出版社：Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research (MCSER)
摘要：Teacher self-efficacy is the confidence in one`s ability to motivate and promote positive outcomes in students. It can be influenced by contextual and demographic factors. The present study is an attempt to analyze the role of factors such as teachers` working environment, experience, and gender on teachers` beliefs about self-efficacy. For this purpose, 40 Iranian English as Foreign Language teachers (20 form public setting, and 20 from private setting) with different gender and work experience were chosen. A teacher self efficacy scale and three open-ended questions were used to investigate the possible differences of teachers` beliefs with respect to the variables mentioned. The results indicated that working environment, experience, and gender can effect teachers` beliefs of self-efficacy significantly. The findings have pedagogical implications for teacher education programs.
关键词：self-efficacy; contextual and demographic factors; public setting; private setting
