This study explored the use of virtual world role-play activities to increase pre-service teachers’ sense of teaching efficacy and attitudes toward inclusion. These constructs are also important for teacher identity development since they influence teacher dispositions, effort, professional development and beliefs in intrinsic obligations. The activity was embedded in an undergraduate course fo...

This essay explores the questions about preservice teachers’ belief about effective teaching, especially their understanding of students, and their expectation from teacher education program. The authors ground their research in theories of teachers’ belief and belief change. Data collected from 35 participants are based on openended survey questions. Findings indicate that the participants mad...

this study examines differences in non-native efl teachers’ beliefs about grammar and teaching grammar. the differences were sought across teachers’ work environment- private school versus state schools-, degree, gender, and teaching experience. a sample of 130 efl teachers teaching at junior high school, high schools, and private language institutes were randomly selected. the sample consisted...

this study aimed to investigate the relationship between metacognitive beliefs and self-efficacy in elementary school teachers and their professional skills of orumieh city. the population of this study was all 984 elementary school teachers of second region of orumieh ,so 276 of them were chosen according to kocran formula. three metacognitive beliefs, professional competence and sherer’s self...

In this study, the correlation between perceived self-efficacy, anxiety levels of prospective elementary school teachers in their mathematics education skills and these factors professional belief were aimed to be measured. The sample study consists 250 who continuing at a state university Turkey. was formed accordance with mixed method research. "Personal Information Form”, "Self-Efficacy Scal...