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ERIC Number: EJ974354
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-1540-9392
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Professional Development for Character Education: An Evaluation of Teachers' Sense of Efficacy for Character Education
Ledford, Alice T.
Scholar-Practitioner Quarterly, v5 n3 p256-273 Fall 2011
Today's teachers and administrators must educate students for character. But, teachers are inconsistently prepared for this challenge. This descriptive study examined teachers' sense of efficacy for character education among pre-K-12 teachers based on their type of character education training. The Character Education Efficacy Belief Instrument (CEEBI) was used to collect data at a southwestern school district of more than 61,000 students and more than 3,500 teachers. By employing analyses of variance (ANOVAs), this study examined the relationship between the teachers' Personal Teaching Efficacy (PTE) and General Teaching Efficacy (GTE) scores and the following teacher characteristics: type of institution from which teacher certification was received, school setting, type of character education training received, and years of teaching experience. The results of this study offer opportunities to understand how to prepare teachers to become character educators. The implications of this study on character education, professional development, pre-service training, and future research are explored. (Contains 2 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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