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Sources Of Science Teaching Self-Efficacy For Preservice Elementary Teachers In Science Content Courses, Deepika Menon, Troy D. Sadler
Sources Of Science Teaching Self-Efficacy For Preservice Elementary Teachers In Science Content Courses, Deepika Menon, Troy D. Sadler
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications
Self-efficacy beliefs play a major role in determining teachers’ science teaching practices and have been a topic of great interest in the area of preservice science teacher education. This qualitative study investigated factors that influenced preservice elementary teachers’ science teaching self-efficacy beliefs in a physical science content course. The primary data sources included Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument-B (STEBI-B) responses, two semi-structured interviews, classroom observations, and artifacts. Analysis of STEBI-B data was used to select 18 participants with varying levels of self-efficacy beliefs: low, medium, and high. Four categories representing course-related factors contributing towards participants’ science teaching self-efficacy beliefs were …