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African Centered Curriculum and Teacher Efficacy: Contributors to African American Student Achievement

Akoma, Efua
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Recognizing African American students still perform academically at lower levels than their White counterparts, they maintain lower grades in school, and perform lower on standardized tests; educators and policy makers continue attempts at addressing these disparities. One remedy is implementing culturally specific material into curriculum to be reflective of the cultural diversity of students in the classroom. Although research indicates the use of material related to the student’s cultural origin can create a learning environment conducive to greater academic achievement particularly with minority children, few studies investigate the inclusion of culturally specific material in the classroom in relation to its effect on teachers. This study investigates the relationship between teacher’s view of culture’s role in the educational process and teacher efficacy and how this may be related to academic achievement. ANOVA’s and Correlation statistics were used to analyze the data. Results show statistically significant academic achievement differences but no significant differences in teacher attitudes towards multiculturalism and the teacher self efficacy variable.

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2008-07-08
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African American, Teacher Efficacy, African Centered Curriculum
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Akoma, Efua. “African Centered Curriculum and Teacher Efficacy: Contributors to African American Student Achievement.” Thesis, Georgia State University, 2008, https://doi.org/10.57709/1059078.
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2012-01-26
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