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

Year 2017, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 15 - 27, 30.07.2017

Betül Timur Nagihan İmer Çetin

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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