The Predictive Power of Pre-Service Teachers' Sources of Self- Efficacy Beliefs on Teaching Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Attitudes

Abstract

The aim of this study is to reveal the effect of pre-service teachers sources of self-efficacy beliefs on teaching self-efficacy beliefs and their attitudes towards teaching profession. The study was conducted in the correlational design. The data of the study were obtained from the 360 seniors in Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University Eregli Faculty of Education. The data of the study were gathered with “Prospective Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Sources Scale”, “Teaching Self-Efficacy Scale” and “Attitude Scale of Teaching Profession”. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and PATH analysis methods were used in analysis of the data. It was concluded that emotional states, mastery experience, and vicarious experience were significant predictors of prospective teachers’ teaching self-efficacy and attitudes towards teaching profession

Keywords

• Self-efficacy Beliefs, Self-efficacy Sources, Prospective Teacher

Öğretmen Adaylarının Öğretmenlik Mesleği Öz Yeterlik İnancı Kaynaklarının Öz Yeterlik İnançları ve Tutumlarını Yordama Gücü

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, öğretmen adaylarının öz yeterlik inancı kaynaklarının öğretmenlik mesleğine ilişkin öz yeterlik inançları ve öğretmenlik mesleğine yönelik tutumlarını yordama gücünü ortaya çıkarmaktır. Çalışma korelasyon araştırması deseninde yürütülmüştür. Çalışmanın verileri Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit Üniversitesi Ereğli Eğitim Fakültesi dördüncü sınıfta öğrenim görmekte olan 360 öğretmen adayından elde edilmiştir. Çalışmanın verileri “Öğretmen adaylarının öz yeterlik inancı kaynaklarını belirleme ölçeği”, “Öğretmen öz yeterlik ölçeği” ve “öğretmenlik mesleğine yönelik tutum ölçeği” ile toplanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde Pearson momentler çarpımı korelasyon katsayısı yöntemi ile PATH analizi yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Çalışmanın sonunda öz yeterlik inancı kaynakları olan duygusal durum, performans başarıları ve dolaylı yaşantıların öğretmen adaylarının öğretmenlik mesleğine ilişkin öz yeterlik inançları ve tutumlarının anlamlı yordayıcısı olduğu bulunmuştur

Keywords

• Öz Yeterlik İnancı, Öz Yeterlik İnancı Kaynakları, Öğretmen Adayı

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