Background: This study explores the interaction between organizational and psychological factors that play a role in professional teacher learning. More specifically, how teachers’ engagement in learning activities (e.g. keeping up to data, self-reflection, and experimenting, respectively, asking for feedback and information sharing) is influenced by the organizational factors transformational ...

objective: lack of exercise is the fourth cause of death in the world. there is an inverse relationship between physical activity and the risk of diabetes. the aim of this study was to determine physical activity status and its related factors among type 2 diabetic patients in hamadan, west of iran. materials and methods: this analytical-observational study was performed on320 type 2 diabetic p...

background the patients undergoing coronary artery angioplasty should be motivated to adhere to lifestyle modifications. one of the factors affecting this issue is cardiac self-efficacy. cardiac self-efficacy motivates individuals to select a lifestyle related to their cardiovascular diseases through creating the desire to adjust with such behaviors. conclusions the current study results implie...

background the improvement of self-caring and self-efficacy behaviors is vital in the successful management of asthma. objectives the aim of the research is to determine the relation between self-efficacy of asthma control and quality of life in iranian asthmatic patients. patients and methods this research represents a descriptive-analytical study. the 257 asthmatic patients referred to the cl...

conclusions maternal physical activity affects children’s physical activity, and is affected by mother’s self-efficacy. yet based on the findings of this study, regarding the role model effects of mothers in children aged 10-12 years, researchers proposed that interventions related to physical activity in children would work better if they are set to increase self-efficacy in mothers, which in ...

Background: Chronic diseases in children lead to failure in the development of self-esteem and productivity. Self-efficacy decreases as one’s behaviors become more complex and difficult to deal with. Storytelling is an observational learning method, which is effective in improving self-efficacy. Aim: to determine the effects of storytelling on self-efficacy in children with thalassemia (aged 7-...

Abstract This article illustrates the role of teacher identity in self-efficacy development during initial education. It has been posited that develops on basis information accessed through four sources: vicarious and enactive experiences, social persuasion, physiological affective states, by interacting with a myriad personal external factors. The very process development, however, is not well...

Teachers with a high sense of self-efficacy are more resilient to difficulties, experience greater job satisfaction and have higher expectations their students. This study investigated teacher in performing teachers at two points development: 1) as preservice teachers, halfway through undergraduate degree using the Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale (TSES) (Tschannen-Moran & Woolfolk Hoy, 2001) 2)...