Exploring Early Childhood Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy (65714)

Session Information:

Thursday, January 5, 2023 (16:30)
Session: Poster
Room: 3F Hallway
Presentation Type:Poster Presentation

All presentation times are UTC-10 (Pacific/Honolulu)

The purpose of this study was to explore teachers’ sense of efficacy of young children. Teacher efficacy is the extent to which a teacher believes he or she has the capacity to effect student performance. Data includes 43 teachers in preschools and elementary schools both public and private in a large urban area. A mixed methods approach was used including surveys and open-ended responses. Mean teacher age is 40.38 (SD=10.54) and on average have taught for 14 years (m=14.20, SD=8.14). Measurement of efficacy included: Student engagement, Instructional Practice, Math Instruction, Nurturance, Limit setting, Satisfaction, Play, and Math outcome expectancy. Results show significant findings for efficacy for play (F(1,89) = 8.04, p < .001).and math (F(1,89) = 3.80, p < .05) between groups with toddler teachers showing less indications of play and math efficacy than preschool and elementary school teachers. Lower levels of satisfaction were seen in novice and expert teachers as compared to mid-career teachers (F(1,89) = 8.73, p < .001) as well as a decline of nurturance efficacy in school age teachers (F(1,89) = 3.47, p < .05). Finally, low math outcome expectancy for school age teachers was significantly lower F(1,89) = 6.21, p < .02) than that for toddler and preschool teachers. The implications of these findings further examine teachers’ efficacy beliefs at the toddler, preschool and primary school levels; specifically focusing on variables that might impact these beliefs (e.g., years of experience, level of training, other contextual variables associated with the school environment). Authors:
Denise Kennedy, California State Polytechnic University Pomona, United States


About the Presenter(s)
Dr Denise Kennedy is a University Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer at California State Polytechnic University Pomona, United States

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Last updated: 2023-02-23 23:45:00