Download or read book The Relationships Between School Climate Teacher Efficacy and Teacher Beliefs written by Paige Lacks and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This quantitative study examined the relationship between school climate, teacher self-efficacy, and teacher beliefs. Teachers at two middle schools in rural southern Virginia participated in the study. Middle school teachers were surveyed using the School Climate Index to collect information about teacher-perceived views on their school’s climate and the Teacher Sense of Efficacy Scale to gather information about teacher self-efficacy. Pearson Product-Moment Correlations were used to measure the relationship between school climate and teacher self-efficacy as well as teacher self-efficacy and four teacher-perceived climate factors, including collegial leadership, teacher professionalism, academic press, and community engagement. Data analysis did not provide evidence of a significant relationship between school climate and teacher self-efficacy. A positive correlation, however, was found in the relationship between teacher self-efficacy and community engagement. Recommendations for future research include replicating this study in elementary and high schools as well as in schools with different demographics, populations, and accreditation statuses to determine generalizations about school climate and teacher self-efficacy.
Download or read book Asia Pacific Perspectives on Teacher Self Efficacy written by Susanne Garvis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book the editors have been able to provide a snapshot of current research being undertaken in the Asia-Pacific region in regards to teacher self-efficacy beliefs. This includes specific focuses on inclusive teaching, professionalism, subject domains, collective efficacy as well as specific contexts of early childhood education and care, primary schools education, special needs schools and teacher education. This allows the reader to begin to develop an understanding about the complexity of teacher self-efficacy as well as the development and relationship between self-efficacy and other theoretical constructs and concepts. The book begins with an overall summary of research in the Asia-Pacific region before moving to a specific focus on research in different countries. All of the chapters also provide hope to the reader about the possibilities of understanding and supporting teachers and schools beliefs to enhance teacher behaviour. Through the implementation of teacher self-efficacy beliefs into educational contexts, teacher education programmes and professional development programmes, there is strong hope that the outcomes of education systems in supporting all students in their learning can be achieved. By allowing teachers to develop their own sources of efficacy and supporting these through all stages of career development, all children can be supported in their own learning.
Download or read book A Study of Relationships of School Climate School Culture Teacher Efficacy Collective Efficacy Teacher Job Satisfaction and Intent to Turnover in the Context of Year Round Education Calendars written by Joseph W. Mattingly and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of this study was to investigate the relationships between school climate, school culture, teacher efficacy, collective efficacy, teacher job satisfaction and intent to turnover in the context of year-round education (YRE) calendars. The research design of this study utilized an e-mail invitation to participate with a uniform resource locator (URL) embedded in the message to link participants to an internet-based questionnaire. The questionnaire was delivered to 1,254 teachers employed in nine participating school districts in Kentucky that operated on YRE school calendars. The response rate was 60%. Teachers ( N = 748) responded to an internet-based questionnaire consisting of six scales on the variables of school climate, school culture, teacher efficacy, collective efficacy, teacher job satisfaction and intent to turnover. An open-ended question from the internetbased questionnaire was examined as qualitative support for the findings from the quantitative data. Quantitative analysis involved examining descriptive statistics and correlations among research variables at the teacher level. Data were analyzed using Pearson's r correlations, ANOVA and hierarchical regression analysis. The findings demonstrated overall statistically significant positive correlations with study variables. High to moderate statistically significant positive correlations were found between school climate, school culture; teacher efficacy, collective efficacy, teacher job satisfaction and teacher intent to turnover. After statistically controlling for demographic variables (ethnicity, gender, age, and years of YRE teaching experience, the addition of school climate subscale scores (collegial leadership, professional teacher behavior, achievement press, institutional vulnerability), school culture subscale scores (inquiry practice, teaching learning community and collective problem solving) into the second block of the regression equation resulted in an additional 16% of the variance; After statistically controlling for school climate subscale scores (collegial leadership, professional teacher behavior, achievement press, institutional vulnerability) , school culture subscale scores (inquiry practice, teaching learning community and collective problem solving), the addition of teacher efficacy subscale scores (student engagement, teacher instructional practices and classroom management) into the third block of the regression equation resulted in an additional 18% ( p
Download or read book Change Leadership written by Tony Wagner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-06-28 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Change Leadership Group at the Harvard School of Education has, through its work with educators, developed a thoughtful approach to the transformation of schools in the face of increasing demands for accountability. This book brings the work of the Change Leadership Group to a broader audience, providing a framework to analyze the work of school change and exercises that guide educators through the development of their practice as agents of change. It exemplifies a new and powerful approach to leadership in schools.
