Teacher Efficacy in ‘Teaching and Teacher Education’
Developing a Valid and Reliable Measure of Teacher Efficacy
by Dr. Savita Gupta*,
- Published in Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education, E-ISSN: 2230-7540
Volume 18, Issue No. 1, Jan 2021, Pages 291 - 293 (3)
Published by: Ignited Minds Journals
ABSTRACT
Teacher efficacy has been found to be strongly linked to a variety of important educational outcomes, including instructors' tenacity, passion, dedication, and instructional behaviour, as well as student outcomes including accomplishment, motivation, and belief in self-efficacy. Those who have attempted to examine teacher efficacy, however, have been hampered by recurring measurement issues. Many of the primary measures that have been used to capture the concept are reviewed, along with the challenges that have emerged with each. The validity and reliability results from three distinct investigations are then used to propose a promising new measure of teacher efficacy. Finally, new study possibilities made feasible by this tool are investigated.
KEYWORD
teacher efficacy, educational outcomes, instructional behavior, student outcomes, measurement issues, primary measures, validity and reliability, new measure, study possibilities
