Collective Teacher Efficacy Research Articles

Analysis of the relationship between school leadership and collective teacher efficacy: a cultural comparison

ABSTRACT This meta-analysis study aims to analyze the relationship between school leadership and collective teacher efficacy in a cultural context. The meta-analysis included a total of 47 studies in different cultures in different countries. The results of the analysis for all 47 studies involved suggested a medium-level relationship between school leadership and collective teacher efficacy. The combined effect size was calculated for all studies according to random effect models (ES = .48). And it is concluded that the power distance and long-term orientation of countries positively predict the relationship between school leadership and collective teacher efficacy. In addition, it is concluded that the individualism tendency of countries negatively predicts the relationship between school leadership and collective teacher efficacy. Moreover, it is determined that the uncertainty avoidance and masculinity tendencies of countries do not predict the relationship between school leadership and collective teacher efficacy. In line with these results, school managers working in countries that have high power distance, collectivity, long-term investment, and limitation tendency should benefit from these opportunities to carry out and complete the school mission. School managers in countries that have low power distance, collectivity, long-term investment, and limitation tendency should develop different strategies.

School-level variables that enhance student achievement: examining the role of collective teacher efficacy and organizational citizenship behavior

PurposeThe purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among collective teacher efficacy (CTE), organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), and student achievement in Turkey.Design/methodology/approachMultilevel analysis was conducted to investigate how school-level variables, including collective teacher efficacy, organizational citizenship behavior, and school socioeconomic status, affect student achievement. Data were collected from 674 teachers and 7,173 students embedded in 57 schools.FindingsResults showed significant variation in mean student achievement between schools, with approximately 20% of the variance in mean achievement occurring between-schools. After controlling for school Socioeconomic status (SES), CTE and OCB significantly predicted school mean achievement scores and explained approximately 45% of the between-schools variance in achievement.Practical implicationsThe results of the study verified that CTE and OCB are important school-level variables that contribute to the achievement of students. It reemphasizes the significance of these constructs in creating the conditions to foster student achievement even in low-SES schools.Originality/valueThis was the first attempt to examine the relationships between CTE, OCB and student achievement in Turkey. The findings of this study may contribute to the international knowledge base by investigating the relationship between CTE, OCB, and student achievement in a collectivist cultural context.

A preliminary investigation of collective teacher efficacy and student hope: Understanding the role of student-teacher relationships

A preliminary investigation of collective teacher efficacy and student hope: Understanding the role of student-teacher relationships

The effect of teacher trust in colleagues on collective teacher efficacy: Examining the mediating role of the characteristics of professional learning communities

It is important to identify factors that enable teacher collaborative activities and joint work. The study aimed to investigate the relationships between teacher trust in colleagues, dimensions of professional learning communities, and collective teacher efficacy. Data were collected from 362 Serbian teachers and analyzed using the techniques of structural equation modeling. The obtained results showed that teacher trust in colleagues has a direct effect on teachers’ collective efficacy. Moreover, shared responsibility, as a component of professional learning communities, was a mediator in the relationship between teacher trust and collective teacher efficacy. Practical implications and limitations were discussed.

Collective Efficacy and Co-Teaching Relationships in Inclusive Classrooms

Co-teaching is becoming prevalent in meeting the needs of students with disabilities in the general education classroom. Co-teachers face more challenges in collaboration, relationships, and defining roles. Collective teacher efficacy is the shared belief that a team of co-teachers can make a positive difference in student achievement and school culture. This quantitative study aims to assess the teachers' self-efficacy and the collective efficacy of the co-teaching team to develop cohesive and working relationships to benefit students in inclusive middle classrooms in a suburban school district in the United States. Bandura’s (1977) social cognitive theory and efficacy as a set of proximal determining factors of teachers’ affect and actions theoretically framed the study. The research questions used focused on understanding the kinds of things that create challenges for teachers. Also, they considered the combination of the current ability, resources, and opportunities for teachers and the co-teaching team. The data from the instruments were collected, categorized, and tabulated for interpretation and analysis. The findings show correlated efficacy factors in student engagement, instructional practices, and classroom management. The results recommended for same planning time, collaboration, and understanding of shared roles of the co-teaching team.

