Childhood emotional, behavioural and learning problems are prevalent in elementary classroom settings. It is therefore imperative to evaluate pre-service teacher training in classroom management. Two studies were conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a proactive behavioural management course taught at a Canadian teacher’s college. The first study examined a sample of 69 pre-service teachers at the start and completion of this course. Using random assignment, the second study compared 50 pre-service teachers who completed the course to 32 pre-service teachers who did not take the course. Participants completed questionnaires assessing their self-efficacy, teaching style, and teaching attitudes and partook in simulated classroom scenarios. Significant findings highlight the positive influence of this course on pre-service teachers’ self-efficacy, teaching style, emotions and reactions towards children, and their use of classroom management strategies. This research may further the development of pre-service teacher training in classroom management.

Submitted by Renata Morais (rmorais@unoeste.br) on 2018-09-25T18:27:46Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Rebeca Carvalho Bressa.pdf: 1225569 bytes, checksum: 7ca7dbf0fcc71d7519691f65e66dafb2 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-25T18:27:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Rebeca Carvalho Bressa.pdf: 1225569 bytes, checksum: 7ca7dbf0fcc71d7519691f65e66dafb2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-04-12 / The belief in teacher self-efficacy (AED) is defined as the teacher's judgment of his or her abilities to achieve student engagement and learning outcomes. The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is a standardized tool used in the evaluation of professional performance. Associating the concepts of AED and OSCE use in the practice of the medical professor is an innovative challenge. Thus, this dissertation was constructed with three studies: the first one reviewed the national publications on OSCE and their relationship with the current context of Brazilian medical education; the second presented the main Brazilian studies on EDA and the third analyzed the associations between EDA and the OSCE application. In the first study, 32 texts were selected, of which only 18.8% described theoretical concepts about the OSCE, which means little time for experimentation of the method in Brazil. In the second, 32 articles were found, and 37.5% were aimed at investigating AED in different educational contexts, which demonstrates the concern of disseminating the construct in the academic environment. In the third one, two scales (Teacher Self-efficacy Scale - EAEP and Self-efficacy Scale - EFAE) were applied and a characterization questionnaire that, besides the socio demographic characteristics of the examined ones, presented questions directed to teacher perception about their work process and the main properties of simulated activities such as the OSCE. A total of 47 medical professors from a private university in the interior of the state of São Paulo were 55.3% male and 44.7% female, ranging in age from 31 to 78, whose teaching experience was dispersed between 1 and 35 years, with a mean of 11.5 years. In the results of the EFAE, the factors Social Persuasion and Vicarious Learning were the most endorsed, indicating that these sources are those of greater interference in the formation of the teachers' beliefs. Most of the participants had low and average scores on self-efficacy beliefs. The highest averages found were in relation to the Effectiveness factor in the Intentionality of the Action. In relation to the statistically significant correlations, these were negative and with moderate magnitudes between the factors of self-efficacy and the sources of Physiological and Affective States, indicating that the greater the belief in the capacity to teach or control the academic environment, the smaller the influences of physiological and emotional tensions in the performance and formation of these beliefs. There was only a positive correlation with weak magnitude, established between Action Intentional Efficacy and Vicarious Learning, suggesting that teachers who believe in their ability to mobilize students for the teaching-learning process may have these beliefs formed from the experiences of its formative process as a whole. The association of teachers with high levels of AED and OSCE implementation needs to be further explored, including in studies with qualitative approaches, but a priori, this hypothetical association appears to be promising in strengthening the quality of teaching. / A crença de autoeficácia docente (AED) é definida como o julgamento que o professor faz de suas capacidades em alcançar os resultados de comprometimento e aprendizagem do aluno. O Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) é uma ferramenta padronizada utilizada na avaliação do desempenho profissional. Associar os conceitos de AED e uso do OSCE na prática do professor de Medicina é um desafio inovador. Assim, esta dissertação foi construída com três estudos: o primeiro revisou as publicações nacionais sobre OSCE e sua relação com o contexto atual da educação médica brasileira; o segundo apresentou os principais estudos brasileiros sobre AED e, o terceiro analisou as associações entre AED e a aplicação do OSCE. No primeiro estudo foram selecionados 32 textos, dos quais, apenas 18,8% descreveram conceitos teóricos sobre o OSCE, o que traduz pouco tempo de experimentação do método no Brasil. No segundo foram encontrados 32 artigos e 37,5% objetivaram Investigar a AED em diferentes contextos educacionais, o que demonstra preocupação em divulgar o constructo no meio acadêmico. No terceiro foram aplicadas duas escalas (Escala de Autoeficácia do Professor – EAEP e Escala sobre Fontes de Autoeficácia - EFAE) e um questionário de caracterização que, além das características sócio demográficas dos examinados, apresentava perguntas direcionadas a percepção docente sobre seu processo de trabalho e as principais propriedades de atividades simuladas como o OSCE. Participaram 47 docentes de Medicina de uma universidade privada do interior do estado de São Paulo, sendo 55,3% do sexo masculino e 44,7% do sexo feminino, com idade variando entre 31 e 78 anos, cuja experiência na docência era dispersa entre 1 e 35 anos, com média de 11,5 anos. Nos resultados da EFAE, os fatores Persuasão Social e Aprendizagem Vicária foram os mais endossados, indicando que estas fontes são as de maior interferência na formação das crenças dos professores. A maioria dos participantes tiveram pontuações de classificações baixa e média no que se refere às crenças de autoeficácia. As maiores médias encontradas foram em relação ao fator Eficácia na Intencionalidade da Ação. No que concerne às correlações estatisticamente significativas, estas foram em sentido negativo e com magnitudes moderadas entre os fatores de autoeficácia e as fontes de Estados Fisiológicos e Afetivos, indicando que quanto maior a crença na capacidade de ensinar ou controlar o ambiente acadêmico, menores são as influências de tensões fisiológicas e emocionais no desempenho e formação dessas crenças. Houve apenas uma correlação positiva com magnitude fraca, estabelecida entre Eficácia na Intencionalidade da Ação e Aprendizagem Vicária, sugerindo que os docentes que acreditam na sua capacidade de mobilizar os alunos para o processo de ensino-aprendizagem podem ter essas crenças formadas a partir das experiências de seu processo formativo como um todo. A associação de professores com elevados níveis de AED e aplicação do OSCE necessita ser mais explorada, inclusive em estudos com abordagens qualitativas, mas a priori, essa associação hipotética parece ser promissora no fortalecimento da qualidade do ensino

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Adjunct faculty teach over 50% of courses in U.S. higher education but little is known about them as educators. Strong evidence has been found in the K-12 literature demonstrating the link between teachers’ beliefs, instructional practices, and subsequent student outcomes. Teaching self-efficacy, beliefs in one’s capabilities to perform specific tasks in a particular context, is an important contributor to motivation and performance (Tschannen-Moran et al., 1998). This research advances teaching and learning literature in higher education and provides insight into an understudied population of educators by exploring adjunct faculty’s teaching self-efficacy and factors that influence those beliefs. In this mixed methods study, an explanatory sequential design was used to explore teaching-self efficacy among adjunct faculty at a Mid-Atlantic community college. Adjunct faculty were surveyed using the College Teaching Self-Efficacy Scale (Prieto Navarro, 2006). Data were selected from the surveys for further explanation in subsequent interviews. Quantitative and qualitative data were merged to form an overall interpretation of teaching self-efficacy and factors that influenced those beliefs. Teaching self-efficacy was highest in creating a positive learning environment, followed by overall teaching self-efficacy, and then instructional skills. Assessing student learning was rated lowest. Adjunct faculty with fewer than five years teaching experience had lower self-efficacy scores than those teaching for six or more years. Mastery experiences and feedback from students and full-time faculty mentors emerged as the most influential sources of teaching self-efficacy. Student evaluations and attending Convocation were positively correlated with scores in overall teaching self-efficacy, instructional skills, and creating a positive learning environment. Adjunct faculty identified working to accommodate the needs of a diverse range of learners as the most significant challenge to teaching self-efficacy followed by challenges related to working conditions including inadequate pay and job insecurity. Key recommendations for promoting adjunct faculty’s teaching self-efficacy beliefs include increasing opportunities for interaction with departmental colleagues to share best practices and teaching resources, and offering trainings at flexible times and in creative formats on instructional skills, assessment practices, and learning theories. Improving onboarding processes, recognizing different needs of adjunct faculty based on experience, and reassessing pay and employment structures are also needed.

