Abstract This article illustrates the role of teacher identity in self-efficacy development during initial education. It has been posited that develops on basis information accessed through four sources: vicarious and enactive experiences, social persuasion, physiological affective states, by interacting with a myriad personal external factors. The very process development, however, is not well...

Abstract One purpose of this study was to test a model collective teacher culture (CTC) proposed by Skaalvik and (Skaalvik Skaalvik, Social Psychology Education 24:1389–1406, 2021). In model, second-order CTC variable indicated four first-order variables: positive supportive social relations with colleagues, efficacy, shared goals values, value consonance. A second how associated teachers’ perc...

This study investigated the effects of a HIV/AIDS module on teachers' sense of self-efficacy regarding their ability to bring about behaviours in their learners which contribute to responsible living and a reduction of the spread of HIV in their communities. The sample was 128 in-service teachers studying in nine different centres in three South African provinces in their second year of a part-...

We examined the impact of a state mandated K-12 mathematics professional development course on knowledge, self-efficacy and beliefs of nearly 4,000 teachers and administrators. Participants completed the Mathematical Thinking for Instruction course, emphasizing student thinking, problem-solving, and content knowledge specific to mathematics instruction. Inventories utilizing items from the Lear...