Análisis de las variables mediadoras entre las concepciones educativas del profesor de secundaria y su conducta docente

Authors

Fernando Doménech BetoretSalto de línea Joan Andrés Traver MartíSalto de línea Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación. Universitat Jaume I.

María Odet Moliner GarcíaSalto de línea María Auxiliadora Sales CigesSalto de línea Educación. Universitat Jaume I.

Abstract

Analysing the mediator variables between secondary school teachers' conception of education and their teaching behaviourSalto de línea Salto de línea The purpose of this paper is to analyse the mediator variables that affect secondary school teachers, hindering or facilitating classroom practice when they try to apply their theoriesdiferenand beliefs about teaching and learning.The sample group, consisting of 249 secondary school teachers,was divided into two groups, in accordance with their predominant conception of education.The comparative analysis revealed significant differences between the two groups for some of the factors under consideration. However, the teachers from both groups identified those factors related to the «classroom climate» and «school policies and management» as being the greatest hindrance for applying in a classroom setting their theories and beliefs about teaching and learning.

Keywords

Secondary school teachers, teachers’ theories and beliefs, mediator variables, classroom climate, school policies and management.