ERIC Number: EJ1208036
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0144-3410
EISSN: N/A
Teachers' Student-Specific Self-Efficacy in Relation to Teacher and Student Variables
Educational Psychology, v39 n1 p4-18 2019
This study aims to show the importance of explicitly identifying student-specific teachers' self-efficacy. Data from 43 regular teachers who rated their self-efficacy towards 611 fourth-grade students from inclusive classes in Austria were analyzed. In addition, 15 regular teachers and 15 special needs teachers rated their student-specific self-efficacy levels of 136 students. Teachers' sense of self-efficacy towards individual students was assessed using a short, adapted version of Tschannen-Moran and Woolfolk Hoy's Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale. Results of multilevel-regression analysis showed that the higher the teachers' general self-efficacy the higher was their student-specific self-efficacy. In addition, teachers' student-specific self-efficacy was lower for students whose special needs regarded learning or behavioural and emotional disorders. The outcomes of the study imply that measuring teachers' self-efficacy specifically for individual students compared to a teachers' general self-efficacy towards inclusion is an important addition to previous research.
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Grade 4, Inclusion, Special Education Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Student Characteristics, Student Needs, Learning Problems, Behavior Problems, Emotional Problems, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Student Behavior, Elementary School Students
Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Austria
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A