Investigating the mediating effects of professional learning communities on the relationship between leadership practices and teacher collective efficacy: a perspective of Chinese principals

ABSTRACT This study investigated the mediating effects of professional learning community (PLC) components on the relationship between leadership practices and teacher collective efficacy from the perspective of Chinese principals. Survey data were collected from 878 school principals. The results revealed that leadership practices significantly and positively affected the five PLC components, three of which (shared purpose, collective focus on student learning and reflective dialogue) had significant positive effects on teacher collective efficacy. Shared purpose, collective focus on student learning and reflective dialogue significantly mediated the effects of leadership practices on teacher collective efficacy. The practical implications of the findings and suggestions for future research are discussed.

Assessing the antecedents and consequences of teacher leadership: a partial least squares analysis

ABSTRACT Separate investigations into the antecedents of teacher leadership and the consequences of teacher leadership for teacher outcomes have limited a more comprehensive knowledge production in the literature. This study aims to investigate teacher leadership with the antecedents of learning-centered leadership through collective teacher efficacy and its impact on teacher professional learning in a structural model. Data were collected from 650 teachers in Changsha, China using a multistage sampling method. This study used partial least squares structural equation modeling for data analysis. The findings showed that principal learning-centered leadership has a positive and significant direct effect on teacher leadership. Collective teacher efficacy has significantly mediated the relationship between learning-centered leadership and teacher leadership. Teacher leadership has a positive and direct effect on teacher professional learning. This study has provided the direction for the school principals to initiate strategies to promote teacher professional learning through teacher leadership, particularly in Asian societies. Limitations and future studies were discussed.

Influence of school leadership on collective teacher efficacy: a cross-cultural meta-analysis

Influence of school leadership on collective teacher efficacy: a cross-cultural meta-analysis

The Collective Teacher Efficacy Behaviours Scale: A Validity and Reliability Study

The concept of collective efficacy that can be defined as “a belief in their common ability to organize and realize plans to achieve goals” (Bandura, 1997, p. 477) has gained utmost importance in educational contexts. Therefore, there arises an emergent need to develop scales to evaluate teachers’ collective efficacy behaviours. To this end, the present study aimed to develop an instrument to assess collective teacher efficacy behaviours. For this purpose in mind, an item pool was created in line with the related literature and face-to-face interviews with teachers. Two participating groups were included in the study. There was a total of 833 participants, 475 of which were in the first group and 358 in the second group. The preliminary version of The Collective Teacher Efficacy Behaviours Scale (CTEBS), consisted of 26 items. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) were employed to test the construct validity of the scale with the available datasets. As a result of the EFA, a two-factored structure, namely social and professional relationship and professional development, was identified with 20 items. The two factors explained 58.798% of the total variance. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to test the validity of the structure based on the EFA results. It was found that the CFA fit indices were χ2/df=3.174, RMSEA=.076, SRMR=.435, NFI=.902, CFI=.930, IFI=.931, and GFI=.872. The results implied that The Collective Teacher Efficacy Behaviours Scale, consisting of two dimensions and 20 items, was a valid and reliable instrument.

Collective Teacher Self-Efficacy and Burnout: The Mediator Role of Job Satisfaction

This study examined the predictive relationships between collective teacher efficacy, job satisfaction, and burnout. In addition, the mediating role of job satisfaction in the relationship between collective teacher efficacy and burnout was tested. Three hundred fifty teachers participated in the research in which the correlational research design was used. Collective Teacher Efficacy Scale, Short Form Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire, and Maslach Burnout Inventory were used as data collection tools. Pearson Correlation Coefficients were calculated to examine the relationships between collective teacher efficacy, job satisfaction, and burnout. Structural equation model analysis was applied to test the mediating role of job satisfaction in the relationship between collective efficacy and burnout. The results indicated that collective teacher efficacy predicts job satisfaction positively and burnout negatively. Collective teacher efficacy and job satisfaction have a large effect on burnout. Evidence has been obtained that teachers' job satisfaction can increase and, accordingly, burnout can be prevented when collective teacher efficacy is achieved.

