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Ma, Kang; McMaugh, Anne; Cavanagh, Michael – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2022
Teacher self-efficacy (TSE) is one important construct in teacher education research and malleable at early career stages before becoming resistant to change once established. Longitudinal research plays an essential role in capturing TSE changes and although it has been claimed to be lacking, no systematic methodological review of these studies…
Descriptors: Journal Articles, Literature Reviews, Beginning Teachers, Self Efficacy
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Ma, Kang; McMaugh, Anne; Cavanagh, Michael – Australian Journal of Education, 2022
This article aims to contribute new, longitudinal evidence on teacher self-efficacy (TSE) by investigating changes in TSE over the last 2 years of an Australian initial teacher education program. Two hundred and one pre-service teachers were surveyed at three timepoints: (1) after the first professional experience placement (2) before and (3)…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Preservice Teachers, Self Efficacy, Placement
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Ma, Kang; McMaugh, Anne; Cavanagh, Michael S. – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2021
Professional experience plays a vital role in the formation of teaching self-efficacy (TSE), a construct which has attracted much attention from teacher education researchers. This study investigates how 18 preservice teachers (PTs) reported changes in their TSE for their first professional placement. Data were collected via face-to-face…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Reflection, Self Efficacy, Student Development
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Ma, Kang; Trevethan, Robert; Lu, Shuhong – Frontiers of Education in China, 2019
In this study, issues concerning the design of scales for measuring teacher sense of efficacy (TSE) are first identified with particular attention to the Teacher Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES). Psychometric issues concerning analysis and reporting of TSE data are subsequently identified. Recommendations are offered about all identified issues, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Efficacy, Teacher Effectiveness, Psychometrics
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Ma, Kang; Trevethan, Robert – Frontiers of Education in China, 2020
This study comprises the second stage of a research program in which sense of efficacy for teaching (SET) was investigated in Chinese mainland preservice and inservice teachers (PSTs and ISTs, respectively). Scores on SET were calculated and described, and SET comparisons were made between and within PSTs and ISTs. Relative to PSTs, ISTs had…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes