Changes in science teaching self-efficacy among primary teacher education students

Title: Changes in science teaching self-efficacy among primary teacher education students
Creator: Palmer, David; Dixon, Jeanette; Archer, Jennifer
Relation: Australian Journal of Teacher Education Vol. 40, Issue 12, p. 26-40
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.14221/ajte.2015v40n12.3
Publisher: Social Science Press
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2015
Description: Many preservice primary teachers have low self-efficacy for science teaching. Although science methods courses have often been shown to enhance self-efficacy, science content courses have been relatively ineffective in this respect. This study investigated whether a tailored science content course would enhance self-efficacy. The participants were preservice primary teachers and data collection was by survey and interview. Self-efficacy increased during the course and the increases were stable after a 10-month delay period. The factors that enhanced self-efficacy were: learning science content, perceptions of learning how to teach science, and teacher enthusiasm.
Subject: science teaching; self-efficiacy; primary school; primary teachers
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1326888
Identifier: uon:25527
Identifier: ISSN:0313-5373
Language: eng
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