Pre-service science teachers’ self-efficacy: The role of attitude, anxiety and locus of control
| Autor: | Burcu Senler |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Self-efficacy
Descriptive statistics 05 social sciences 050301 education Science teachers Teacher education Education Pre service Locus of control medicine Mathematics education Anxiety 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences medicine.symptom Path analysis (statistics) Psychology 0503 education 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Australian Journal of Education. 60:26-41 |
| ISSN: | 2050-5884 0004-9441 |
| Popis: | This study examined the relationships between pre-service science teachers’ teaching self-efficacy, locus of control, attitude towards science teaching and teaching anxiety. A conceptual model of these relationships was examined using data collected from 356 pre-service elementary science teachers. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, zero-order correlations and path analysis. Results showed that attitude towards science teaching was linked positively and teaching anxiety negatively to pre-service science teachers’ science teaching self-efficacy. Additionally, pre-service science teachers’ locus of control was found to be related positively to attitude towards science teaching and related negatively to science teaching anxiety. Finally, pre-service science teachers’ attitude towards science teaching had a negative effect on science teaching anxiety. These results point to the importance of positive role modelling and increased teaching practice in pre-service science teacher education to emphasise the effect of teachers’ attitudes and efforts on student performance. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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