Year: 2020
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Research demonstrates that there are increased teacher burnout rates within the first 5 years of entering the field (Darling-Hammond, 2003; Skaalvik & Skaalvik, 2010; Yost, 2006). Consistent with those findings is that teacher preparation matters when conversing about recruitment and retention (Brown, Lee, & Collins, 2014). As more research is conducted in the area of teacher preparation it has become clear that teacher effectiveness is directly related to preparation (Darling-Hammond, 2010). As teachers enter their first-year teaching, philosophical stances can change, inflated beliefs about the teaching profession can be altered, and self-efficacy is influenced. Drawing from Hoy and Spero’s (2005) findings on teacher self-efficacy and Bandura’s theory of self-efficacy (1993), teachers’ self-efficacy is most malleable in the early years of teaching. This study surveyed first year elementary and secondary school teachers and employed a regression analysis to determine factors that are predictive of self-efficacy. Keywords: teacher self-efficacy
Author: Jessica Leigh Hamelin
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3027476800