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When teachers believe, students achieve
By Jenni Donohoo and Steven Katz
December 2017
When teachers share the belief that, together, they can positively influence student learning over and above other factors and make an educational difference in the lives of students, they actually do. Collective efficacy refers to the shared perceptions of educators that, through their combined efforts, they can “organize and execute the courses of action required to have a positive effect on students” (Goddard, Hoy, & Hoy, 2004, p. 4). Tschannen-Moran and Barr (2004) expand on this definition, describing collective efficacy as the “collective self-perception that teachers in a given school make an educational difference to their students over and above the educational impact of their homes and communities” (p. 190). In fact, collective efficacy is what matters most in improving student learning, topping Hattie’s (2016)
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Jenni Donohoo (jenni.donohoo@praxis-engage.com) is an educational consultant, author, and keynote speaker at Praxis Engaging Ideas.
Steven Katz (steven.katz@utoronto.ca) is a consultant, author, speaker, and professor in the Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto.
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