| A Comparative Analysis of Elementary Education Teacher Self-Efficacy Contributor(s): Clark, Sarah (Author) |
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ISBN: 3838399137 ISBN-13: 9783838399133 Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing OUR PRICE: $69.77 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education - Business & Economics | Careers - General |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6" W x 9" (0.64 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Since the RAND corporation study of more than three decades ago, researchers have continued to demonstrate that a teacher's sense of efficacy is one of few teacher characteristics related to student achievement. So what helps to build teacher self-efficacy? In recent years, researchers have established that experiences such as student teaching are highly influential in the development of teacher self-efficacy as well as the degree and type of support that student teachers receive. Furthermore, establishing a strong belief in one's abilities to perform teaching tasks during the preservice teacher stage seems to have more of an impact than waiting until after a teacher is already in the classroom. These findings stress the important role and responsibility that teacher preparation programs play in developing and securing high teacher efficacy at a most influential time. Yet there are still many unanswered questions regarding how teacher preparation programs influence teacher self-efficacy. This book presents a timely study which looks at teacher self-efficacy at the conclusion of teacher training and tracks teachers into the classroom and to the end of their first year of teaching. |