Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology
OFFICE LOCATION
Education 371
OFFICE HOURS
MAILING ADDRESS
Box 41071
Lubbock TX 79409-41071
DIRECT PHONE
(806) 742-1998 ext. 431
DEPARTMENT PHONE
(806) 742-1997
FAX NUMBER
(806) 742-2179
EMAIL ADDRESS
Kamau Oginga Siwatu, Ph.D.
education
Ph.D. Educational Psychology
2005 University of Nebraska
Research interests
- Teaching, Learning, and diversity
- Teacher self-efficacy beliefs
- Culturally responsive pedagogy
- Culturally responsive teaching self-efficacy beliefs
Courses taught
EPSY 5331: Human Development in Education
EPSY 5332: Educational Psychology
EPSY 5379: Introduction to Educational Research
EPSY 6349: Cognition and Instruction
EPSY 6349: Self-Efficacy – Theory, Research, and Applications
EPSY 6349: Mixed Methods Research
representative publications
Siwatu, K. O., & Starker, T. V. (In press). Predicting preservice teachers’ self-efficacy to resolve a cultural conflict involving an African American student. Multicultural Perspectives.
Siwatu, K. O., Polydore, C. L., & Starker, T. V. (2009). Prospective elementary school teachers’ culturally responsive teaching self-efficacy beliefs. Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 4(1), 1-15.
Siwatu, K. O. (2008). Teaching in the era of no child left behind: Preservice teachers' self-efficacy and teaching concerns. Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 3(2), 30-47.
Siwatu, K. O. (2007). Preservice teachers’ culturally responsive teaching self-efficacy and outcome expectancy beliefs. Teaching and Teacher Education, 23, 1086-1101.
Siwatu, K. O. (2009). Designing self-efficacy building interventions in the preparation of culturally responsive teachers. In R. Milner (Ed.), Diversity and education: Teachers, teaching, and teacher education (pp.119-131). Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas Publishers.