Collective Leadership: Developing a Tool to Assess Educator Readiness and Efficacy

Collective leadership is increasingly important because collective teacher efficacy, a subset of this type of leadership, is a significant factor in student learning. The purpose of this study is to provide evidence for the structural validity of a collective leadership instrument across public and private school settings using the multigroup factor analysis invariance framework for categorical indicators. The results supported invariance in factor structure, loadings, intercepts, and residual (co)variances and latent variances and covariances equality. Collective leadership development is theorized to play a central role in the effectiveness of both public and private schools alike so any instrument used to make decisions about collective leadership should be reflective of the pertinent constructs in general rather than the data being an artifact of the particular setting.

THE CONTRIBUTION OF PERCEIVED COLLECTIVE EFFICACY BELIEFS AND INTERPERSONAL EMOTION REGULATION TO TURKISH EFL TEACHERS’ JOB STRESS

The goal of this study was to explore the relationship between perceived job stress and a specific set of predictor variables among the selected university preparatory school EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teachers in Turkey. To comprehensively analyze the issue of perceived job stress, interpersonal emotion regulation, and teacher collective efficacy used as variables. The sample consisted of 48 EFL teachers in various Turkish university preparatory schools. It was hypothesized that high levels of teacher collective efficacy beliefs would be a negative predictor of perceived stress among the EFL teachers. A negative relationship was also predicted between interpersonal emotion regulation and perceived job stress levels among the selected teachers. The research hypotheses were tested using data collected through surveys. While the relationship between EFL teachers’ collective efficacy beliefs and interpersonal emotion regulation was significant, their perceived job stress and interpersonal emotion regulation were negatively related, but the association was not strong enough to reach a significant level. The results of the study indicated that demographic variables such as age, and the years of language teaching experience did not have any significant effect on teachers’ collective self-efficacy belief, perceived job stress, and interpersonal emotion regulation of the selected Turkish EFL Instructors in university preparatory programs. The study highlighted the fact that enhancing EFL teachers’ collective efficacy belief would reduce the tension teachers experience in the form of stress and would improve their emotion regulation skills.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0914/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

Culturally Sustaining Mathematics for Dual Language Learners in a Multitiered System of Supports

Multi-tiered System of Supports (MTSS) is a framework in which educators intensify intervention and instructional supports in response to student data. Response to Intervention (RTI), is one of the most prevalent forms of MTSS utilized in schools and is commonly used to identify students with disabilities, including culturally and linguistically diverse learners who are often disproportionately represented in special education. Culturally and linguistically relevant RTI holds promise for promoting equitable outcomes for diverse students, including Dual Language Learners (DLL). A case study design was used to explore the actions and beliefs of an elementary mathematics teacher as she sought to meet the needs of a diverse group of learners. Findings illustrate examples of individual and collective teacher efficacy, understanding student progress, valuing student voice and discourse, believing in her CLD students’ ability to succeed, and working towards a larger shared vision at the school. Implications for culturally and linguistically relevant tiered mathematics instruction are discussed.

The effects of principal instructional leadership, collective teacher efficacy and teacher role on teacher self-efficacy: A moderated mediation examination

The effects of principal instructional leadership, collective teacher efficacy and teacher role on teacher self-efficacy: A moderated mediation examination

Collective teacher efficacy beliefs: testing measurement invariance using alignment optimization among four cultures

