A Probe into the Sense of Efficacy of the Teachers

Abstract

The concept of teachers’ Sense of Efficacy refers to person’s own belief in his or her capacity to perform their behaviors necessary to produce specific performance attainments in the institution. To ascertain the present status of teachers’ Sense of Efficacy of the school teachers of West Bengal, the present study was carried out through the Descriptive Survey Method by administering Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES) (Tschannen-Moran & Woolfolk Hoy, 2001) on a random sample of 616 school teachers of West Bengal. The results of the study reflected that on an average the teachers of West Bengal were highly scored in all the subscales of Sense of Efficacy and also in Sense of Efficacy (in Totality). It might be concluded that, the teachers may be perform well in their academic activities and teach efficiently to the students that emphasis the good productivity of quality education.