scholarly journals In-Service Reading Teacher Efficacy

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Barbara Wissink
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Efficacy ◽  
Reading Instruction ◽  
Literacy Instruction ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Reading Teachers ◽  
Elementary Reading ◽  
New Literacy ◽  
Reading Teacher

The complex task of teaching students to read well is one that in-service elementary teachers may not feel fully prepared for, as the methods for teaching reading have changed significantly in the last decade. As the research on explicit literacy instruction continues to expand, today’s teachers require specific training on how to effectively teach reading and move beyond the traditional basal reading curriculum. Additionally, the research showed that a teacher’s self-efficacy was a contributing factor in the actual implementation of new literacy instruction knowledge. This mixed method study examined the varying levels of self-efficacy from 36 in-service elementary reading teachers who were enrolled in a literacy education graduate program. The data suggested that in-service elementary reading teachers’ self-efficacy fluctuated greatly due to additional professional development, administration support, and their years of teaching experience. Understanding how these components impacted an in-service reading teacher’s self-efficacy was important, as previous research has shown that the level of teacher efficacy may have an impact on the effectiveness of their reading instruction and their students’ literacy achievement in the elementary classroom.

AUTOEFICACIA DOCENTE Y FORTALEZAS Y VIRTUDES PERSONALES EN DOCENTES DE REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Mª Perandones González ◽  
Lucía Herrera Torres
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Efficacy ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Sense Of Efficacy ◽  
Personal Strengths ◽  
Teacher Self Efficacy

Abstract.TEACHER SELF-EFFICACY AND PERSONAL STRENGTHS AND VIRTUES IN TEACHERS FROM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.The aim of this research it to analyze the relationship between perceived teacher efficacy and personal strengths and virtues. For it, 564 teachers from Dominican Republic took part in the study, 29.6% males and 70.4% females, mean age of 39.72 years (SD = 8.09), and an average teaching experience of 15.67 years (SD = 3.83). Teachers developed their professional activity in 18 provinces of the 32 that integrate Dominican Republic. Three instruments were used for data collection: the Teacher Efficacy Scale (Teacher Efficacy Scale-Short Form), the Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale (Teacher’s Sense of Efficacy Scale-Short Form), and the Personal Strengths Questionnaire VIA (Values in Action Inventory of Strengths: VIA-IS). The psychometric characteristics of the instruments (reliability and validity) were evaluated. The results obtained through the analysis of correlation revealed a positive relationship between the different subscales of the two tests used to evaluate teacher self-efficacy as well as between teacher self-efficacy and the personal strengths and virtues of teachers. The highest correlations were found with the personal strengths of Wisdom and Knowledge, on the one hand, and Humanity, on the other. The need to incorporate in the training, initial and permanent, the work of strengths and personal virtues as the basis of development and personal and professional effectiveness is discussed.Keywords: teacher efficacy, teacher self-efficacy, personal strengths and virtues, Dominican RepublicResumen.El objetivo de esta investigación es analizar la relación entre la percepción de eficacia docente y las fortalezas y virtudes personales en docentes dominicanos. Para ello, participaron 564 docentes de educación infantil y primaria de República Dominicana, 29.6% hombres y 70.4% mujeres, con una edad media de 39.72 años (DT = 8.09) y una media de experiencia profesional de 15.67 años (DT = 3.83). Los docentes desarrollaban su actividad profesional en 18 provincias de las 32 que componen República Dominicana. Se emplearon tres instrumentos de evaluación: la Escala de Eficacia Docente (Teacher Efficacy Scale, Short Form), la Escala de Autoeficacia Docente (Teacher’s Sense of Efficacy Scale-Short Form) y el Cuestionario VIA de Fortalezas Personales (Values in Action Inventory of Strengths: VIA-IS). Se evaluaron las características psicométricas de los instrumentos (fiabilidad y validez). Los resultados obtenidos a través del análisis de correlación pusieron de manifiesto una relación positiva entre las distintas subescalas de las dos pruebas empleadas para evaluar la autoeficacia docente así como entre la autoeficacia docente y las fortalezas y virtudes personales del profesorado. Las correlaciones más altas se encontraron con las fortalezas personales de Sabiduría y conocimiento, por una parte, y Humanidad, por otra. Se discute la necesidad de incorporar en la formación, tanto inicial como permanente, el trabajo de las fortalezas y virtudes personales como base del desarrollo y efectividad personal y profesional.Palabras clave: eficacia docente, autoeficacia docente, fortalezas y virtudes personales, República Dominicana

scholarly journals Teacher efficacy for online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
Tim Dolighan ◽  
Michael Owen
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Teacher Efficacy ◽  
Secondary Teachers ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching Efficacy ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Online Professional Development ◽  
Additional Qualification

