The present study examined the degree to which teachers' sense of efficacy, as well as other hypothesized influences on commitment to teaching, pre dicted 170 teachers' responses to the question, "Suppose you had it to do all over again: In view of your present knowledge, would you become a teacher?" General and personal efficacy emerged as the two strongest predictors of teaching commit ment, ...

This paper reports on the knowledge for teaching mathematics of 294 pre-service primary teachers from seven Australian universities participating in a project aimed at establishing a culture of evidence-based improvement of teacher education. The project was funded by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council. Rasch measurement techniques were used to validate and obtain performance measures...

Teacher beliefs have a powerful impact on the development of classroom instructional practices. This article reports results research that investigated beliefs, practices, self-efficacy, and emerging ideologies 268 pre-service teachers (PSTs) who were preparing for primary secondary school contexts (Grades Kindergarten through 12; K-12), had just taken course teacher language awareness (TLA), m...

High-quality Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education provides unique opportunities for students’ futures. STEM requires integrating multiple disciplines promotes problem-solving skills when engaging with real-world problems like engineers. Teachers have prominent roles in helping students develop basic concepts, connect their interests to abilities, sustain curiosity ...

EDRS PRICE MF-$0.25 HC-$0.90 *ATTITUDES, *BEHAVIOR CHANGE, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, HEALTH EDUCATION, *INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS, JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, PILOT PROJECTS, *SMOKING, TEACHER EDUCATICN, TEACHING METHODS THE PREMISE, THAT CIGARETTE SMOKING IS HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH., IS THE BASIS Cr THIS STUDY. THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO CAUSE A SHIFT IN BEHAVIOR FROM THE "PRESMOKER" OR "SMOKING EX...

For many years, researchers have searched for the factors affecting the use of computers in the classroom. In studying the antecedents of educational computer use, many studies adopt a rather limited view because only technology-related variables, such as attitudes to computers and computer experience were taken into account. The present study centres on teachers’ educational beliefs (construct...

225 Descriptive statistics for teachers' reported self-efficacy 226 Descriptive statistics for classroom environment 227 Teachers' characteristics and classroom disciplinary climate and teachers' self-efficacy 229 Teachers' professional development and classroom disciplinary climate and teachers' self-efficacy 231 Teaching practices, beliefs and attitudes and classroom disciplinary climate and ...