Abstract
The aim of this study is to investigate the attitudes of the primary school teacher candidates towards teaching profession and self-efficacy beliefs in teaching science. The research was conducted with a survey model. The sample of the study consisted of 182 teacher candidates who were studying at the 2015-2016 spring term from Kastamonu University, at Faculty of Education in Elementary Teacher Training program at the first and fourth years of university level. Scale of Self-Efficacy Beliefs towards Science Teaching and Scale of Attitudes towards to Teaching Profession were used as data gathering tools. Independent t-testing and Pearson's Correlation Coefficients have been used in analyzing the data. According to findings, there was a significant difference between the freshman and senior students on the self-efficacy scaling related to teaching the science in favor of the senior students. In addition, it was also been discovered that there was also statistical difference in favor of the senior students compared to the freshman students on attitude scale towards to the teaching profession. It has also found that there was a statistical intermediate positive relationship between the self-efficacy of teaching the science and the attitudes towards teaching profession at the teacher candidates, who were studying at the first year of the university. However, it was discovered that there was a higher probability positive relationship between the self-efficacy beliefs and the attitudes to the teaching profession of teacher candidates, who were at the last year of the university.
Highlights
The teachers’ training of successful students in the field of sciences is related to the having higher rate of positive attitudes towards teaching science and the candidate’s self-efficacy beliefs about teaching science [1]
The self-efficacy beliefs levels of teaching science and the attitudes towards teaching profession of different graders teacher candidates, who study at elementary teacher training undergraduate program, were investigated
In terms of self-efficacy beliefs levels in teaching science, a significant difference has been found in favor of the fourth grade teacher candidates compared to the first grade students
Summary
The teachers’ training of successful students in the field of sciences is related to the having higher rate of positive attitudes towards teaching science and the candidate’s self-efficacy beliefs about teaching science [1]. Self-efficacy is the personal/individual view of a person considering himself as a successful individual in front of a specific problem and how to overcome this problem [3]. Self-efficacy, which means to the self-assessment of people on dealing with a problem and their personal feelings in being successful, might give important clues on how some specific abilities or behaviors are understood in the educational processes and how they are perceived by the individuals. The personal judgments of the teachers and teacher candidates about their personal abilities and skills on dealing with the problems in overcoming these problems that they have faced in their educational and teaching processes have an important role in their qualified teaching [4]
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