Student Teachers? Beliefs about Teaching and Their Sense of Self Efficacy: A Descriptive and Comparative Analysis
Student Teachers? Beliefs about Teaching and Their Sense of Self Efficacy: A Descriptive and Comparative Analysis
Yazar: Gürbüztürk, Oğuz; Şad, S  Nihat
Dergi: İnönü University Journal of the Faculty of Education, Vol. 10 No. 3, 2014
Anahtar kelimeler: self-efficacy, teacher beliefs, traditional education, constructivist education. ; Anahtar; Kelime;

This study aims at investigating the student teachers? traditional versus constructivist educational beliefs and their sense of self efficacy by some variables: gender  grade  and department  Also it is intended to examine the association between them  The population of the study is 3 817  1 822 female  1955 male  student teachers in Faculty of Education at İnönü University during the first semester of 2007 2008 academic year  The sample of the study comprises 411 students chosen using proportional stratified sampling technique  Participants were given ?Teachers Belief Survey? and ?Teachers? Sense of Efficacy Scale?  The data obtained were analyzed using descriptive statistical techniques  t test  ANOVA  Kruskal Wallis  LSD  Mann Whitney U and Pearson correlation  The analysis revealed that participants? professional self efficacy levels were moderately over average and they had both constructivist and traditional beliefs  the former being moderately more dominant  The comparisons between independent groups  gender  grade  and department   gave some results partly consistent with the relevant literature  Also a positive correlation was found between constructivist teacher beliefs and self efficacy beliefs about student engagement  and between traditional teacher beliefs and self efficacy beliefs about class management  instruction  and overall self efficacy

This study aims at investigating the student teachers? traditional versus constructivist educational beliefs and their sense of self efficacy by some variables: gender  grade  and department  Also it is intended to examine the association between them  The population of the study is 3 817  1 822 female  1955 male  student teachers in Faculty of Education at İnönü University during the first semester of 2007 2008 academic year  The sample of the study comprises 411 students chosen using proportional stratified sampling technique  Participants were given ?Teachers Belief Survey? and ?Teachers? Sense of Efficacy Scale?  The data obtained were analyzed using descriptive statistical techniques  t test  ANOVA  Kruskal Wallis  LSD  Mann Whitney U and Pearson correlation  The analysis revealed that participants? professional self efficacy levels were moderately over average and they had both constructivist and traditional beliefs  the former being moderately more dominant  The comparisons between independent groups  gender  grade  and department   gave some results partly consistent with the relevant literature  Also a positive correlation was found between constructivist teacher beliefs and self efficacy beliefs about student engagement  and between traditional teacher beliefs and self efficacy beliefs about class management  instruction  and overall self efficacy