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The Functions of Teachers’ Beliefs: Filter, Frame, and Guide

Mon, April 16, 8:15 to 10:15am, Sheraton Wall Centre, Floor: Grand Ballroom Level, North Grand Ballroom A

Session Submission Type: Symposium

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The research on teachers’ beliefs is varied and vast. Major reviews of this literature have been offered regularly in the past 20 years (see Calderhead, 1996; Fang, 1996; Fives & Buehl, in press; Kagan, 1992; Pajares, 1992; Richardson, 1996; Thompson, 1992; Woolfolk, Davis, & Pape, 2006) however, little emphasis has been placed on the function of these beliefs in teachers’ experiences. While we know a great deal about the types of beliefs teachers hold and the content of those beliefs it is unclear how beliefs function within teachers’ self-systems. This symposium offers a theoretical explanation how teachers’ beliefs function (i.e., as filters, frame, and guides) and three empirical papers that illustrate how beliefs serve these functions.

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