The purpose of this study was to examine secondary teachers’ efficacy for teaching in a fully online teaching environment during the sudden transition to online teaching that happened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study was aimed at understanding how specific variables, teaching experience, professional development (PD) experience, and teaching supports might correlate with self-efficacy perceptions of teachers transitioning to online teaching during a pandemic in the domains of student engagement, instructional strategies, classroom management and computer skills. The instrument used to measure teacher efficacy for online teaching was a web based 32-item survey that was given to Ontario secondary teachers in a greater Toronto district school board. We argued that prior experience with online learning such as Additional Qualification (AQ) courses or online professional development would build greater self-efficacy amongst teachers as they transition to online learning. The results indicated that higher online teaching efficacy scores correlated with having taken online Additional Qualification (AQ) courses[1] and online professional development sessions. The highest online teaching efficacy scores correlated with having previously used the board provided learning management system (LMS) and using virtual technology supports. These indicators are correlated with higher scores of online teaching efficacy but require further investigation as to how they can better provide support for teachers in online learning environments.

scholarly journals Binary Logistic Regression Analysis of Teacher Self-Efficacy Factors Influencing Literacy and Numeracy

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 209
Author(s):  
Jarrod Sio Jyh Lih ◽  
Ramlee Bin Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Student Achievement ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Student Engagement ◽  
Teacher Efficacy ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Academic Qualification ◽  
Teacher Self Efficacy ◽  
Efficacy Factors

This paper discusses the teacher efficacy factors contributing to student achievement in literacy and numeracy in 105primary schools within Sibu division, Sarawak, Malaysia. The study observed high levels of practice for teacherefficacy. The t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to analyze the differences between gender,teaching experience and academic qualification. The study reported significant differences in respondent perceptionsbased on teaching experience. Here, the post hoc Tukey test revealed that efficaciousness grows with years of teachingexperience. A correlation test observed a significant relationship between the independent variable with studentachievement in literacy. Binary logistic regression was applied to predict the influence of teacher efficacy on literacyand numeracy. The findings revealed that a dimension of teacher self-efficacy – efficacy in student engagement -emerged as the best predictor for student achievement for English literacy (LBI). The result indicated that for every1-point increase in the self-reported efficacy for student engagement, the school was .014 times less likely to achieve100% literacy rate for LBI. In conclusion, the teacher’s self-efficacy in student engagement had a negative influence onthe mastery of basic literacy for the English language, hence necessitating a closer inspection of the variable within thecontext of LINUS2.0. However, more comprehensive studies are needed to ascertain its consistency as well asinvestigating positive predictors for literacy.

Teacher Preparation and Novice Teacher Self-Efficacy in Literacy Instruction

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 534-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trenice Raymond-West ◽  
Virginia Snodgrass Rangel
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Reading Teachers ◽  
Elementary Reading ◽  
Urban District ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Traditionally Prepared ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Program Components ◽  
Moderate Relationship

The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which traditional and alternative preparation programs differ in terms of their program components, as well as whether program type was related to different levels of self-efficacy in novice reading teachers. This exploratory study collected data from 83 novice elementary reading teachers in a large urban district in Texas. We answered the research questions using t tests and correlation analysis. The results indicated that traditionally prepared teachers reported significantly higher levels of exposure to literacy teaching skills across their coursework and field work as well as higher levels of self-efficacy. We also found a significant but weak relationship between teachers’ level of self-efficacy and the level of literacy exposure they had in their coursework, and a significant and moderate relationship between teachers’ self-efficacy and the level of literacy exposure they had through their field experiences.

