Prospective Teachers' Perceptions of Ethnic and Gender Differences in Academic Achievement

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the responses of teachers to statements concerning gender and ethnic disparity in academic achievement. The major result was that preservice teachers were most likely to attribute gender difference to Society and ethnic difference to the Ethnic-Cultur. Generaly the explanations were simplistic. Finally, the were statistically significant differences between elementary and secondary preservice teachers.