Teacher Self-efficacy Beliefs Research Articles

Investigation of the Relationship between Pre-service Music Teachers’ Attitudes towards Teaching Profession and their Self-efficacy Beliefs

This study aimed to examine the attitudes of pre-service music teachers towards teaching profession and their teaching self-efficacy beliefs. The attitudes and self-efficacy beliefs of pre-service music teachers towards teaching profession were compared based on the variables of gender and academic achievement. The research sample consists of 262 pre-service music teachers studying in the faculties of education in Turkey. Personal information form, attitude scale towards teaching profession and teacher self-efficacy beliefs scale were used in the research. The findings showed that the pre-service teachers’ attitudes and self-efficacy beliefs towards teaching profession are high. In addition, pre-service teachers’ attitudes and self-efficacy beliefs towards teaching profession differ according to their gender and level of academic achievement. A significant relation was found between pre-service teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs and attitudes towards teaching profession.

The Investigation of Game and Physical Activities Lesson Attitude and Teacher Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Class Teachers and Physical Education Teachers

The Investigation of Game and Physical Activities Lesson Attitude and Teacher Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Class Teachers and Physical Education Teachers

Exploring elementary teacher self-efficacy and teacher beliefs: are we preparing teachers to teach culturally diverse students?

ABSTRACT As student demographics continue to change in countries across the world, questions remain as to how well teacher education programmes are training teachers to teach students who are culturally diverse from their teacher. Preservice teachers (N = 523) from six different teacher education programs across one state in the U.S. completed a teacher self-efficacy scale used to determine their beliefs about teaching culturally diverse students at the end of their training and again after their first year of teaching. Teacher education programme descriptions across six programs suggested programs are provided and it was determined that these varied in their structure and in required coursework. Furthermore, findings revealed statistically significant differences across programs. Generally, preservice teachers rated their capability to teach diverse students as “adequate” to “well” on a five-point Likert scale. Scores dropped after one year of teaching full-time. However, these differences in mean scores as participants moved from the preservice to the inservice stage were not statistically significant. These findings suggest that teacher self-efficacy to teach culturally diverse students remain fairly stable as teachers make this critical transition so the work done at the teacher training stage is critical. Recommendations and implications for teacher education programs are provided.

Investigation of the Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Turkish Language and Literature Teachers in Practicing Constructivist Approach in Terms of Various Variables

It is a scientifically and developmentally undeniable reality that the educational activities that guide education and training activities and aim to raise the nation according to the requirements of the age and keep up with the necessary arrangements for this purpose. With the periodic developments in the world, the transformation in the philosophy of education and understanding of education has brought along the application of new approaches and understandings in education. The constructivist approach that started to be applied in education with these developments is also one of the new educational approaches. Constructivist understanding is defined as a process in which students are actively involved in educational activities and new information is built on pre-learning. Constructivism is a contemporary understanding that covers all kinds of practices that the student can actively engage in the learning process, and it emphasizes that education can be successful to the extent that it can serve individual differences. It has been fifteen years since the practices on constructivism started to be implemented in our country. During this period and as a point reached, it is a question of how much this understanding is applied. With this research, it is aimed to examine the self-efficacy beliefs of Turkish language and literature teachers towards applying constructivist approach in terms of various variables.

The role of vicarious experiences in the development of pre-service teachers’ classroom management self-efficacy beliefs

ABSTRACT The present mixed-methods study investigated classroom management self-efficacy (CMSE) beliefs of early childhood pre-service teachers in Lebanon. Vicarious experiences, through observation of an in-service teacher, were analysed for efficiency in supporting the development of pre-service teachers’ CMSE beliefs. The sample consisted of 23 students who completed a pre- and post-observation survey measuring CMSE; five students participated in pre- and post-observation focus group interviews. Results indicated CMSE beliefs did not undergo a statistically significant change following pre-service teachers’ observations, but several trends were noted through the focus group interviews, including a shift from emphasising reactive behaviours to more proactive ones. All pre-service teachers voiced their desire for additional mastery experiences to aid in the development of their CMSE beliefs. Practical implications and recommendations were discussed.

