Opportunities to Learn for Teachers’ Self-Efficacy and Enthusiasm
Joint Authors
Mahler, Daniela
Großschedl, Jörg
Harms, Ute
Source
Education Research International
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-17, 17 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-08-06
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
17
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The aim of this study was to identify opportunities to learn for teachers’ motivational orientations.
Motivational orientations are relevant characteristics of psychological functioning, which are important for the behavior of a teacher and mandatory for effective teaching.
We focus on three domains: self-efficacy, subject-specific enthusiasm, and enthusiasm for teaching the subject.
Self-efficacy covers the belief of an individual that he or she is capable of performing required behaviors to produce a desired outcome.
Teacher enthusiasm is an affective teacher orientation that is related to a specific subject and to teaching this specific subject.
Different opportunities to learn are considered for teachers’ motivational orientations.
Since teacher education particularly focuses on the acquisition of professional knowledge, we added a further exploratory focus to the study and investigated the relationships between motivational orientations and professional knowledge (content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge).
134 biology teachers participated in the study.
The results reveal that teacher education at university, the attendance in professional development courses, and self-study provide opportunities to learn for self-efficacy and enthusiasm for teaching the subject.
Moreover, we found self-efficacy and subject-specific enthusiasm to be positively related to pedagogical content knowledge.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Mahler, Daniela& Großschedl, Jörg& Harms, Ute. 2017. Opportunities to Learn for Teachers’ Self-Efficacy and Enthusiasm. Education Research International،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-17.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1155159
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Mahler, Daniela…[et al.]. Opportunities to Learn for Teachers’ Self-Efficacy and Enthusiasm. Education Research International No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-17.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1155159
American Medical Association (AMA)
Mahler, Daniela& Großschedl, Jörg& Harms, Ute. Opportunities to Learn for Teachers’ Self-Efficacy and Enthusiasm. Education Research International. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-17.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1155159
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1155159