Winnie Mucherah
Biographic Data
| ID | 2401709 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Winnie Mucherah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Winnie |
| FAMILY NAME | Mucherah |
| SIGNATURE | MUCHERAH W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ball State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Loving Out Loud: Community Mentors, Teacher Candidates, and Transformational Learning Through a Pedagogy of Care and Connection
Although there has been significant research examining the practice of culturally responsive teaching, little empirical work to date has examined the role that community-engaged, teacher preparation models play in shaping prospective teachers' orientation toward cultural responsiveness. This study of 60 preservice teacher candidates enrolled in a program of community-engaged teacher preparation at a midsized Midwestern public university specifica…
Brazilian Adolescents' Just World Beliefs and Its Relationships with School Fairness, Student Conduct, and Legal Authorities
The Contextual Difference: Developing Preservice Teacher Efficacy Through Immersive Learning Experiences
This study’s purpose was to examine the self-efficacy of preservice teachers throughout an immersive learning semester and compare it with a control group. The study suggests that a community-based immersive program supports preservice teacher efficacy development within the dynamic cultural context of families and schools. The immersive learning participants’ ( n = 32) teacher efficacy was assessed thrice and compared with a traditional on-campu…
Accounting for the Response-Shift: Pre-Service Teacher-Efficacy Development in Immersive Learning
This article compares the changes in efficacy of pre-service teachers in an immersive learning practicum and in a traditional practicum. It does not assume that pre-service teachers take the same pattern of development as inservice teachers because of the restructuring that must occur in an educational setting. The first study followed the development of 159 preservice teachers and found a significant interaction between the two groups across tim…
Relation of Reading Motivation to Reading Achievement in Seventh-Grade Students From Kenya and the United States
Research showing a relationship between middle school students’ reading motivation and achievement originates primarily in the Western world. The current study was conducted in Kenya and the United States to investigate whether motivation to read and reading achievement are related similarly in the 2 settings. A total of 208 seventh-grade students from public schools from Kenya (51 girls, 34 boys) and the United States (60 girls, 63 boys) complet…
Immigrants' Perceptions of their Native Language: Challenges to Actual Use and Maintenance
This study examined immigrants' perceptions of their native language and factors that enhance or hinder its use and maintenance. Participants (N = 208) included immigrants to the United States. Results showed that immigrants perceive their native language positively, desire that their children use it alongside English, and perceive negative consequences related to speaking the native language. Immigrants use English more often than their native l…
Loving Out Loud: Community Mentors, Teacher Candidates, and Transformational Learning Through a Pedagogy of Care and Connection
Although there has been significant research examining the practice of culturally responsive teaching, little empirical work to date has examined the role that community-engaged, teacher preparation models play in shaping prospective teachers' orientation toward cultural responsiveness. This study of 60 preservice teacher candidates enrolled in a program of community-engaged teacher preparation at a midsized Midwestern public university specifica…
Brazilian Adolescents' Just World Beliefs and Its Relationships with School Fairness, Student Conduct, and Legal Authorities
Immigrants' Perceptions of their Native Language: Challenges to Actual Use and Maintenance
This study examined immigrants' perceptions of their native language and factors that enhance or hinder its use and maintenance. Participants (N = 208) included immigrants to the United States. Results showed that immigrants perceive their native language positively, desire that their children use it alongside English, and perceive negative consequences related to speaking the native language. Immigrants use English more often than their native l…
The Contextual Difference: Developing Preservice Teacher Efficacy Through Immersive Learning Experiences
This study’s purpose was to examine the self-efficacy of preservice teachers throughout an immersive learning semester and compare it with a control group. The study suggests that a community-based immersive program supports preservice teacher efficacy development within the dynamic cultural context of families and schools. The immersive learning participants’ ( n = 32) teacher efficacy was assessed thrice and compared with a traditional on-campu…
Immigrants' Perceptions of their Native Language: Challenges to Actual Use and Maintenance
This study examined immigrants' perceptions of their native language and factors that enhance or hinder its use and maintenance. Participants (N = 208) included immigrants to the United States. Results showed that immigrants perceive their native language positively, desire that their children use it alongside English, and perceive negative consequences related to speaking the native language. Immigrants use English more often than their native l…
Relation of Reading Motivation to Reading Achievement in Seventh-Grade Students From Kenya and the United States
Research showing a relationship between middle school students’ reading motivation and achievement originates primarily in the Western world. The current study was conducted in Kenya and the United States to investigate whether motivation to read and reading achievement are related similarly in the 2 settings. A total of 208 seventh-grade students from public schools from Kenya (51 girls, 34 boys) and the United States (60 girls, 63 boys) complet…
Accounting for the Response-Shift: Pre-Service Teacher-Efficacy Development in Immersive Learning
This article compares the changes in efficacy of pre-service teachers in an immersive learning practicum and in a traditional practicum. It does not assume that pre-service teachers take the same pattern of development as inservice teachers because of the restructuring that must occur in an educational setting. The first study followed the development of 159 preservice teachers and found a significant interaction between the two groups across tim…
The Contextual Difference: Developing Preservice Teacher Efficacy Through Immersive Learning Experiences
This study’s purpose was to examine the self-efficacy of preservice teachers throughout an immersive learning semester and compare it with a control group. The study suggests that a community-based immersive program supports preservice teacher efficacy development within the dynamic cultural context of families and schools. The immersive learning participants’ ( n = 32) teacher efficacy was assessed thrice and compared with a traditional on-campu…
Loving Out Loud: Community Mentors, Teacher Candidates, and Transformational Learning Through a Pedagogy of Care and Connection
Although there has been significant research examining the practice of culturally responsive teaching, little empirical work to date has examined the role that community-engaged, teacher preparation models play in shaping prospective teachers' orientation toward cultural responsiveness. This study of 60 preservice teacher candidates enrolled in a program of community-engaged teacher preparation at a midsized Midwestern public university specifica…
Brazilian Adolescents' Just World Beliefs and Its Relationships with School Fairness, Student Conduct, and Legal Authorities
Psychology (6 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Teacher education (3 works) · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (3 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Perception (2 works) · Self-efficacy (2 works)