| Title: |
Teacher Mindsets and Student Sense of Classroom Belonging |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Jaymes Pyne (ORCID 0000-0003-2570-5384); Eric Grodsky; Katie Eklund; Patti Schaefer; Elizabeth Vaade |
| Source: |
Journal of Early Adolescence. 2024 44(5):579-599. |
| Availability: |
SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Page Count: |
21 |
| Publication Date: |
2024 |
| Document Type: |
Journal Articles; Reports - Research |
| Education Level: |
Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: |
Teacher Attitudes; Middle School Teachers; Middle School Students; Sense of Community; Beliefs; Classroom Environment; Mathematics Teachers; Self Efficacy; Urban Schools; Public Schools; Racial Differences; Teacher Influence |
| Geographic Terms: |
Wisconsin |
| DOI: |
10.1177/02724316231188683 |
| ISSN: |
0272-4316; 1552-5449 |
| Abstract: |
Teachers set the tone for their classrooms, but what teacher beliefs shape students' sense of belonging? We investigate how teachers' mindsets--or their beliefs about learning and school--relate to adolescents' individual and collective reports of classroom belonging. Our pre-registered analyses include a multilevel design of how 1,200 US middle school students (ages 11-13; 50% female; 49% low income; 40% White, 30% Latinx, 13% Black, 9% Asian) and their teachers responded to surveys on educational mindsets. We find teachers' growth mindset and confidence in teaching positively relate to students' math class belonging--explaining between 30 and 40% of belonging among classes. Our data suggest a teacher's own sense of school belonging is unrelated to the belonging students feel in class, suggesting teachers' broad feelings of belonging may not influence students' specific classroom feelings of belonging as anticipated. These findings reinforce the notion that what teachers think and believe influence how students feel when in class. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Entry Date: |
2024 |
| Accession Number: |
EJ1418742 |
| Database: |
ERIC |