Examining Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Attitudes of Pre-Service Science Teachers’ and Pedogogical Proficiency Students’ Towards Science Teaching Profession

Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine self–efficacy beliefs and attitudes of pre-service science teachers and pedogogical proficiency students towards science teaching profession.  Also, we aimed to measure participants’ beliefs and attitudes towards science teaching profession related to some variables like gender, age, graduation field, educational background and having a job. The study consisted of 85 pre-service science teachers and 58 pedogogical proficiency students, in total 143 participants. The data were obtained through “the Scale of Self efficacy Belief in Science Teaching” and “Science Teaching Attitude Scale”. The results of the study showed that pedogogical proficiency students had the same level of self-efficacy beliefs and attitudes towards science teaching profession as the pre -service science teachers. The reason for this finding may be due to the lack of motivation or interest to the courses related to the teaching profession taught in educational faculties. Also it was found that neither of pedogogical proficiency students’ nor pre -service science teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs towards science teaching profession did not differ significantly based on their gender, educational background, graduation field and having job or not.

Keywords

• Self-efficacy beliefs,attitudes,pre-service science teachers

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