A case study of an African American teacher's self-efficacy, stereotype threat, and persistence

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 263-276

  Milner, H Richard ^a   Hoy, Anita Woolfolk ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American teachers; Case study; Social context; Stereotype threat; Teacher beliefs; Teacher self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037319371     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-051X(02)00099-9     Document Type: Article

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