Relationships Between Teaching Self‐efficacy, Work Environment Autonomy, and Teacher Competency Among Early Childhood Preservice Teachers

Factors Associated with Head Start Staff Participation in Classroom-Based Professional Development

“…Fourth, and with only a few exceptions, the staff background measures did not prove to be particularly important covariates of any of the other predictor variables. Taken together, the results suggest that there are rather complex relationships among the measures constituting the focus of analyses in our study, as has been found in other investigators (Bozack, 2008;Downer et al, 2009;Sugawara et al, 1998), but that particular personal belief appraisals stand out as the more important predictors of participation in and the perceived benefits of professional development (e.g., Livneh & Livneh, 1999;Wagner & French, 2010) as was found in the SEM.…”

“…Based on previous research, we hypothesized that staff judgments of their work climates would be related to their personal belief appraisals (career aspirations, personal motivation, beliefs about child learning); personal beliefs would be related to judgments of the value of the classroom practices constituting the focus of training; and their receptiveness to the training would be related to their participation in the training (Ellis, 1998;Sugawara et al, 1998;Wagner & French, 2010). We also hypothesized that positive judgments about the ways in which staff were involved in training would be related to staff active engagement in the training and use of the classroom practices constituting the focus of training.…”

“…The particular variables that were the focus of investigation are ones that have been found or implicated to be determinants of receptiveness to and participation in training or other professional development learning opportunities for improving early childhood professional knowledge and skills in using evidence-based or recommended classroom practices (Bozack, 2008;Downer et al, 2009;Ellis, 1998;Sugawara, Ruder, & Burt, 1998). Wagner and French (2010), for example, examined the relationships among early childhood teacher work climate, personal motivation, and participation in professional development, and found that the social ecology of preschool programs together with a personal sense of responsibility for professional growth were correlated with engagement in professional development activities.…”

Predictors of Confidence and Competence Among Early Childhood Interventionists

“…Proctor and Niemeyer (2001) also reported that students enrolled in a combined early childhood-preschool special education preservice training program had stronger beliefs about working with young children with disabilities. The patterns of results reported in these studies are much like those found in preservice studies of students enrolled in early childhood teacher training programs (e.g., Baum & McMurray-Schwarz, 2004;McMullen, 1997;Sugawara, Ruder, & Burt, 1998).…”

Fen Bilgisi, Sosyal Bilgiler ve Sınıf Öğretmeni Adaylarının Öğretmen Özyeterlik Algıları İle Akademik Kontrol Odağı Arasındaki İlişki

“…Sugawara, Thanitthar, Burt, (1998) Akademik kontrol odağı ile ilgili alan yazın incelendiğinde öğretmen ve öğretmen adaylarının akademik kontrol odaklarının çeşitli değişkenlerle olan ilişkisinin incelendiği çalışmalar bulunmaktadır (Agne, 1992;Başol ve Türkoğlu, 2009;Coleman, 1966;Cengil, 2004;Cheng, 1994;Dilmaç, 2008;Durna ve Şentürk, 2012;Elfström ve Kreuter, 2006;Gore ve Rotter, 1963;Hsieh ve Dwyer, 2009;Küçükkaragöz, 1998;Lefcourt, 1982;Nord, Conelly ve Daignault, 2007;Nordstrom ve Segrist, 2009;Martin ve Baldwin, 1993;Saracaloğlu, Serin ve Bozkurt, 2005;Smith ve Mihans, 2009;Phares, 1976;Rouse ve Cashin, 2000;Sarper, 2001;Sparks ve Lipka, 1992;Şara, 2012;Wehmeyer, 1993;Wilken, Walker, Sandberg, Holcomb, 2002;Yağışan ve diğ., 2007;Yalçın, Tetik ve Açıkgöz, 2010). Martin ve Baldwin, (1993) öğretmenlerin meslek deneyimlerine göre sınıf yönetim tarzlarını inceldiği çalışmasında, öğretmenlerin sınıf yönetim stilleri ile akademik kontrol odakları arasında herhangi bir ilişki olmadığını belirlemiştir.…”