Open AccessIs Equity on Their Mind? Documenting Teachers’ Education Equity Mindset
Author(s) -
Louis S. Nadelson,
Rachelle Miller,
Helen H. Hu,
Na Mi Bang,
Brandy Walthall
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1925-0754
pISSN - 1925-0746
DOI - 10.5430/wje.v9n5p26
Subject(s) - mindset , equity (law) , psychology , construct (python library) , professional development , teacher education , faculty development , public relations , pedagogy , political science , computer science , artificial intelligence , law , programming language
An education equity mindset is fundamental to assuring all students are supported to achieve to their highest capacity.We have identified six attributes of an educational equity mindset critical to assuring teachers’ practices andprofessional choices are aligned with meeting the needs of all students. In an effort to promote education equitymindset among teachers we determined there was a need to first empirically document the construct. We surveyed 452teachers in the southern region of the United States. Our results indicate that we effectively measured our definition ofeducation equity mindset. We found multiple differences in the mindset attributes based on personal and professionalvariables. Our data indicate that teachers may hold competing or fragmented mindsets. Our research uncoveredmultiple needed lines of research and implications for teacher preparation and professional development.