Understanding teachers' efficacy within a Caribbean context

dc.contributor.authorCook, Loraine D.
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-10T15:32:20Z
dc.date.available2016-05-10T15:32:20Z
dc.date.issued2016-05-10
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the validity and reliability of a modified version of the Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale developed by Tschannen-Moran & Woolfolk Hoy in 2001. A principal component analysis using oblimin rotation was performed on data collected from 905 classroom teachers drawn mainly from primary and secondary schools in Jamaica. Results of the analysis identified two dimensions: personal teaching efficacy and classroom management. Cronbach's alphas of the dimensions ranged from 0.646 to 0.854. The results also showed that school type, gender, and teacher status in the school organization had small but significant influence on the levels of participants' teacher efficacyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/42003
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectTeacher efficacyen_US
dc.subjectSelf efficacyen_US
dc.subjectTeacher effectivenessen_US
dc.subjectBeliefsen_US
dc.subjectRating scalesen_US
dc.subjectTest validityen_US
dc.subjectTest reliabilityen_US
dc.subjectCaribbeanen_US
dc.titleUnderstanding teachers' efficacy within a Caribbean contexten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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