مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - An Analysis of Prospective Science, Social Sciences and Primary School Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Perceptions and Focus of Academic Control

Abstract :

The aim of this study is to analyze the self-efficacy perceptions and focus of academic control of prospective science, social sciences and primary school teacher based on various variables (gender, grade level, branch, high school and field of high school graduation) and to examine the correlation between their self-efficacy perceptions and focus of academic control. The data of the study were collected through the use of three scales: the scale of teachers’ self-efficacy developed by Tschannen-Moran and Woolfolk Hoy (2001) and adopted into Turkish by Capa, Cakıroğlu and Sarıkaya (2005); the scale of locus of academic control developed by Akın (2007) and demographic form. The participants of the study are 410 student teachers attending the Faculty of Education at Adnan Menderes University. The findings of the study reveal that the self-efficacy perceptions and the focus of control of the participants do not statistically vary based on the variables of gender, grade level, branch, high school and field of high school graduation. Moreover, it is determined that there is no statistically significant correlation between the prospective science, social sciences and primary school teacher total scores on the self-efficacy scale and sub-dimension scores on the focus of academic control.