ERIC Number: EJ1450790
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-2320-7655
EISSN: EISSN-2320-8805
Empowering Teachers: Exploring Early to Mid-Career Elementary School Teachers' Relationships between Wellness and Self-Efficacy
Anna O’Dell; Laura Ainsworth
Issues and Ideas in Education, v12 n1 p1-11 2024
Background: A cyclical relationship has been documented among a teacher's self-efficacy, stress, and segments of their professional wellness (i.e., psychological, financial). Despite the recognized importance of teacher wellness and self-efficacy, research pertaining to public school elementary teachers specifically regarding these constructs is sparse. Purpose: The current exploratory study aimed to discover the relationship between teachers' self-efficacy and teacher wellness, controlling for factors such as time spent teaching, and potential site-based differences in the relationship. Methods: The sample was comprised of 33 elementary school teachers across two elementary schools (K-5th grades), in two geographically different states, who completed the standardized Teacher Sense of Self-Efficacy Scale Short Form and the Five Factor Wellness Inventory. Results: Results from a Spearman's rho indicated that, for both schools, there was a moderate, statistically significant, positive correlation between teachers' self-efficacy and wellness with higher self-efficacy related to higher wellness. Conclusions: Given the results, the new insights into the relationship between teacher wellness and self-efficacy, regardless of location, indicates that preservice higher education training programs must emphasize the critical priority of building, supporting, and creating sustainable practices for teacher wellness and self-efficacy. As these practices begin prior to entering the profession, teachers can implement their coping skills to maintain higher wellness and self-efficacy levels, providing healthy modeling to others and potentially increasing effectiveness of instruction and retention levels.
Descriptors: Teacher Empowerment, Beginning Teachers, Experienced Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Wellness, Self Efficacy, Teacher Effectiveness, Self Concept Measures, Personality Measures, Correlation, Coping, Personality Traits
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Teachers Sense of Efficacy Scale
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