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?
no
Does this study draw on a large, preexisting data set?
no
Research Approach
Geographic Setting
Institutional Context
Certification Level
Programatic Focus
- EFL
- ELT (English Language Teaching)
Research Location Context
Preservice Participants
- Undergraduates (university based program)
Preservice Sample Size
39
Other Participant Data
Duration of Data Collection
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
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