ERIC Number: EJ1157458
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
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Pre-Service Early Childhood Teachers' Self-Efficacy Beliefs towards Parent Involvement
Alaçam, Nur; Olgan, Refika
Teaching Education, v28 n4 p421-434 2017
This study aimed to investigate the parent involvement self-efficacy beliefs held by pre-service early childhood teachers and their self-reported skills in implementing parent involvement strategies. Another aim was to examine the impact made on parent involvement self-efficacy beliefs by taking a course on parent involvement and by self-reported skills in implementing parent involvement strategies. Data was collected from 601 third and fourth year pre-service early childhood teachers using the adapted version of "Assessment of Parent Involvement Efficacy Scale." In order to answer the research questions, descriptive and inferential statistics including a two-way ANOVA between groups were run. The results revealed that the adapted scale is valid and suitable for use in Turkish culture and that pre-service early childhood teachers were found to have high parent involvement self-efficacy beliefs. Moreover, the results showed that taking a course on parent involvement does not have a significant impact on parent involvement self-efficacy beliefs. On the other hand, self-reported skills in implementing parent involvement strategies were found to be a significant factor on parent involvement self-efficacy beliefs in favor of groups that have "competent" and "moderately competent" self-reported skills in implementing parent involvement strategies.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preschool Teachers, Self Efficacy, Parent Participation, Foreign Countries, Beliefs, Early Childhood Education, Statistical Analysis, Student Attitudes, Preservice Teacher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Case Studies, Competence, Teacher Education Programs, Likert Scales
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey (Ankara)
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