The Effects of Teachers’ Attitudes, Behaviors, and Skills on Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Multicultural Curriculum: an Action Research Study of a Culturally Responsive Teaching Professional Development Guide in an Elementary Classroom
Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: Today’s students are more ethnically diverse than ever, but are taught by teachers who are a majority white. In response to this cultural mismatch, teachers are adopting innovative practices such as culturally responsive teaching. This qualitative research study utilized participatory action research to examine the perceived culturally responsive attitudes, behaviors, and skills of teachers. Next, this research study examined how teachers operationalized culturally responsive teaching and how the culturally responsive teaching professional development guide informed teachers of their culturally responsive practice. Specifically, through three observations of each participant using the theoretical culturally responsive teaching professional development guide individual participant interviews, culturally responsive attitudes, behaviors, and skills were observed and discussed. The theoretical culturally responsive teaching professional development guide was developed from a synthesis of scholarly culturally responsive literature and research. During two focus group meetings the participants revised the theoretical culturally responsive teaching professional development guide into a teacher-friendly culturally responsive teaching tool. Then a semantic analysis was conducted to ensure the participants’ revisions maintained the integrity of the theoretical culturally responsive teaching professional development guide. Resulting from this research study are findings that teachers’ voices should be utilized to create culturally responsive teaching tools, and there is a need for culturally responsive professional development for teachers and administrators.
Authors: Long, Pamela Ann, NC DOCKS at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2523225038