the complex nature of between-teacher differences in expectations of student performance.

School- and community-based associations to hypermasculine attitudes in African American adolescent males.

This study examined the role of hypermasculinity as a form of reactive coping among urban African American adolescent males (ages 12-17) and assessed the extent to which hypermasculinity is influenced by youth appraisals of how adults in their school and community perceive them. Two research questions were addressed: (a) Do adolescent males who report negative community and school experiences use hypermasculine attitudes as a coping response? (b) Do the effects of perceived negative school and community experiences persist, if they are present at all? Participants in the study were 241 African American adolescent males who attended public schools in a large southeastern city. Associating youth-reported questionnaires on perceived teacher expectations and perceptions of community challenges from one wave of data on hypermasculine attitudes within the same year and 2 years later, the results indicate that hypermasculinity attitudes stem from negative perceptions in the community and school contexts. Also, hypermasculinity attitudes were associated with these negatively perceived experiences across time. When examined longitudinally, negative experiences in the community had a stronger relation to hypermasculinity than similar experiences at school.