Abstract
The purpose of this research is to determine the relationship between ‘educational beliefs’ and ‘teacher self-efficacy perceptions’ of pre-service teachers in the faculty of education. A total of 1002 pre-service teachers, 463 final year undergraduate and 539 certificate program students, participated in the study voluntarily at the Necatibey Faculty of Education in Balıkesir University. 'Educational Beliefs Scale' developed by Yılmaz and 'Turkish Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale' developed by Tschannen-Moran and Hoy which was adapted to Turkish by Çapa were applied on the participants. As a result of the research, a significant difference was found in pre-service teachers' self-efficacy opinions regarding gender variable in favor of men. Besides that, a significant difference was found in favor of women in terms of progressivism and existentialism in education beliefs and in favor of men in terms of essentialism. Other results of the research are as follows: when the beliefs of education and self-efficacy beliefs of teacher trainees were examined in terms of academic discipline variable, there was no significant difference in self-efficacy beliefs of teacher candidates. In terms of educational belief variable, only a significant difference was observed in existentialism dimension. According to sources of teacher education variable, a significant difference was found in favor of formation students in self-efficacy dimension related to classroom management. Lastly, according to the source of teacher training, it was seen that the students of the faculty of education adopted the philosophy of existentialism more, whereas the formation students adopted the essentialism more. Key words: Teacher education, pre-service teachers, self-efficacy beliefs, educational beliefs.
Highlights
Philosophy is a field of study that teaches how to think, inquire and look at events from different perspectives but loses its prestige in today’s world, especially in Turkey
When the philosophical beliefs of teacher candidates are taken into consideration, Table 1 demonstrates that the highest belief level is progressivism and the lowest belief level is essentialism
When the results are investigated according to relation of gender to educational beliefs, female participants scored significantly higher in progressivism and existentialism dimensions, while male participants scored higher on essentialism
Summary
Philosophy is a field of study that teaches how to think, inquire and look at events from different perspectives but loses its prestige in today’s world, especially in Turkey. Philosophy is the general understanding of the world; it explains the universe and analyzes universal questions (Politzer, 2018). Philosophy of Education is a philosophical analysis of education and problems of education. Philosophers of education approach problems of education through the lens of philosophy. They focus on analyzing and explaining the concepts and problems at the center of education. What kind of role should the state play in education? The answers to these questions play a crucial role at defining the educational systems and curricula of countries; constructing the desired student profile
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