Sources of teacher efficacy in teaching reading: success, sharing, and support

Abstract Teacher self- and collective efficacy are important motivational factors in determining teachers’ effort their professional practice. Teachers’ higher levels of positively associated with student achievement specific domains, enhanced wellbeing commitment to profession. This qualitative study explores primary own views about naturalistic characteristic experiences influences that have strengthened weakened teaching reading. Five themes sources enhancement identified consistent predictions Bandura’s social cognitive theory studies involving interventions schools by expert trainers. The combined into a model growth can potentially inform decision-making supporting enhancing when