Teacher self-efficacy and its sources in physical education teaching training experiences

During initial training, aspiring teachers should learn how to deal with the high cognitive, emotional and behavioral demands generated by teaching. At the same time, they need to develop and strengthen their personal belief that they will be capable of handling said challenges. In the physical education context, these demands can be even more challenging, given the environment and conditions in which classes are taught. This study aimed to analyze teacher self-efficacy belief as to teaching physical education, and its construction from situations experienced during school-based teacher training. A total of 87 future teachers (54% women; average age = 21.8) from a public university in the state of São Paulo completed a sociodemographic questionnaire and the Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale (Tschannen-Moran & Woolfolk Hoy, 2001). To describe sources of teacher self-efficacy, reflective portfolios composed as the final product of a supervised internship were analyzed. The student teachers showed moderate to high self-efficacy belief, which was primarily supported by teaching experiences and verbal persuasions. The relevance of teacher self-efficacy for teacher training, particularly in physical education early training processes, is discussed.

The Relationship between the Levels of Self-efficacy Beliefs of Pre-service Teachers and their Levels of Determining Suitable Taxonomy, Strategy, and Method-technique for Science Objectives

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the level of pre-service primary school teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs in science teaching and their level of determining taxonomy, strategy, and teaching methods-techniques for the curriculum’s objectives in primary science education. A total of 101 pre-service teachers who were enrolled in the third and fourth grade of the department of primary school teachers in the 2017–2018 academic year at a private university in Gaziantep, Turkey participated in this study. The level of teacher candidates’ self-efficacy beliefs toward science teaching was determined through the “Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument.” In addition, teacher candidates’ levels and reasons for determining the appropriate taxonomy, strategies, methods, and techniques while teaching the objectives in the science curriculum were examined through “form of determining suitable taxonomy, strategy, and method-techniques for objective.” Therefore, qualitative and quantitative data were examined together. This was a correlational study but it was enriched through qualitative data. Results showed that pre-service teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs toward science teaching and determination levels of appropriate taxonomy, strategy, and teaching methods-techniques were relatively high. In addition, a statistically weak but positive relationship was found between these two variables. As a result, it is recommended to give more importance to these courses in teacher education of pre-service primary school teachers.

Examining the development of teacher self-efficacy beliefs to teach reading and to attend to issues of diversity in elementary schools

ABSTRACTWith an increasingly diverse student population in the US and worldwide, it is imperative that teachers feel efficacious about their ability to teach children to read who are culturally and linguistically diverse from their teacher. This longitudinal study examined the developing self-efficacy beliefs as teachers (N = 127) moved from the preservice stage and then again after the same individuals had finished a year of teaching. Results indicated there was a decrease in self-efficacy for teaching reading and issues of diversity at the end of the teacher education program compared to first-year teachers. Findings also denoted that one program produced significantly higher scores at the preservice stage, but after a year of teaching, these differences disappeared. Recommendations for increasing teacher self-efficacy at both the preservice and novice teacher stage are provided in an effort to better support teachers in meeting literacy needs of all students regardless of their race or ethnicity.

Teacher self-efficacy, instructional quality, and student motivational beliefs: An analysis using multilevel structural equation modeling

Teacher self-efficacy (TSE) is one of the most salient motivational characteristics that is assumed to affect teachers’ instructional quality and student motivational beliefs. However, discussions of these associations have primarily been often primarily conceptual and/or based on empirical research that has suffered from methodological shortcomings. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the relationships between TSE, instructional quality (i.e., classroom management, cognitive activation, and supportive climate) and student motivational beliefs (i.e., self-efficacy and intrinsic motivation) by using responses from both teachers and students and implementing a sophisticated doubly latent multilevel structural equation modeling approach. A total of 94 high school teachers and their 2087 students participated in the study. The results demonstrated that, at the class level, TSE was positively related to the three dimensions of instructional quality but not to student motivational beliefs. As expected, instructional quality was positively related to student motivational beliefs.

The Impact of Principals’ Transformational Leadership Practices on Tutors’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs in the University Colleges of Education in Ghana

Research studies have consistently demonstrated the statistically significant relationships between principals’ transformational leadership practices and teachers’ sense of efficacy in student engagement, instructional strategies and classroom management. What is less studied and very much less researched is the extent to which principals’ transformational leadership practices account for the variances in teachers’ sense of efficacies in tertiary institutions. This current study investigates tutors’ perceptions of the specific principals’ transformational leadership practices which impact on their sense of efficacy in student engagement, instructional strategies and classroom management in the university colleges of education in Ghana. Data was garnered using the PLQ and TSES questionnaire instruments. Following cluster sampling procedures, 629 tutors from 15 university colleges were selected for the study. Descriptive statistics, correlational and multiple regression analyses were to index the specific principals’ transformational leadership practices which accounted for the total variances in the three dimensions of tutors’ sense of efficacy. Findings indicate that principals’ transformational leadership practices such as providing vision and direction and holding high performance expectations accounted for most of the variances in tutors’ sense of efficacy in all three factors. This implies that principals who frequently exercise these leadership qualities are more likely to enhance their tutors’ self-efficacy beliefs in student engagement, instructional strategies and classroom management. Keywords : Principal Leadership Practices, transformational leadership, teacher performance, teacher self-efficacy beliefs, tutor sense of efficacy. DOI : 10.7176/JEP/11-3-04 Publication date: January 31 st 2020

