Since the RAND corporation study of more than three decades ago, researchers have continued to demonstrate that a teachers sense of efficacy is one of few teacher characteristics related to student achievement. So what helps to build teacher self-efficacy? In recent years, researchers have established that experiences such as student teaching are highly influential in the development of teacher self-efficacy as well as the degree and type of support that student teachers receive. Furthermore, establishing a strong belief in ones abilities to perform teaching tasks during the...
Since the RAND corporation study of more than three decades ago, researchers have continued to demonstrate that a teachers sense of efficacy is one ...
