teachers’ sense of efficacy belief has been introduced as a context-specific construct, but the related literature is not clear on this specificity. this study was an attempt to show how contextual factors influence efficacy beliefs among english language teachers. to this end, thirty iranian efl teachers working in both school and private institute contexts were chosen as the participants to r...

This study investigated the impact of a self-regulatory tool, the Instructional Planning Self-Reflective Tool (IPSRT), on preservice teachers’ performance, disposition, and self-efficacy beliefs regarding systematic instructional planning. Participants enrolled in an introductory educational technology course were taught how to develop an instructional plan as part of the course. An experimenta...

abstract aim and background: establishing and maintaining family and prevention of family breakdown involves having certain abilities and skills. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the role of different dimensions of spirituality and forgiveness as predictors of family efficacy. methods and materials: a correlational method was employed and the following measures were administered to ...

It has been argued that if increased entrepreneurial activity is the outcome objective, then self-efficacy provides a legitimate and robust construct that can be used to evaluate the impact of entrepreneurial education (Barakat, McIellan, & Winfield, 2010). This is because self-efficacy influences the motivation and ability to engage in specific activities (Bandura, 1977) and is a strong, neces...