Teachers' beliefs

Teachers' beliefs originate from four sources. They are content knowledge, educational materials, formal teacher education, and experience (Shulman, 1987).

1. What are teachers beliefs and values?
2. What should teachers believe in?
3. What are the beliefs of teaching and learning?
4. How teacher beliefs affect student learning?

What are teachers beliefs and values?

The core of teaching consists of four basic values: dignity, truthfulness, fairness and responsibility & freedom. All teaching is founded on ethics – whether it be the teacher-student relationship, pluralism or a teacher's relationship with their work. Dignity means respect for humanity.

What should teachers believe in?

Great teachers believe in obsessing over the experience of learning. ... The best teachers do less themselves and make learners do the lifting. In many ways it is not the 'blocks' of learning—be they activities, classes, days or terms—that are important, but how a learner travels between them and relate them to each other.

What are the beliefs of teaching and learning?

Students need to have the opportunity to observe, practise and teach others. The mental and physical well-being of students and staff is a priority. Students need opportunities to engage in higher order thinking and reflection about learning. The core-shared values are the foundation for all learning and teaching.

How teacher beliefs affect student learning?

Researchers have found that teachers who believe they can be very effective—i.e. the instruction of decisions that they make can leverage student learning—have the best results in the classroom. ... The effect size of teacher's belief in their effectiveness is higher than any other, and by a decent margin.