Exploring Teacher Candidates’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs for Literacy Instruction in the Twenty-First Century

2020 ◽  
pp. 83-100
Author(s):  
Katia Ciampa ◽  
Tiffany L. Gallagher
Keyword(s):  
Literacy Instruction ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
First Century ◽  
Twenty First Century

scholarly journals The Effects of Argumentation Implementation on Environmental Education Self Efficacy Beliefs and Perspectives According to Environmental Problems

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pınar Fettahlıoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Science Teacher ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
University Education ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Categorical Analysis

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of argumentation implementation applied in the environmental science course on science teacher candidates’ environmental education self-efficacy beliefs and perspectives according to environmental problems. In this mixed method research study, convergent parallel design was utilized. Quantitative part of this study was based upon one group pretest-posttest design. Qualitative part of this study was based upon holistic case study. The sample of the study consisted of 26 3rd year science teacher candidates in A State University Education Faculty Science Education Department in the spring term of 2013-2014 academic years. The data collection tools were environmental education self-efficacy beliefs scale developed by Ozdemir, Aydın and Vural (2009) and drawings drawn by science teacher candidates to determine their perspectives on environmental problems. The experimental study took 7 weeks (21 hours). The first week involved the acquaintance with the students and briefing them about the study. Also, in this week, an educational plan related to the argumentation implementation was prepared and applied. And this week finally, scales were administered as pretest. The study started in the second week. The study took five weeks as three hours a week. Last week scales were administered as posttest. In quantitative data analysis paired samples t-test was used. For the analysis of qualitative data, categorical analysis technique, one of the content analysis techniques, was used. At the end of the study, it was observed that the science teacher candidates’ self-efficacy beliefs according to environmental education statistically differed in favor of the post-test. In addition, it was also found that, at the end of the study, science teacher candidates' perceptions of environmental problems differed according to their self-efficacy beliefs.

scholarly journals A Study on Teacher Candidates’ Self-Efficacy, Motivation and Affection Levels for Children

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vesile Yildiz Demirtaş
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Primary School Teacher ◽  
School Teaching ◽  
Teacher Self Efficacy

The purpose of this research is to reveal the levels of affection for children, teaching motivations and self-efficacy beliefs of the teacher candidates studying in special education, pre-school and primary school teaching departments based on their gender, classroom and academic branches to showcase the correlations between the levels of the teachers’ affection for children, their self-efficacy beliefs and teaching motivations. The study group was determined with the criterion sampling method. 368 teacher candidates participated in this study: 108 from special education department, 136 from pre-school department and 136 from primary school teacher department. The data were collected by means of ‘Barnett Liking Children, Teaching Motivations and Perception of Teacher Self-efficacy Scales’. The data were analyzed using independent group t-tests, one –way analysis of variance, Pearson’s correlation analysis and simple linear regression analysis. The results show that the teacher candidates from the three departments have a high level of affection for children. Their motivations to teach and self-efficacy beliefs are higher than the average value. It is revealed that there is an average positive correlation between liking children and teacher self-efficacy in using teaching strategies. However, the data results disclosed that the teacher candidates’ self-efficacy beliefs, students’ participation, teaching motivations, and teaching strategies predict their affection for children significantly and positively. Teacher candidates should be enabled to establish direct experiences with the group they shall work with in order to develop the self-efficiency beliefs of them.

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