“…Research and international reports suggest that educators are the “change agents” of educational reform (Spillane, Reiser, & Reimer, 2002), and that their beliefs must not be ignored, as these beliefs are significantly linked to classroom instructional and teaching practices (Haney, Lumpe, Czerniak, & Egan, 2002; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD], 2009; Spillane, Hopkins, & Sweet, 2018) and student learning outcomes (Polly et al, 2013). Beliefs influence educators’ attitudes, views, and values related to reform and most importantly how they act upon the change (Liou & Daly, 2018; Bandura, 1993; Spillane et al, 2018). People tend to take action according to their beliefs, which comprise their attitudes and actionable agendas (Pajares, 1992).…”