%0 Journal Article
%T Student Teaching Experience in Diverse Settings, White Racial Identity Development and Teacher Efficacy
%A Diane S. Bloom
%A Terri Peters
%J Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology
%D 2012
%I 
%R 10.5539/jedp.v2n2p72
%X This study examined how diversity of field placement affected White student teachers¡¯ White racial identity (WRI) development, and the relationship between WRI and teacher efficacy. There was no change in WRI development regardless of placement; however, as the percentage of students of color in the placement increased, two subscales (instructional strategies, classroom management) of the Teacher Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES) decreased. A negative correlation existed between WRI (Pseudo-Independence and Contact subscales of the White Racial Consciousness Development Scale-Revised) and subscales of the TSES. Results indicate that teacher preparation programs critically examine Whiteness and WRI as a construct.
%U http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jedp/article/view/18408