MATEMATİK ÖĞRETMENLERİNİN ÖZEL ALAN YETERLİKLERİNE YÖNELİK ÖZ YETERLİK İNANÇLARININ İNCELENMESİ

In this study which is a comparison type of relational survey model aimed to state the level of self efficacy beliefs of secondary and high school math teachers for their special field competencies and whether there is a differentiation according to various variables. This research was conducted in Istanbul with 59 different schools including 379 mathematics teachers in 2016-2017 academic year. Mathematics Teaching Self Efficacy Belief Scale consisting of 7 subscales developed by Deniz ve Koc (2020) was used in order to collect the data. According to the results found out the scale, math teachers are; generally ‘efficient’, ‘quite efficient’ in plan and implementation subscale, ‘efficient’ in inclusive students-gifted and talented students and use of technology subscales, ‘less efficient’ in professional development subscale, ‘moderate efficient’ in extracurricular activities and math history subscales. In total of the scale; although there is no significant differences between variables and their self efficacy, significant differences were observed on some subscales. According to the results of this research, some recommendations were provided for the researchers and Ministry of National Education of Turkey (MEB).

Confidence Level and Self-efficacy Beliefs of Mathematics Teachers: Evidence from Sarawak

The purpose of this paper is to examine the confidence level and selfefficacy beliefs of Mathematics teachers, particularly in Kuching and Samarahan, using the instrument adapted from two reliable questionnaires: Trend in International Mathematics and Sciences Study (TIMSS) and Teachers’ Sense of Teaching Mathematics Efficacy Scale (TSES). The respondents consisted of 49 teachers from both primary and secondary schools. The analysis reported that teachers have shown practically high confidence level in teaching mathematics and they closely agreed on their beliefs about their own teaching mathematics efficacy. Further analysis indicated that the mean scores of confidence level and self-efficacy beliefs for the female teachers were slightly higher than the male teachers. Analysis also reported that there were no significant differences in mean scores between teachers’ confidence level and selfefficacy beliefs across gender, highest education attained and years of mathematics teaching. The correlations analysis saw a significant positive strong relationship between teachers’ confidence level and self-efficacy beliefs. These findings provided some evidences to the existing pool of knowledge about teaching efficacy beliefs as well as some distinct and new insights relating to efficacy issues.

Burnout and self-efficacy among special education teachers

Teacher burnout is a serious problem in education today, which directly or indirectly affects their teaching performance. Bandura and others (1986) have found that an individual’s self-efficacy plays a major role in how goals, tasks, and challenges are approached. The special educators have to play different roles and some of the factors which are identified as stressors for special educators are workload, lack of perceived success, amount of direct contact with special children, programme structure and role clarification (Waseem 1993). Therefore, the purpose of this present study was to examine the relationship of teacher burnout and self efficacy beliefs of the special education teachers. The study was Ex-post facto in nature. The sample for the present study consisted of thirty five women special education teachers purposively chosen from five special schools in Chennai city. The women special educators were in the age range of 25 years to 40 years, having a work experience of 2 years to 10 years, salary ranging from to rupees 4000 to 12,000 rupees. The following standardised tools were used; The Maslach Burnout Inventory Educators’ Survey (MBI-ES; Kokkinos, 2006; Maslach et al., 1996) and the Teacher Self-efficacy Scale (Scharwzer, Schmitz & Daytner, 1999). Pearson Product moment Correlation was calculated to understand the relationship between Burnout and Self-efficacy. One way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was computed to find out the difference in Self efficacy and the dimensions of Burnout among the special educators with regard to the chosen demographic variables (namely, age, income and years of experience).

