Teacher retention is problematic, especially where foreign language educators are concerned. In an effort to study if a relationship exists between foreign language teacher efficacy and retention, the author created a new quantitative instrument to measure foreign language teacher efficacy (N = 441) in the southeastern region of the United States. The Foreign Language Teacher Efficacy Scale was...

The sustainable development of education requires the continuous engagement teachers, and professional community has long been considered an important facilitator teacher engagement. However, teachers’ often analyzed as a unified construct, thus question how is enhanced remains unanswered. Based on conservation resources theory, in this study, we investigated work was affected by crossover job ...

This commentary was written in response to the Rink (2013), McKenzie and Lounsbery (2013), and Ward (2013) articles published earlier on teacher effectiveness in physical education (PE). The historical analyses of teacher effectiveness research in PE (TER-PE) presented in those 3 articles are briefly described, particularly as they represent a collective agenda in the first 3 decades in this li...

The concept of self-efficacy was originally developed by Albert Bandura, and has been defined as the personal belief that one is capable of performing in an appropriate and effective manner to attain certain goals. As such, self-efficacy is a self-system that controls most personal activity, including appropriate use of professional knowledge and skills. Teacher selfefficacy is the belief that ...

Self-efficacy or the belief in one’s ability (Bandura, 1977) on the part of both teachers and students is thought to be directly related to teacher and student success. Few studies have compared teacher efficacy, student efficacy, and student ability at once. This study examined the relationship between teacher self-efficacy, student self-efficacy, and student ability. Teachers’ perceptions of ...

This study compared general educators’ (175) perceptions regarding the envisioned inclusion of a pupil with either dyslexia or mild mental retardation. Educators filled out three questionnaires, Teacher Efficacy Scale, Teachers Response to Inclusion and a School Climate Scale. Fifty-three percent filled out the surveys based on having a pupil with dyslexia, and 47% based on having a pupil with ...

Teacher candidates should be prepared to integrate information and communication technology (ICT) into their future teaching practices. Despite the increased availability and support for ICT integration, relatively few teachers intend to integrate ICT into their teaching activities. The available research has thus far focused on isolated teacher related variables to explain the weak level of IC...

The West Virginia K-12 RuralNet Project was an NSF funded program to train inservice teachers on integrating the Internet into science and mathematics curriculum. The program involved training inservice teachers through an intensive summer workshop and supplemental online courses. This study examines the effects of the project on the long-term self-efficacy of inservice teachers and their use o...

this study was performed based on 482 questionnaires from 30 food companies' salespeople which contained 39-items. for testing the model, multilevel approach and hlm 6.05 was used. the main effects of basic physiological needs (relatedness, competency and autonomy) and moderation and main effects of competitive climate and collective sales efficacy were investigated. results showed related...

BACKGROUND Collective efficacy has been associated with many health benefits at the neighborhood level. Therefore, understanding why some communities have greater collective efficacy than others is important from a public health perspective. This study examined the relationship between gentrification and collective efficacy, in Montreal Canada. METHODS A gentrification index was created using...