Theory and Practice in Teacher Education Publications and Other Works

Source Publication (e.g., journal title)

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

Author ORCID Identifier

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4992-0508

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2021

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enab012

Abstract

Forty-four elementary grade teachers of deaf and hard of hearing students were surveyed about how they taught writing and their beliefs about writing. Beliefs about writing included their efficacy to teach writing, attitude towards writing, and epistemological beliefs about writing. These teachers from 15 different states in the United States slightly agreed they were efficacious writing teachers and they were slightly positive about their writing. They slightly agreed that learning to write involves effort and process, moderately disagreed that writing development is innate or fixed, slightly disagreed that knowledge about writing is certain, and were equally split about whether writing knowledge comes from authorities and experts. On average, teachers applied the 22 instructional writing practices surveyed at least once a month. They reported their students wrote weekly, and their writing was supported through goal setting, feedback, and prewriting activities. Writing instruction mostly focuses on teaching grammar and how to plan compositions. Teacher efficacy uniquely and statistically predicted reported teaching practices after attitude towards writing and epistemological beliefs were first controlled. Recommendations for future research and implications for practice are presented.

Submission Type

Pre-print

Download
Files over 3MB may be slow to open. For best results, right-click and select "save as..."
COinS