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EJ453784 TM516813
Title: Teachers' Beliefs and Educational Research: Cleaning Up a Messy Construct.Author(s): Pajares, M. Frank
Source: Review of Educational Research, v62 n3 p307-32 Fall 1992
Publication Date: 1992
ISSN: 0034-6543
Language: English
Document Type: Information Analysis (070); Journal articles (080); Reports--Evaluative (142)
Journal Announcement: CIJMAR1993
The meanings
that prominent educational researchers give to beliefs, and how
this differs from the meaning of knowledge providers, are discussed;
and a synthesis is offered about the nature of beliefs. It is argued
that teachers' beliefs should be an important focus of educational
research. (SLD)
Descriptors: *Beliefs; College Faculty; Definitions; *Educational
Attitudes; Educational Research; Educational Theories; Elementary
School Teachers; Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education;
Research Methodology; Research Needs; Secondary School Teachers;
*Teacher Attitudes
Identifiers: *Knowledge
