Self-efficacy beliefs of pre-service teachers in teaching first reading and writing and mathematics


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Yılmaz D., TURAN H.

Participatory Educational Research, cilt.7, sa.1, ss.257-270, 2020 (Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 7 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.17275/per.20.15.7.1
  • Dergi Adı: Participatory Educational Research
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.257-270
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: First Reading and Writing, Mathematics, Self efficacy
  • Kocaeli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The aim of the study is to determine the relationship between primary school pre-service teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs in teaching Mathematics and First Reading and Writing courses. The sample consists of 484 1st and 4th grade pre-service teachers selected from four universities in Turkey. In the study, Mathematics and First Reading and Writing Teaching Self-Efficacy Scale were used as data collection tools. Besides descriptive statistical techniques, Independent Sample T-test was used to determine whether the pre-service teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs differed according to some factors and Pearson Product-Moment Correlation analysis was used to determine the relationship between the pre-service teachers’ beliefs in teaching Math and First Reading and Writing. As a result of the research, it was found that the levels of self-efficacy beliefs of the primary school pre-service teachers in two courses were found to be high, that there was no significant difference according to gender, that the self-efficacy beliefs of the 4th grade pre-service teachers were higher in the Mathematics teaching, and that the self-efficacy beliefs of the pre-service teachers who chose the profession voluntarily were higher for teaching Mathematics. It was also revealed that there was a moderate positive relationship between self-efficacy beliefs of the pre-service teachers in teaching for both courses.