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Developing an Instrument to Measure Educator Perceptions of African American Male Students PreK - 12

Scott, Delbert Christopher Eugene
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1571837290653201

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2019, Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Bowling Green State University, Leadership Studies.
Educators are important in the academic and social development of students. Educator perceptions carry significant weight when interpreting behaviors, skills, and abilities of students (Beckford, 2016; Simson, 2013). Research that investigates the possible consequences of educator perceptions of African American males and the relationship of those perceptions to student outcomes is scant. This exploratory sequential research study reported psychometric properties of an instrument developed to examine educator perceptions of African American males held by public educators in PreK12. Extant research suggests that educator perceptions of Black males are more negative than those of noneducators (see Foster, 1995; Quinn, 2017). Specifically, overall perceptions of educators regarding African American males are negative (Fitzgerald, 2009; Foster, 1995; Jackson & Crawley, 2003). The instrument created for the present study will guide future research that will enable researchers to examine the relationships between educator perceptions and outcomes for African American male students (e.g., eligibility in special education for EBDs). Examining validity evidence for the public educator perceptions of African American males survey (PEPAAMS) PreK12 revealed significant relationships between educators (1) answering on behalf of the average person and (2) self-reporting personal perceptions. This study also found that the adapted brief social desirability scale did not function as intended. The ABSDS was not a reliable measure to differentiate which dependent variable is best to use when there were different scores for personal and average perceptions of public educators using a paired samples t-Test and MANOVA. Due to the inadequacy of the ABSDS, findings revealed that personal value statements were a better indicator for determining which perceptions scores were more reliable to use. Finally, this study concluded that educators who were truly low prejudice (see Hing et al., 2008) were least likely to hold negative personal perceptions of African American male students.
Patrick D. Pauken, Dr. (Advisor)
Alicia Mrachko, Dr. (Other)
Philip T.K. Daniel, Dr. (Committee Member)
Paul A. Johnson, Dr. (Committee Member)
Matthew Lavery, Dr. (Committee Member)
297 p.
Adult Education; African American Studies; African Americans; African History; Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Ethnic Studies; Gender; Legal Studies
African American Male Perceptions; Critical Race Theory; Educator Perceptions; Social Construction of Race in Educator Decision Making; Ideological Values Affect Perceptions of Race; Black Males in School Leadership; Implicit Biases; Explicit Biases

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  • Scott, D. C. E. (2019). Developing an Instrument to Measure Educator Perceptions of African American Male Students PreK - 12 [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1571837290653201

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Scott, Delbert . Developing an Instrument to Measure Educator Perceptions of African American Male Students PreK - 12. 2019. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1571837290653201.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Scott, Delbert . "Developing an Instrument to Measure Educator Perceptions of African American Male Students PreK - 12." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1571837290653201

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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