Sharon Tettegah

Associate Professor, EdPsych

My research framework is characterized as interdisciplinary because I integrate teacher education, psychology, multicultural education and technology. A primary concern in education today is the relationship among teacher attitudes, instruction and student learning. A recent publication by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education stressed the importance of teacher dispositions and their impact on learning. Dispositions refer to the inclination to act in a particular way. Despite efforts to understand teacher's dispositions, little work has investigated teacher empathy and its connection to classroom learning and social justice.more information...