Seeing self as others see you: Variability in self‐efficacy ratings in student teaching

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to compare pre-service English teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs with the instructors’ views of the teaching competence of these pre-service teachers. Thirty-nine student teachers (13 males and 26 females) and five female instructors participated in the study. For data collection, student teacher and instructor versions of the same scale were used. The results of the research indicated that the student teachers’ self-efficacy judgments were higher than the instructors’ judgments for the student teachers’ teaching competence. Interviews with the instructors indicated that enactive experiences and verbal persuasion seem to be important factors which affect the personal efficacy beliefs of the prospective teachers in the current study.

Reference

Çakır, Ö., & Alıcı, D. (2009). Seeing self as others see you: Variability in self-efficacy ratings in student teaching. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and practice, 15(5), 541-561.

Journal

Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice

Analysis

Is this article part of a larger project or series of studies?

Does this study draw on a large, preexisting data set?

Research Approach

Quantitative

Geographic Setting

Turkey

Institutional Context

University based

Certification Level

Not stated

Programatic Focus

EFL
ELT (English Language Teaching)

Research Location Context

University

Preservice Participants

Undergraduates (university based program)

Preservice Sample Size

Other Participant Data

University instuctors

Duration of Data Collection

one sitting

Data Sources

Interviews
Scale of Teacher’s Perception of Professional Competence (Güven, 2005)
student self-evaluations

Data Analysis Tools

Correlation
independent t-test
Likert-type scale
Statistical analysis
t-test

Researcher Positionality

not stated

Research Questions

"Is there a difference between pre-service teachers of English self-efficacy beliefs and the instructors’ assessment of these pre-service teachers’ professional competence?" (p. 544)
Is this research question explicit from the manuscript? Yes