When preservice teachers’ prior beliefs contradict evidence from educational research
| العنوان: | When preservice teachers’ prior beliefs contradict evidence from educational research |
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| المؤلفون: | Eva Thomm, Johannes M. Bauer, Bernadette Gold, Tilmann Betsch |
| المصدر: | British Journal of Educational Psychology. 91:1055-1072 |
| بيانات النشر: | Wiley, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Motivated reasoning, Universities, 05 social sciences, Devaluation, 050301 education, Grade retention, Belief revision, Affect (psychology), Education, Scientific evidence, Educational research, Attitude, Reading, Generalization (learning), Developmental and Educational Psychology, Educational Personnel, Educational Status, Humans, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Psychology, 0503 education, Social psychology, 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| الوصف: | Background Knowledge from educational research frequently contradicts preservice teachers' prior beliefs about educational topics. Such contradictions can seriously affect their attitudes towards educational research and can counteract efforts taken to establish teaching as a research-based profession. Aims Inspired by Munro's (2010, J. Appl. Soc. Psychol., 40, 579) work on science discounting, this study examined whether preservice teachers tend to devalue the potency of educational research when evidence contradicts their beliefs. Sample We used data from 145 preservice teachers from different German universities. Methods In an experimental design, participants indicated their prior beliefs about an educational topic (i.e., effectiveness of grade retention) before and after reading either confirming or disconfirming scientific evidence. Dependent variables were, first, whether participants devalued the potency of science to study this focal topic and whether they generalized this devaluation to further related and unrelated topics; second, whether participants preferred non-scientific over scientific sources to inform themselves about the focal topic as an indirect measure of science devaluation. Results Interaction effects on both outcome variables confirmed that participants devalued educational research and its sources when scientific evidence conflicted with their prior belief. Yet, results did not corroborate any generalization of devaluation to further topics. Despite the devaluation, participants indicated belief revision in the direction of the evidence read. Conclusions Preservice teachers may indeed critically question educational research when scientific evidence conflicts with their prior beliefs. However, they may also adapt their assumptions in light of strong evidence. More research is needed to clarify the conditions of devaluation and belief revision. |
| تدمد: | 2044-8279 0007-0998 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::79ee02de43c3f863f4db63f0ba70d87b https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12407 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....79ee02de43c3f863f4db63f0ba70d87b |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 20448279 00070998 |
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