Theory and research suggest that preservice techers' personal teaching efficacy and their ethnic attributions contribute to their behavioral interactions with International children. Theoretical research contributions pertaining to personal teaching efficacy, causal attributions, and child-teacher interaction are reviewed and are included as conceptual components for a model of teacher-child interaction. Practical implications of this model are suggested for faculty and staff supervisors of teacher preparation programs.
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