Education
is becoming more and more important in today’s world. It is also acknowledged
that training teachers with high levels of self-confidence in education
faculties is likely to improve the quality of education in the future. Bandura (3) proposed the term
“self-efficacy” for the first time in 1977 in his book titled Self-efficacy: Toward a
Unifying Theory of Behavioral Change. He based this concept on Social Learning Theory and
defined it as “ one’s belief about his/her own ability to acquire a specific
behavior successfully”. It has been witnessed
that self-efficacy beliefs of pre-service teachers affect their perception about
students, behaviors, eagerness to learn, experiences and learning outcomes. Thus,
this study aims to determine self-efficacy beliefs of pre-service teachers of physical
education and sports regarding teaching profession and to examine whether the
data obtained vary according to certain variables. The
study used survey method. A total of 526 university students (222 female and 304 male) who
attend the Physical Education and Sports Teaching Departments of 6 different
universities in Turkey participated in the study on a
voluntary basis. Developed
by the researchers, this form includes questions aiming to obtain the following
information about the participants: age, gender, the university they attend,
class level, family income level, and educational background of parents. In
addition, the study used “Teacher Self-efficacy Scale”, which was developed by
Tschannen-Moran and Woolfolk Hoy (21) and adapted to Turkish context by Çapa et
al. (7). The data was analyzed by using SPSS 22 software
and descriptive analysis, independent variable t-test and ANOVA tests were
used. There
was a meaningful difference in ‘’Student Participation’’ and ‘’Classroom
Management’’ sub-dimensions in terms of university variable (p<05).
Likewise, there was a meaningful difference in ‘’Student Participation’’ and
‘’Classroom Management’’ sub-dimensions in terms of mother’s educational
background variable (p<05). As
a result, meaningful differences were found in variables such as university and
mother’s educational background. The reason may be that universities took place
in different geographical areas of the country. It can be said that the effect
of the level of education of the mother on the growth environment is the reason
for this difference.
Primary Language | English |
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Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | December 30, 2018 |
Acceptance Date | November 7, 2018 |
Published in Issue | Year 2018 Volume: 20 Issue: 3 |
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