Slovak Teachers' Perception of Professional Self-Efficacy and Education of Pupils From Other Languages and Cultural Backgrounds

Abstract

The study explores Slovak teachers in mainstream schools and their self-efficacy perception when it comes to educating learners from diverse language backgrounds. The research findings offer valuable insights into teachers' perspectives, providing essential information for future teacher training aimed at improving the teaching of students from varied linguistic and cultural environments. A surprising revelation was that teachers without prior experience working with these students reported higher levels of self-efficacy.

Additional Pedagogical Education as a Prerequisite for Entering the Profession: Prestige of the Teaching Profession and Self-Efficacy

“…This might reveal the real difficulty of individual activities to them, realizing that they do not know how to tackle them. Another possible explanation is that they overestimate themselves without real experience, as was also shown in other studies (Cabanová & Lynch, 2023). This sample's findings, however, are in contradiction with findings in similar studies abroad; the difference in self-efficacy in favour of the post-test was confirmed there and it suggests that educational teaching programs may have an impact on teacher self-efficacy (exam.…”