Download or read book Relationships Among School Climate Teacher Efficacy Optimism Sleep Quality and Work Engagement written by Tsz-Shan Yeung and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Relationships Among School Climate, Teacher Efficacy, Optimism, Sleep Quality and Work Engagement" by Tsz-shan, Yeung, 楊芷珊, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: The study examined longitudinal relationships among school climate, teacher efficacy, optimism, sleep quality and work engagement. On the basis of Conservation of Resources (COR) theory and Job Demand-Resources (JD-R) model, it was hypothesized that school climate, teacher efficacy, optimism and sleep quality were positively associated with work engagement. The present study was conducted among 141 Hong Kong secondary school teachers, who received the same set of self-report questionnaire over a four-month time interval. Results of cross-lagged panel analysis yield non-significant cross-lagged relationships among the variables. However, results of multiple linear regression analysis identified teacher efficacy and optimism as significant predictors of teachers' work engagement. The findings provide partial support to the generalization of JD-R model to the Hong Kong teaching profession that teacher efficacy and optimism were found to be profession-specific personal resources that are positively associated with teachers' work engagement. DOI: 10.5353/th_b5394342 Subjects: Teacher effectiveness - China - Hong Kong Optimism - China - Hong Kong School management and organization - China - Hong Kong High school teachers - China - Hong Kong - Psychology School environment - China - Hong Kong
Download or read book Examining the Relationship Between School Climate and Teacher Self efficacy in Oregon written by Vincent Domingo and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this quantitative, predictive correlational study is to determine if school climate (SC) factors can accurately predict teachers' self-efficacy (TSE) in Oregon public schools. Using social cognitive theory and ecological systems theory as theoretical frameworks for this study, the importance of this research includes, adding Oregon data to the body of knowledge, narrowing the research gap, and a better understanding of SC and TSE that may be applied to improving a school’s climate, school planning, increasing TSE, and retaining teachers. The sample for this study were Oregon public school teachers, 69 of which participated in the study. Two instrumentations were used to collect data, School Climate Index and Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale surveys. The instrumentations were distributed to the teachers by the districts’ superintendents using email. Multiple regression analysis was used to analyze the collected data. Although SC factors’ collegial leadership, teacher professionalism, and academic press were not significantly correlated to TSE, community engagement was significantly correlated. The statistics show that together, the combined SC factors were significantly correlated to TSE. In conclusion, this study replicated previous studies examining the relationship between SC and TSE and that more research is needed to narrow the research gap. Limitations to this study include improving sample size and diversity. A few recommendations for future research are replicating this study in another state, using different instruments, and examining a reverse relationship to see if SC can be predicted by TSE factors.
Download or read book School Climate written by H. Jerome Freiberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-02 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like a strong foundation in a house, the climate of a school is the foundation that supports the structures of teaching and learning. This book provides a framework for educators to look at school and classroom climates using both informal and formal measures. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of climate and details techniques which may be used by heads or classroom teachers to judge the health of their learning environment. The book sets out to enhance understanding of the components of a healthy learning environment and the tools needed to improve that environment. It also looks at ways to assess the impact of change activities in improving and sustaining educational excellence. The international team of contributors bring perspectives from the school systems in America, UK, Australia and Holland.
