Effect of Practicum Experience on Prospective EFL Teachers' Domain - Specific Sense of Self-Efficacy and Specific Pedagogical Knowledge : A Constructivist Perspective

2014 ◽  
pp. 193-229
Author(s):  
Jamal Hamed Jahin
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Pedagogical Knowledge ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Constructivist Perspective ◽  
Practicum Experience ◽  
Specific Sense

scholarly journals Online EFL Emergency Remote Teaching during COVID 19, Challenges and Innovative Practices: A Case of Oman

2021 ◽  
pp. 17-35
Author(s):  
Samia Naqvi ◽  
Insiya Zehra
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
English Language ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Innovative Techniques

The emergent situation brought about by COVID 19 has led to an unprecedented change in the educational sector worldwide, including the Sultanate of Oman. Most of the educational institutions here have responded swiftly to fulfill the requirements of academia by switching to an online emergency remote teaching mode overnight. To get adjusted to the ‘new normal,’ teachers across all academic disciplines, including the English language, have had to adapt to new teaching approaches and learn new skills and competencies to confront this challenge. This empirical cross-sectional research study explores the teacher technology self-efficacy, the challenges faced, and the innovative practices adopted by the EFL teachers during the crisis. A mixed-methods approach was used here, including an online survey and in-depth, semi-structured interviews with six teachers. The survey was administered to 100 EFL teachers from fourteen higher-education institutions, whereas the interviews were held with six survey participants. The study found that majority of the teachers had a strong sense of self-efficacy in using technology as well as considerably positive learning experiences and novel innovations, which all resulted in the various ways they faced pandemic-related challenges. The paper gives, in particular, an account of the innovative techniques adopted by the interviewed teachers during the Pandemic crisis. This investigation hopefully adds to the field of knowledge by sharing effective, innovative techniques that have relevance to EFL teaching in Oman and beyond.

scholarly journals The Impact of Practicum on Pre-Service EFL Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs: First Step into Professionalism

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 223-235
Author(s):  
İlknur Eğinli ◽  
Mehdi Solhi
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Classroom Management ◽  
Instructional Strategies ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Null Hypothesis ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Effect Sizes ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Practicum Experience ◽  
The Impact

This study sought to investigate changes in pre-service EFL teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs before and after the practicum experience at school. The data were collected using the same 24-item teacher sense of efficacy (TSE) scale. Three null hypotheses were formulated based on the subcategories of self-efficacy in the study (i.e., self-efficacy in student engagement, self-efficacy in applying instructional strategies, and self-efficacy in classroom management). The Wilcoxonsigned rank test runs on the pre-practicum and post-practicum results suggested that the null hypothesis that practicum would not bring about any change in student engagement should be rejected. According to the second null hypothesis, there would be no significant difference between pre-service EFL teachers’ pre-practicum and post-practicum self-efficacy in applying instructional strategies. Results indicated that we should reject the second null hypothesis, too, implying that pre-service teachers’ scores in this construct have also been significantly different from each other in the pretest and the posttest. The last hypothesis of interest was if pre-service EFL teachers’ selfefficacy in classroom management changes due to practicum experience. The data gathered implies that we should reject this hypothesis, possibly in favor of the premise that our practicing pre-service EFL teachers have made positive gains in their classroom management ability. If we compare the obtained results based on the effect sizes that we have calculated for them, although all of them are strong effect sizes, we can say that the pre-service EFL teachers’ self-efficacy has improved first in classroom management (r = 0.77), second in applying instructional strategies (r = 0.71), and third in student engagement (r = 0.622). The findings of the study are discussed in the light of implications to the language teacher education programs and the development of practicum experience.

scholarly journals Relationship between Teacher Autonomy and Teacher’s Sense of Self -Efficacy

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-10
Author(s):  
Hadi Farjami ◽  
Ehsan Kazemi
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Teacher Autonomy ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Pearson Product Moment Correlation ◽  
Sense Of Efficacy ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Spss Software ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship

The present study is an attempt to investigate the relationship between teacher autonomy and teacher’s sense of self-efficacy. To carry out this study, 100 EFL teachers (male and female) who taught in English institutes participated voluntarily. The researchers employed a couple of self-reported questionnaires, teacher autonomy scale (TAS) and Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale which measures the individual sense of self efficacy. The two questionnaires were administered to 100 teachers. After gathering the raw data from the questionnaires, the SPSS software was employed to have some statistical and interpretable data. The Pearson product Moment correlation indicated that there was a negative reversed relationship between the two variables; in the other words, more teacher autonomy leads to lower level of self-efficacy.

scholarly journals Online EFL Emergency Remote Teaching during COVID 19, Challenges and Innovative Practices: A Case of Oman

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samia Naqvi ◽  
Insiya Zehra
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
English Language ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Innovative Techniques

The emergent situation brought about by COVID 19 has led to an unprecedented change in the educational sector worldwide, including the Sultanate of Oman. Most of the educational institutions here have responded swiftly to fulfill the requirements of academia by switching to an online emergency remote teaching mode overnight. To get adjusted to the ‘new normal,’ teachers across all academic disciplines, including the English language, have had to adapt to new teaching approaches and learn new skills and competencies to confront this challenge. This empirical cross-sectional research study explores the teacher technology self-efficacy, the challenges faced, and the innovative practices adopted by the EFL teachers during the crisis. A mixed-methods approach was used here, including an online survey and in-depth, semi-structured interviews with six teachers. The survey was administered to 100 EFL teachers from fourteen higher-education institutions, whereas the interviews were held with six survey participants. The study found that majority of the teachers had a strong sense of self-efficacy in using technology as well as considerably positive learning experiences and novel innovations, which all resulted in the various ways they faced pandemic-related challenges. The paper gives, in particular, an account of the innovative techniques adopted by the interviewed teachers during the Pandemic crisis. This investigation hopefully adds to the field of knowledge by sharing effective, innovative techniques that have relevance to EFL teaching in Oman and beyond.

scholarly journals Exploring the consequences of teachers’ self-efficacy: a case of teachers of English as a foreign language

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Goudarz Alibakhshi ◽  
Fariborz Nikdel ◽  
Akram Labbafi
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Qualitative Research Method ◽  
Burn Out ◽  
Efl Teachers

AbstractTeacher self-efficacy has been abundantly studied. However, it seems that the consequences of teachers’ self-efficacy have not been appropriately explored yet. The research objective was to investigate the consequences of teachers’ teaching self-efficacy. The researchers used a qualitative research method. They collected the data through semi-structured interviews with 20 EFL teachers who were selected through purposive sampling. The interviews were content analyzed thematically. Findings showed that self-efficacy has different consequences: pedagogical, learner-related, and psychological. Each consequence has several sub-categories. It is concluded that high self-efficacy affects teachers’ teaching practices, learners’ motivation, and achievement. It also affects teachers’ burn-out status, psychological being, as well as their job satisfaction. The findings can be theoretically and pedagogically important to EFL teachers, teacher-trainers, and administrators of educational settings.

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