The Effect of Pedagogical Formation Courses upon the Professional Self-efficacy Perception of Pre-service Teachers

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of pedagogical formation courses upon the professional self-efficacy perception of pre-service teachers. The study was carried out through the participation of 29 pre-service teachers having pedagogical formation training in Adıyaman University Educational Faculty in 2013-2014 academic year. This study was carried out in single-group pre-test and post-test model as one of the pre-experimental designs. In the study, profession of teaching professional self-efficacy scale was used as the pre-test. Cronbach Alpha Reliability Coefficient calculated for overall scale was found as .92. The scale included totally 27 items including the sub-dimensions of instructional design, teaching enhancement, teaching evaluation and professional development. At the end of six-week pedagogical formation training, the same measurement instrument was performed to the pre-service teachers as the post-test. In analysis of the data, arithmetic average and dependent-groups t-test were performed. As result of the research, it was determined that pedagogical formation courses had a significant effect upon developing the professional self-efficacy perception of pre-service teachers.