Download or read book Teacher Efficacy Beliefs written by Margaret Harris and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the last three decades there has been a surge of interest in how teacher beliefs affect the teaching and learning process. A major focus of the research in teacher beliefs has been in understanding the nature of teacher self-efficacy beliefs and how ot affects the choices, decisions, and effectiveness of teachers. Bandura's work (1982, 1986, 1993,1996,1997), developed and defended the idea that our beliefs in our abilities affect our behavior, motivation, and ultimately our successes and failures. Bandura(1986), Dewey (1997), and Parajes (1992) suggest beliefs are the best predictors of individual behaviors and that beliefs influence teachers' perceptions, judgments, and practices. This study, a cross-sectional design experiment, examines key variables that might influence teacher expectations. To that end, this study seeks to: (a) provide a limited overview of teachers' self-reported efficacy beliefs; (b) examine the influence of these beliefs on student groups, and (c) understand which efficacy beliefs may influence teacher practice. Offered, is a discussion of understanding teacher self-efficacy beliefs and the variables - particularly locus of control - that may influence teacher expectations, thus, how teacher efficacy beliefs may contribute to the choices teachers make in their instructional practices which may subsequently affect student academic outcomes. While significant limitations restrain the strength of the findings, the study will begin to provide a basis for modifying teachers' sense of self-efficacy beliefs and to understand how stated beliefs affect practices that may subsequently affect student academic outcomes.
Download or read book Teacher Quality Instructional Quality and Student Outcomes written by Trude Nilsen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-19 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers insights from modeling relations between teacher quality, instructional quality and student outcomes in mathematics across countries. The relations explored take the educational context, such as school climate, into account. The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement’s Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the only international large-scale study possessing a design framework that enables investigation of relations between teachers, their teaching, and student outcomes in mathematics. TIMSS provides both student achievement data and contextual background data from schools, teachers, students and parents, for over 60 countries. This book makes a major contribution to the field of educational effectiveness, especially teaching effectiveness, where cross-cultural comparisons are scarce. For readers interested in teacher quality, instructional quality, and student achievement and motivation in mathematics, the comparisons across cultures, grades, and time are insightful and thought-provoking. For readers interested in methodology, the advanced analytical methods, combined with application of methods new to educational research, illustrate interesting novel directions in methodology and the secondary analysis of international large-scale assessment (ILSA).
Download or read book School Climate written by Peter M. DeWitt and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2017-07-24 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build a positive school climate to impact students, teachers, and the community! Is improving school climate on your to-do list? Do you think about it as a top-down directive or as a dialogue to build equity within the school? A healthy school environment should never be seen as an option, but instead supported as a must-have. Peter DeWitt offers leaders practical high impact strategies to improve school climate, deepen involvement in student learning, and engage a broader family network. In addition to international vignettes focused on community stakeholders and research-based practices, this book features tools such as · a leadership growth cycle to help leaders build their self-efficacy · a teacher observation cycle centered on building collective efficacy · an early warning system to identify potential at-risk students · action steps following each chapter to apply to your own setting · discussion questions for use in team environments Establishing a supportive and inclusive school climate where professionals can take risks to improve the lives of students is vital to maximize learning in any school community.
Download or read book Teacher Beliefs and Classroom Performance written by James Raths and published by IAP. This book was released on 2003-12-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of Advances in Teacher Education is about beliefs held by teachers and addresses the important topic of teacher beliefs from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Most of the authors who have contributed to this collection of essays assume that beliefs are propositions that are felt to be true by the person embracing them, but that do not necessarily rest on the kind of evidence that justifies the use of the term “knowledge.” Teacher beliefs are an important topic because it is hypothesized that teachers and teacher candidates use them to shape the information they receive from formal teacher preparation and to direct subsequent decision-making in the classroom.
Download or read book Collective Efficacy written by Jenni Donohoo and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2016-10-21 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improve student outcomes with collective teacher efficacy. If educators’ realities are filtered through the belief that they can do very little to influence student achievement, then it is likely these beliefs will manifest in their practice. The solution? Collective efficacy (CE)—the belief that, through collective actions, educators can influence student outcomes and increase achievement. Educators with high efficacy show greater effort and persistence, willingness to try new teaching approaches, and attend more closely to struggling students’ needs. This book presents practical strategies and tools for increasing student achievement by sharing: Rationale and sources for establishing CE Conditions and leadership practices for CE to flourish Professional learning structures/protocols
Download or read book An Exploration of the Correlation Between Teacher Retention Beliefs and Teacher Perception of School Climate written by Jeremy Rashard Davis and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT: This quantitative study was conducted to determine if there is a correlation between teacher retention beliefs and teacher perceptions of the school climate. The researcher (1) acquired knowledge from teachers regarding their perception of the elements safe and supportive school climate, specifically (a) positive staff relationships, (b) accountability and consequence, (c) clear expectations and parameters, and (d) active monitoring: and (2)determined which elements have the most significant impact on teacher retention beliefs. Data were collected from 377 certified teachers across Tennessee. Data indicated that a positive correlation existed between teacher perceptions of the school climate and teacher beliefs. Furthermore, findings reveled that there was a positive correlation between teacher perceptions of individual elements associated with school climate and teacher retention beliefs. Lastly, the findings indicated that perceptions regarding positive staff relationships involving administrators and teachers had the most significant impact on teachers retentions beliefs.
