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Teacher self‐efficacy: Validating a new measurement scale to capture the elusive construct

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Teachers’ beliefs in their ability to positively impact students’ learning outcomes has become a strong indicator of teachers’ motivation and behaviour towards the instructional strategies they employ. However, measuring the broader concept of teacher self‐efficacy is still somewhat problematic as current scales are dated, have measurement problems, and are not theoretically sound. This paper proposes a new theoretically and rigorously developed scale of teacher self‐efficacy that meets current teaching standards and is validated and tested through two phases. This new teacher self‐efficacy scale will hopefully greatly facilitate and advance this elusive theoretical construct.

Source: British Educational Research Journal

DOI: 10.1002/berj.4163

Authors: Stuart Woodcock, Nelly Tournaki, John Ehrich

Institutions: Griffith University, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, Macquarie University

Language: English

Topic: Teacher Education and Leadership Studies

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $4,120