Exploring the impact of professional development and professional practice on school leaders’ self-efficacy: a quasi-experimental study
| Autor: | Maria Nicolaidou, Yiasemina Karagiorgi, Alexandra Petridou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Self-efficacy
Medical education education 05 social sciences Professional development Control (management) 050301 education Education Instructional leadership Scale (social sciences) 0502 economics and business Pedagogy Quasi experimental study Psychology 0503 education 050203 business & management Social cognitive theory Social theory |
| Zdroj: | School Effectiveness and School Improvement. 28:56-73 |
| ISSN: | 1744-5124 0924-3453 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09243453.2016.1236734 |
| Popis: | Self-efficacy is extensively discussed within social cognitive theory. This study aimed to explore the impact of professional development and practice on school leaders’ self-efficacy in Cyprus. A quasi-experimental design involving 2 groups of novice secondary deputy head teachers was employed. All participants practised leadership at the time, but the experimental group also attended a leadership training programme. The School Leaders’ Self-Efficacy Scale addressing 8 dimensions was distributed to both groups at the beginning and the end of the school year. A within-group analysis indicated positive effects on self-efficacy regarding evaluating classroom practices for the experimental group. However, for the control group, effects were negative on self-efficacy with regards to evaluating classroom practices, monitoring learning, and leadership of continuing professional development. Between-group analyses revealed positive gains for the experimental group across the 3 aforementioned self-efficac... |
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