标题:Attitudes Regarding the Teaching Profession, Professional Efficacy Beliefs and Vocational Self-esteem of Teacher Canditates Enrolled at Education Faculties and Pedagogic Formation Programmes
期刊名称:International Journal of Social Sciences and Education
印刷版ISSN:2227-393X
电子版ISSN:2223-4934
出版年度:2014
卷号:4
期号:2
出版社:Federal College of Education
摘要:This study aims at investigating the attitudes regarding the teaching profession, Professional efficacy beliefs and vocational self-esteem of teacher candidates enrolled at education faculties and pedagogic formation programmes with respect to their gender and their subject area. The results suggest that while there is a meaningful difference in attitudes regarding the teaching profession and vocational self-esteem of teacher candidates in favour of female participants, no difference is observed regarding s elf-efficacy beliefs. Findings also reveal that academic programs do not have a significant effect on candidate teachers' attitudes towards teaching and vocational self-esteem. In terms of teacher candidates' self-efficacy levels, a significant difference is found in favour of candidates enrolled in the pedagogic formation programme. Meaningful positive relationships are also observed between teacher candidates' scores on attitudes regarding the teaching profession and scores on professional efficacy belief s; between scores on attitudes regarding the teaching profession and scores on vocational self-esteem; and between scores on self-efficacy beliefs and scores on vocational self-esteem