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Teacher induction and elementary science teaching: enhancing self-efficacy

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In this article, a longitudinal case study of an elementary teacher, Katie, during her transition from preservice to inservice teaching is presented, where the concept of self-efficacy belief is used as a framework for presenting the findings of the study.
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This article is published in Teaching and Teacher Education.The article was published on 2001-02-01. It has received 352 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Teacher induction & Science education.

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Changes in teacher efficacy during the early years of teaching: A comparison of four measures

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report changes in teacher efficacy from entry into a teacher preparation program through the induction year and found significant increases in efficacy during student teaching, but significant declines during the first year of teaching.
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Challenges New Science Teachers Face

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the areas that science teachers are expected to understand: (1) the content and disciplines of science, (2) learners, (3) instruction, (4) learning environments, and (5) professionalism.
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“Maybe I can teach those kids.” The influence of contextual factors on student teachers’ efficacy beliefs

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated student teachers' efficacy beliefs, collective teacher efficacy beliefs and perceived cooperating teachers efficacy beliefs with the focus on context, primarily the school setting (i.e., rural, suburban, and urban), to determine whether setting played a role in the development of the student teachers’ efficacy beliefs.
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Relations among Preschool Teachers' Self-Efficacy, Classroom Quality, and Children's Language and Literacy Gains.

TL;DR: This article examined the relation among preschool teachers' self-efficacy, classroom quality (instructional and emotional support), and children's gains in print awareness and vocabulary knowledge over an academic year in the US.
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Sources of Self-efficacy in a Science Methods Course for Primary Teacher Education Students

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the relative importance of the various sources of self-efficacy in a primary science methods course and found that the main source of selfefficacy was cognitive pedagogical mastery.
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Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control

TL;DR: SelfSelf-Efficacy (SE) as discussed by the authors is a well-known concept in human behavior, which is defined as "belief in one's capabilities to organize and execute the courses of action required to produce given attainments".
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Handbook of Qualitative Research

TL;DR: The discipline and practice of qualitative research have been extensively studied in the literature as discussed by the authors, including the work of Denzin and Denzin, and their history in sociology and anthropology, as well as the role of women in qualitative research.

Social Foundations of Thought and Action : A Social Cognitive Theory

TL;DR: In this article, models of Human Nature and Casualty are used to model human nature and human health, and a set of self-regulatory mechanisms are proposed. But they do not consider the role of cognitive regulators.
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Self-efficacy mechanism in human agency

TL;DR: The centrality of the self-efficacy mechanism in human agency is discussed in this paper, where the influential role of perceived collective effi- cacy in social change is analyzed, as are the social con- ditions conducive to development of collective inefficacy.
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