AUTHOR=Orakcı Şenol , Yüreğilli Göksu Derya , Karagöz Savaş 

TITLE=A mixed methods study of the teachers’ self-efficacy views and their ability to improve self-efficacy beliefs during teaching

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 13 - 2022

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1035829

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1035829

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=The current study has the aim of investigating teachers’ views about their self-efficacy and how they improve their self-efficacy beliefs during teaching practice. The study was designed in a mixed methods research design. “Teacher’s Self-Efficacy Scale”, “Personal Information Form” and “Semi-structured Interview Form” were employed in the study. The quantitative data were collected from 379 teachers in public schools in the 2021-2022 academic year, whereas the qualitative data were obtained from the top ten participants with the highest level of self-efficacy. The study is of great importance since determining teachers’ opinions about their self-efficacy beliefs and how they improve their self-efficacy beliefs in the solution of the problems they encountered during teaching practice will not only raise awareness of the importance of self-efficacy in teaching profession, but will contribute to further research and qualified teacher training.