- 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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