TY - JOUR A1 - Civitillo, Sauro A1 - Juang, Linda P. A1 - Badra, Marcel A1 - Schachner, Maja Katharina T1 - The interplay between culturally responsive teaching, cultural diversity beliefs, and self-reflection BT - a multiple case study JF - Teaching and Teacher Education N2 - This investigation examined the dynamic relation between culturally responsive teaching, teacher cultural diversity beliefs, and self-reflection on own teaching. A multiple case study with four ethnic German teachers was conducted using classroom video observations (3 lesson units X 2 raters) and post observation interviews in a culturally and ethnically diverse high school. For these teachers there was a high congruence between culturally responsive teaching and cultural diversity beliefs. Yet their degree of cultural responsiveness and their beliefs differed across teachers. The teachers who were observed to be more culturally responsive also showed elaborated patterns of self-reflection on their own teaching. KW - Cultural diversity KW - Culturally responsive teaching KW - Teacher beliefs KW - Self-reflection KW - Case study Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2018.11.002 SN - 0742-051X VL - 77 SP - 341 EP - 351 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Civitillo, Sauro A1 - Juang, Linda P. A1 - Schachner, Maja Katharina T1 - Challenging beliefs about cultural diversity in education BT - a synthesis and critical review of trainings with pre-service teachers JF - Educational Research Review N2 - Teaching culturally diverse classrooms starts from embracing beliefs that recognise the strengths of cultural diversity. Research is needed to understand how teacher training contributes to shaping pre-service teachers’ beliefs about cultural diversity. Accordingly, the purpose of this review is to 1) provide a description of main components and contextual characteristics of teacher trainings targeting cultural diversity beliefs, 2) report the training effects, and 3) detail the methodological strengths and weaknesses of these studies. A total of 36 studies published between 2005 and 2015 that used a longitudinal assessment of cultural diversity beliefs were reviewed. The collective results of these studies indicate a large variance amongst trainings, with experiential learning shifting cultural diversity beliefs positively. However, existing studies have significant limitations in the study design and training evaluation that hinder their conclusions regarding internal and external validity and point towards new directions for future research. KW - Cultural diversity KW - Beliefs KW - Teacher education KW - Pre-service teacher Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2018.01.003 SN - 1747-938X SN - 1878-0385 VL - 24 SP - 67 EP - 83 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Civitillo, Sauro A1 - Schachner, Maja Katharina A1 - Juang, Linda P. A1 - van de Vijver, Fons J. R. A1 - Handrick, Anna A1 - Noack, Peter T1 - Towards a better understanding of cultural diversity approaches at school BT - a multi-informant and mixed-methods study JF - Learning, Culture and Social Interaction N2 - The current study investigates two types of cultural diversity approaches at school, namely (1) fostering equality and (2) promoting cultural pluralism. Adopting a mixed-methods design, this study assesses teachers' (n = 207) and students' (n = 1,644) self-reported perceptions of descriptive norms and evaluates school practices and artefacts in the physical and virtual environment of 22 secondary schools in south-west Germany. Results showed that in all schools under investigation teachers and students perceived descriptive norms fostering mostly equality. A wide variety of practices and artefacts was found, revealing a third distinct cultural approach leaning towards endorsing the majority culture. Different practices and artefacts were linked to an emphasis on equality, cultural pluralism, and endorsing the majority culture. Implications for educational policy, as well as applied diversity research, are discussed. KW - Cultural diversity KW - School KW - Equality KW - Pluralism KW - Mixed-methods Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lcsi.2016.09.002 SN - 2210-6561 VL - 12 SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford ER -