Download or read book Open Schools Healthy Schools written by Wayne K. Hoy and published by Corwin. This book was released on 1991-02-27 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is your school a good, healthy place to work? Does the organizational climate contribute to academic achievement? Do you know how to evaluate the factors that can directly affect the effectiveness of education? Open Schools//Healthy Schools offers the basis for answering these and other questions. The authors demonstrate the significant relationship that exists between school health and academic performance. They then present the measures, developed over many years of careful research, that can best test the organizational climate of any school.
Download or read book Does Teacher Education Make a Difference written by Dirk Richter and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: The research on school quality has provided evidence that teacher efficacy predicts a multitude of critically important variables, such as student achievement, commitment to teaching, job satisfaction, or school climate. The significance of this construct made researchers raise the question of how teacher efficacy develops and how teacher training programs contribute to it. This study refers to these questions and analyzes the relationships between prospective teachers' beliefs about personal capabilities and four characteristic variables of teacher education programs: teacher knowledge, pedagogical content preparation, pedagogical preparation, and field experiences. The data for this study were collected in a large preservice teacher study in Ohio (Teacher Quality Partnership) during the 2003-2004 academic year. The sample contained 356 teacher candidates from 40 colleges and universities who were pursuing their Ohio teaching license either in language arts or mathematics. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to estimate a path model that illustrates the relationships between these variables. This model served as a base for the data analysis but was extended for multiple samples to pinpoint the differences between male and female graduates and public and private colleges and universities. The results of this study demonstrated that teacher training program variables have a substantial impact on personal teacher efficacy of prospective teachers. Significant effects were identified for students' perception of pedagogical preparation and field experiences. The group comparison showed that male teacher candidates develop their sense of efficacy to a large extent during teacher preparation, while female candidates use additional sources that are independent from the educational program. Finally, the comparison of public and private institutions indicates that public colleges and universities facilitate students' self-beliefs to a larger extent than private institutions.
Download or read book Collective Efficacy written by Jenni Donohoo and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2016-10-21 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improve student outcomes with collective teacher efficacy. Is your school climate promoting meaningful change? Recent research suggests that Collective Efficacy (CE) is the number one factor influencing student achievement. CE—the belief that, through collective actions, educators can influence student outcomes and improve student learning—is changing the educational ecosystem. A faculty with high Collective Efficacy show greater effort and persistence, willingness to try new teaching approaches, and attend more closely to struggling students’ needs. This book presents practical strategies and tools for increasing student achievement by sharing: Rationale and sources for establishing CE Conditions and leadership practices for CE to flourish Professional learning structures/protocols that promote CE If educators’ realities are filtered through the belief that they can do very little to influence student achievement, then it is likely these beliefs will manifest in their practice. Help teachers develop mastery and CE by employing these key strategies. "Acclaimed staff developer and experienced educational consultant Jennifer Donohoo puts the sword to the mistaken idea that the best way to improve teaching is by evaluating individuals. Donohoo takes an old idea—collective efficacy—strengthens it with a rigorous research base, and brings it alive through her countless observations of teachers′ practice. Collective Efficacy is about the overwhelming power that teachers have to improve student learning and achievement when they work together, explore every avenue open to them, and persist relentlessly once they have found the best ways forward. This book will turn many people′s assumptions about how best to improve student achievement on their head. Probably one of the very best education books of the year." Andy Hargreaves, Brennan Chair in Education Boston College
Download or read book Adolescence and Education General Issues in the Education of Adolescents written by Frank Pajares and published by Iap. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
