Preservice elementary teachers’ perceptions of their self-efficacy in teaching thinking skills

Preservice teachers’ self-efficacy in teaching the thinking skills included in the curriculum is important to the achievement of objectives. What are the self-efficacy levels of preservice teachers in teaching thinking skills? The present study aims to determine the self-efficacy of preservice teach...

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Published inProcedia, social and behavioral sciences Vol. 2; no. 2; pp. 4250 - 4254
Main Authors Baysal, Z. Nurdan, Arkan, Kader, Yıldırım, Aylin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 2010
Subjects
creative thinking
critical thinking
decision-making
problem-solving
self-efficacy
Thinking skills
critical thinking
creative thinking
decision-making
Thinking skills
problem-solving
self-efficacy
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Summary:Preservice teachers’ self-efficacy in teaching the thinking skills included in the curriculum is important to the achievement of objectives. What are the self-efficacy levels of preservice teachers in teaching thinking skills? The present study aims to determine the self-efficacy of preservice teachers in this area. The study is of a descriptive nature and uses the survey model. The study sample consists of a total of 263 third and fourth-year students from Marmara University, Atatürk Education Faculty, Elementary Teacher Education Department. The scale used in the study had been developed for Tebbs’ PhD dissertation entitled “Assessing Teachers’ Self-Efficacy towards Teaching Thinking Skills” and was adapted into Turkish by Kaya (2008). The data were analyzed by using arithmetic means, standard deviation, independent samples t- test, analysis of variance, and Pearson product-moment correlation analysis.
ISSN:1877-0428
1877-0428
DOI:10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.673