This mixed-methods study examined teachers' culturally responsive teaching (CRT) self-efficacy beliefs and the relationships among selected academic, demographic, and experiential factors. Guided by theoretical and empirical research on CRT, teacher dispositions, and assessment in teacher education (TE) programs for culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students, this study utilized an extended version of Siwatu's 2007 Culturally Responsive Teaching Self-Efficacy (CRTSE) Scale to conduct correlational and comparative statistical analyses. Data sources included surveys from 265 participants enrolled in TE classes in the spring 2012 in Texas (one private and one public university). Content analyses were also conducted on participants' descriptions of CRT activities using a priori and inductive coding methods to triangulate and elaborate the explanation of quantitative results. In this population, those with higher CRTSE were typically young (undergraduates), specializing in ESL and bilingual certification coursework, who felt their TE program prepared them well for working with CLD student populations. Regression analyses showed that certain certification areas (ESL, bilingual, elementary, and advanced) and perceptions of better quality in TE program preparation for working with CLD students emerged as significant predictors of increased CRTSE. Those with second language skills were more efficacious in delivering linguistically-responsive instruction, and those professing more experiences with and interest in diverse individuals felt more confident in applying CRT skills. While the younger teacher candidates felt more efficacious, their descriptions of CRT were less sophisticated than those with more teaching experience. Despite much of the literature relating to CRT and minority teachers, ethnicity was not a significant factor in heightened CRTSE. This study informs TE programs for better measuring and supporting teacher candidate CRT development by revising and extending Siwatu's 2007 study in three ways. First, the CRTSE Scale instrument was extended to include items that address greater depth and breadth of the culturally responsive teaching continuum as developed by the researcher, relating particularly to language and literacy development of English language learners. Second, this study involved a more varied and appropriate population, including both pre-service and in-service teachers. Third, specific participant factors were analyzed to see which correlated with higher CRTSE Scale scores.

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the emergency transition to online instruction due to COVID-19 on faculty self-efficacy for online teaching. A survey was constructed by adapting items from multiple previously vetted instruments into a retrospective pre-test/post-test design. Data were collected in January 2022 from 83 faculty at a private, STEM-focused university in Pennsylvania. On average, respondents increased their online teaching load by approximately 25% as a result of the emergency transition due to COVID-19, after which they showed a statistically significant increase in online teaching self-efficacy with a very large effect size. Dispersion was lower in the post-COVID time period. Also, the more change to their typical course delivery mode a faculty experienced, the greater the increase in their online teaching self-efficacy. These findings suggest that the universal experience of the emergency transition to online instruction due to COVID-19 may have had an equalizing effect on online teaching self-efficacy. Age and scores on measures of teaching self-efficacy not specific to online instruction had statistically significant relationships with online teaching self-efficacy in separate pre- and post-COVID regression models; however, a Chow Test indicated that there was no statistically significant difference between the two equations with all parameters taken together. Administrators should consider diversifying the modalities in which faculty teach to provide ongoing exposure to online teaching, which will support faculty online teaching self-efficacy and, thus, help prepare universities for any future unexpected transition to online instruction. / Educational Leadership

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