Procedures for teaching reading in mathematics

1970 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 575-579
Author(s):  
N. Wesley Earp
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Reading Instruction ◽  
Reference Materials ◽  
Reading Teachers ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
The Social ◽  
Reading Teacher

All teachers, Yoakam has said, should be reading teachers regardless of their content specialization [12].* The reading teacher specialist can effectively work on some content skills, but the only place to teach some of the reading pertinent to a content a rea is in the class dealing with that material. Teachers of self-contained classes, moreover, must be committed to the fact that reading instruction must go on all day—out of the social studies text and the arithmetic book, from reference materials, from all the symbolic sources the child encounters.

scholarly journals Pre-service Primary School Teacher Efficacy to Implement the New Ukrainian School Reform

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1Sup1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara Bondar ◽  
Olena Pinzenik ◽  
Oksana Fentsyk ◽  
Vasyl Kobal
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Efficacy ◽  
School Reform ◽  
Primary School ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Student Perception ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Primary School Teacher ◽  
Full Time

The article deals with the issue of teacher efficacy and self-efficacy that are considered to be the main factors in understanding the reform results. The survey administered at university in the western part of Ukraine to pre-service primary school teachers helped to identify student perception of their efficacy to teach in the New Ukrainian School (NUSH) environment. They were asked questions about the key components of the New Ukrainian School reform, the new requirements for the reformed school environment, their attitude to inclusive education, pedagogy of partnership, teaching practices and strategies, communication skills, professional development. It was concluded that the pre-service teachers in the full time programs, both bachelors and masters, have almost similar level of their perceived self-efficacy, while part-time master’s students, who have more than one year of teaching experience perceive their efficacy at a higher level. The problem areas in the skills are identified that will require some additional adjustment to the curriculum. It is important for universities to teach their students to prioritize knowledge acquisition, developing numerous skills, professional qualities, value system, gaining initial experience, which will ensure their efficacy and self-efficacy to effectively work and implement the objectives of the New Ukrainian School concept. In terms of reforming, the national education system requires the new model of teacher training, that can provide pre-service teachers with quality education and help them feel efficacious to implement the objectives of the New Ukrainian School reform.

Teachers' Attitudinal Orientation Towards the Socially Disadvantaged Students and their Education

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-72
Author(s):  
Anna Petr Šafránková ◽  
Tereza Humenská
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Research Survey ◽  
Socially Disadvantaged ◽  
Individual Variables ◽  
Questionnaire Method ◽  
The Relationship

In the context of education of socially disadvantaged pupils and the perspective of inclusive education, the teacher occupies a significant position. The presented study focuses on the issue of education of socially disadvantaged pupils, respectively its aim is to present results of the research survey focused on the attitudinal orientation of teachers in Pardubice, Liberec and Ústí nad Labem regions (n = 122) towards the socially disadvantaged pupils. Further, its goal is to find out whether there exists a relation between the teacher's attitudinal orientation and the region, his/her age, the length of the teaching experience, his/her experience with socially disadvantaged pupils education and their self-efficacy. In order to achieve research goals the Likert-type questionnaire method was used and as a research tool Teacher self-efficacy. The obtained data were subjected to factor analysis, in order to verify the relation between individual variables ANOVA was used, further Kruskal-Wallis test, Mann-Whitney test and Pearson correlation coefficient were used. It was found out that teachers evaluate the group of socially disadvantaged pupils rather negatively, on the other hand, they evaluate the possibility to reduce or overcome their disadvantage originating from the family environment they come from rather positively and also they perceive the relationship between the school and the socially disadvantaged pupils rather positively. The teachers' attitudinal orientation is not related to the previous experience with the education of socially disadvantaged pupils, the length of their teaching experience and region where the teachers work. On the contrary, the relation between teachers' attitudinal orientation and age and self-efficacy was proved.

Looking at Our STEM Teacher Workforce: How to Model Self-Efficacy

2020 ◽  
pp. 089124242097375
Author(s):  
Brandon Ofem ◽  
Samuel J. Polizzi ◽  
Gregory T. Rushton ◽  
Michael Beeth ◽  
Brock Couch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
The United States ◽  
High Turnover ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Teacher Workforce ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Stem Teacher

There is currently a severe shortage of teachers in the U.S. workforce. The problem is especially acute among science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers and exacerbated by high turnover among new teachers—those with less than 5 years of teaching experience. In this article, the authors investigate one piece of the puzzle. The authors model a social cognitive approach to understanding self-efficacy, a key precursor to job performance and retention. Their interactionist approach accounts for both demographic (i.e., gender and age) and relational variables (i.e., social networks). The authors test their ideas on a sample of 159 STEM teachers across five geographic regions in the United States. Their analysis reveals patterned differences in self-efficacy across gender that are contingent on the communities of practice in which the teachers are embedded. Together, their theory and findings highlight the value of taking a holistic, interactionist view in explaining STEM teacher self-efficacy.

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