PurposeCollective teacher efficacy (CTE) is a promising construct for understanding how schools can foster student achievement. Although much of the early research on CTE took place in North America, researchers from other parts of the world are now delving into this topic. The current study explores whether these powerful collective beliefs function similarly across diverse cultural and linguistic groups: Arab and Jewish teachers in Israel, and teachers in Turkey and the USA.Design/methodology/approachParticipants included 4,216 teachers from Israel, Turkey and the USA, representing four cultures: Arab, Jewish, Turkish and American. We tested configural invariance using multigroup confirmatory factor analysis (AMOS) and alignment optimization (Mplus) to identify the groups in which specific parameters are noninvariant, and to compare the latent factor means.FindingsConfigural invariance showed adequate fit of the model structure across the four groups. Based on invariance tests, using the alignment optimization method, CTE scales held different meanings for specific items across the four cultures, where the USA and Arab cultures were the sources of these differences. Furthermore, in comparing the two-dimensional CTE belief scale across the four groups, latent means revealed the highest mean ranking for the USA and the lowest for Turkey.Originality/valueThis research makes a significant theoretical contribution by examining and comparing the concept of teachers' collective efficacy in multiple cultures. This comparison can also contribute to instructional teaching practices worldwide.

The Role of Teacher Autonomy on Collective Teacher Efficacy

The Role of Teacher Autonomy on Collective Teacher Efficacy

The Predictive Role of Chinese EFL Teachers' Individual Self-Efficacy and Collective Efficacy in Their Work Engagement.

Both teacher individual self-efficacy (TSE) and collective efficacy (TCE) are indispensable since they impact the amount to which teachers are engaged in their work. Although several studies have been carried out considering the referred points, it seems to be a must to conduct such studies among Chinese teachers to measure the link between these three variables. In this study, the author has made endeavors to scrutinize the interplay among TSE, TCE, and work engagement (WE), and also the significant role of self-efficacy and collective efficacy in WE. Participants were 346 university professors and middle school teachers, from 25 provinces of China. Results substantiate that TSE and TCE predict teachers’ WE. In other words, the more efficacious a teacher is, the more he is engaged in his work. In the discussion part, the consistency between the current study and some other studies with the same topic is unpacked. Then, some limitations are discussed and further implications are suggested.

Review of collective teacher efficacy research: Implications for teacher development, school administrators and education researchers

Out of around two hundred different variables that are known to have some relation with student achievement, Collective Teacher Efficacy (CTE) was reported to be among the most influential. Hence, CTE has received attention of many researchers as a topic investigation. The purpose of the present review is two-fold; (a) to present an overview of research on CTE, and (b) to draw some implications and suggest some recommendations for teacher development, school administration and further research on the topic. This paper engaged the methodology of systematic literature review to collect data from Google Scholar database. Sixty-six sources were employed in the review. During the analysis, the reviewed papers were sorted into categories and themes based on their major focus. The results revealed four major factors that influence CTE; (i) principle’s leadership, (ii) teacher professional learning, (iii) teachers’ self-efficacy, and (iv) organisational factors. Furthermore, it was also found that CTE has a significant impact on (i) student learning, and (ii) teacher learning. The findings imply that (i) teacher development should providing avenues to improve teacher efficacy, (ii) school administrators need to focus on what might enhance teacher learning in school in order to foster positive CTE beliefs, and (ii) further research is needed in investigating the indirect link CTE has with leadership and relational/structural conditions in schools. Learning process as essential components of distance learning (synchronous or asynchronous).

The evolving dynamics between instructional leadership, collective teacher efficacy, and dimensions of teacher commitment: what can Chinese independent high schools tell us?

ABSTRACT Although studies on instructional leadership are culturally and contextually specific, research in the Chinese high school settings remains scarce. This study attempts to examine the relationship between instructional leadership and the dimensions of teacher commitment with collective teacher efficacy as a mediator. Data were collected from 357 teachers in five Chinese Independent High Schools in Penang, Malaysia. Data were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling method. Findings revealed that instructional leadership has a significant and direct relationship with teacher commitment to school-, students-, and teaching except the dimension of teacher commitment to profession. Collective teacher efficacy has a significant mediating effect between instructional leadership and each dimension of teacher commitment, namely commitment to school-, students-, teaching-, and profession. This study provides empirical findings for both local and international scholars to further explore the evolving dynamics between instructional leadership, collective teacher efficacy, and teacher commitment in future studies.

Organisational Socialisation and Collective Teacher Efficacy: The Mediating Role of School Collaborative Culture

Organisational Socialisation and Collective Teacher Efficacy: The Mediating Role of School Collaborative Culture