ERIC Number: EJ1090824
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Oct
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Dimensions of Teacher Self-Efficacy for Inclusive Practices among Mainland Chinese Pre-Service Teachers
Malinen, Olli-Pekka; Savolainen, Hannu; Xu, Jiacheng
Journal of International Special Needs Education, v16 n2 p82-93 Oct 2013
Five hundred fifty mainland Chinese university students were given a questionnaire that contained a Teacher Efficacy for Inclusive Practices (TEIP) scale. The purpose of the study was a) to test the factor structure of teacher self-efficacy for inclusive practices, b) to investigate the relationship between teacher self-efficacy for inclusive practices and attitude toward inclusive education, and c) to study the relationship between participants' attitudes and other variables related to inclusive education. Confirmatory factor analysis gave support the hyphothesis of three correlated but separate factors of self-efficacy: Efficacy to use inclusive instructions, Efficacy in collaboration, and Efficacy in managing behaviour. As the initial factors were correlated, another model with second-order factor to which the three factors loaded, was tested. This model fit the data equally well. The second-order factor, which was named as General teacher self-efficacy for inclusive practices, explained significantly participants' attitudes to inclusive education.
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Inclusion, Preservice Teachers, Questionnaires, Factor Structure, Educational Practices, Student Teacher Attitudes, Factor Analysis, Instructional Effectiveness, Teacher Collaboration, Behavior Modification, Models, Teacher Competencies, Foreign Countries
Division of International Special Education and Services, Council for Exceptional Children. Web site: http://www.jisne.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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