Öğretmen Yetiştiren Programlara Kayıtlı Öğrencilerin Öğretmenlik Mesleğine Yönelik Tutumları ve Öğretmen Öz-Yeterlik Algıları

Bu araştırmada öğretmen yetiştiren tüm kaynaklardaki öğrencilerin öğretmenlik mesleğine yönelik tutumları ve öğretmenlik öz-yeterlik algılarının incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu konularda öğretmen yetiştiren tüm birimlerin çalışmaya alındığı bir araştırma olmaması bu çalışmanın ana motivasyon kaynağı olmuştur. Araştırmaya bir devlet üniversitesinin eğitim fakültesi, ilahiyat fakültesi, beden eğitimi ve spor yüksekokulu (BESYO), fen- edebiyat fakültesi ve pedagojik formasyon eğitimi programlarında öğrenim gören 786 öğretmen adayı katılmıştır. Veriş toplamada Çetin (2006) tarafından geliştirilen öğretmenlik mesleğine yönelik tutum ve Baloğlu ve Karadağ (2008) tarafından Türkçeye uyarlanan öğretmen öz-yeterlik ölçekleri kullanılmıştır. Yapılan analizler sonucu öğretmenlik mesleğine yönelik tutumda BESYO’da, öğretmenlik öz-yeterlik algısında ise ilahiyat fakültesinde öğrenim gören öğretmen adaylarının diğer tüm birimlerdeki adaylardan anlamlı olarak daha düşük puana sahip oldukları görülmüştür. Ayrıca uygulama formunda bulunan demografik değişkenler kullanılarak yapılan analizlere ilişkin sonuçlar literatürdeki sonuçlarla birlikte tartışılmıştır.

THE EFFECT OF OUTCOMES IN THE TEACHING PRINCIPLES AND METHODS COURSE IN THE PEDAGOGICAL FORMATION PROGRAM ON PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS' SELF-EFFICACY BELIEFS

The purpose of this research is to reveal the effect of the gains obtained in the teaching principles and methods course in the pedagogical training program implemented in education faculties in Turkey on the teacher self-efficacy beliefs of prospective teachers. The research is a descriptive study in pre-test and post-test screening model. The study group consisted of 350 prospective teachers studying in the pedagogical formation program of Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Faculty of Education in the spring semester of 2018-2019 academic year. In obtaining the data for the course of teaching principles and methods , the teaching self-efficacy scale , which was developed by Kuzu and Demir (2015) together with validity and reliability studies, was used. For the sub-dimensions of the scale, t-test was employed for unrelated samples to determine whether the scores of pre-test and post-test differed significantly from each other. Two-way variance analysis (ANOVA) was used for repeated measurements to determine whether the differences in the two tests were statistically significant. Kolmogorov-Smirnov (KS) test was used to determine whether the data were normally distributed or not. According to the findings as a result of the analysis, self-efficacy beliefs of the participants increased significantly in all sub-dimensions of the scale. The teaching area where the self-efficacy increased the most was program development, while the areas where it increased the least were explanation in teaching and planning areas . The distribution of self-efficacy beliefs by gender revealed significant differences in favor of female teacher candidates compared to men. It was determined that prospective teachers showed significant differences depending on department variables and did not show significant differences depending on undergraduate education class variable. Article visualizations:

The role of teacher characteristics for student achievement in mathematics and student perceptions of instructional quality

ABSTRACTThis study explores how aspects of teacher quality are related to student achievement and students’ perceptions of instructional quality on the basis of eighth grade TIMSS 2011 data for Sweden. Indicators of teacher quality are coursework in mathematics as measured by the number of semesters of studying mathematics, years of teaching experience and teacher self-efficacy beliefs. The study employs confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling as primary methods. Results indicate that teachers with higher self-efficacy beliefs were rated by students as delivering higher instructional quality. However, this was not reflected in student achievement levels. Instead, with student socio-economic and immigrant background under control, there was a significant positive relationship between coursework in mathematics and student mathematic achievement levels, as well as between student perceptions of instructional quality and achievement. Relations between teaching experience and student achievement followed a non-linear pattern, with the effect of teaching experience increasing up to 19 years and declining afterwards.

The Changes of Self-efficacy Beliefs of Pre-service Teachers for Technology Integration through Programming-based TPACK Educational Program

The Changes of Self-efficacy Beliefs of Pre-service Teachers for Technology Integration through Programming-based TPACK Educational Program

교원양성교육이 예비교사의 문화적 역량, 자기효능감, 사회정의에 대한 신념에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구 : 일반대학 교직과정과 교육대학원을 중심으로

이 연구의 목적은 일반대학 교직과정과 교육대학원을 중심으로 대학의 교원양성교육이 예비교사들의 문화적 역량, 자기효능감, 사회정의에 대한 신념의 함양에 얼마나 기여하고 있는지를 실증적으로 밝히는 것으로서, 다음의 두 가지 연구가설의 검증에 근거한다: [가설 1] 교원양성교육과정을 모두 끝마친 예비교사들이 그렇지 않은 예비교사들보다 문화적 역량, 자기효능감, 사회정의에 대한 신념의 수준이 더 높을 것이다; [가설 2] 예비교사의 자기효능감과 사회정의에 대한 신념이 증가하면 문화적 역량도 증가할 것이며, 이 같은 영향관계의 수준은 교원양성교육과정을 모두 끝마친 예비교사들이 그렇지 않은 예비교사들보다 더 높을 것이다. 이 연구는 구조방정식모형을 활용하여 두 예비교사집단 간 잠재평균을 요인별로 비교·분석하여 [가설 1]을 검증하였고, [가설 2]는 두 예비교사집단 간 경로모형의 비교를 통하여 검증하였다. [가설 1]의 검증을 위하여 잠재평균분석을 실시한 결과, 교원양성교육과정을 모두 끝마친 예비교사들이 그렇지 않은 예비교사들보다 문화적 역량, 교사로서의 자기효능감과 사회정의에 대한 신념이 모두 높았고, 코헨의 효과크기(d)를 기준으로 할 때, 문화적 역량과 사회정의에 대한 신념은 작은 수준에서, 자기효능감은 중간 수준에서 상대적으로 더 높았다. 따라서 [가설 1]은 채택되었다. [가설 2]의 검증 결과에 의하면, 두 예비교사집단 모두 사회정의에 대한 신념이 증가하면 문화적 역량도 증가하였고, 요인 간 영향관계의 크기는 교원양성교육과정을 모두 끝마친 예비교사집단이 조금 더 큰 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 자기효능감의 경우, 교원양성교육과정을 모두 끝마치지 않은 예비교사집단에서만 자기효능감이 증가하면 문화적 역량도 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 이에, [가설 2]는 부분적으로 채택되었다. 연구자는 분석결과를 중심으로 결과치의 해석을 위한 논의를 전개하고, 이를 바탕으로 다양성 증진을 위한 교원양성교육체제의 구축 방향에 대하여 제언하였다.

The Effect of Quantum Learning Model on Science Teacher Candidates’ Self-Efficacy and Communication Skills

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of quantum learning model on science teacher candidates’ self-efficacy and communication skills. One group pre-test post-test experimental design was performed in the study. The research was carried out with 20 teacher candidates having education in third grade of Division of Science Education in Ahi Evran University. A total of 16 hours’ seminar was given to the teacher candidates in the research group about “Quantum Learning Model” and the techniques used in quantum learning model. The application of the research was performed in 8 weeks and in a total of 32 hours with laboratory experiments arranged in accordance with the “Quantum Learning Model” in the course of Science Teaching Laboratory Practices-II. Before and after the experimental studies, “Science Teaching Self-Efficacy Belief Questionnaire” and “Self-Awareness Inventory” were performed on teacher candidates. The obtained data were analyzed by SPSS package program. According to the results of the research, there was no significant difference between the science teacher candidates’ science teaching self-efficacy pre-test and post-test mean scores. Between the mean scores of science teacher candidates in science teaching self-efficacy pre-test and post-test, there was a significant difference in favor of post-test.

Effects of Augmented Reality Experiences on Technology Integration Self-Efficacy of Prospective Mathematics Teachers

In this study, technology integration self-efficacy beliefs of prospective teachers and their experiences with augmented reality learning environment throughout the study were examined. This study was designed with explanatory mixed method. Participants in this study were 44 sophomores in elementary mathematics education department of a public university in Turkey. The participants engaged augmented reality activities about nets of solid figure, surface area of solid figures, volume with unit cubes and spatial ability for four weeks. Data were collected through technology integration self-efficacy scale, which was administrated as pretest and posttest, and interviews, which were handled at the end of the study. Quantitative data were analyzed through paired sample t-test while qualitative data were handled through frequency and content analyses. The results showed that augmented reality-based learning tools have a positive effect on technology integration self-efficacy beliefs of prospective mathematics teachers. In addition, it was observed a significant increase in prospective teachers’ self-efficacy about technology integration as well as their beliefs about use of technology and making students use of technology.