Year

2020

Season

Spring

Paper Type

Doctoral Dissertation

College

College of Education and Human Services

Degree Name

Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership (EdD)

Department

Leadership, School Counseling & Sport Management

NACO controlled Corporate Body

University of North Florida. Department of Leadership, School Counseling & Sports Management

First Advisor

Dr. Anne Swanson

Second Advisor

Dr. Hope Wilson

Rights Statement

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Third Advisor

Dr. Colleen Wilson

Fourth Advisor

Dr. Matthew Ohslon

Abstract

Research demonstrates that there are increased teacher burnout rates within the first 5 years of entering the field (Darling-Hammond, 2003; Skaalvik & Skaalvik, 2010; Yost, 2006). Consistent with those findings is that teacher preparation matters when conversing about recruitment and retention (Brown, Lee, & Collins, 2014). As more research is conducted in the area of teacher preparation it has become clear that teacher effectiveness is directly related to preparation (Darling-Hammond, 2010). As teachers enter their first-year teaching, philosophical stances can change, inflated beliefs about the teaching profession can be altered, and self-efficacy is influenced. Drawing from Hoy and Spero’s (2005) findings on teacher self-efficacy and Bandura’s theory of self-efficacy (1993), teachers’ self-efficacy is most malleable in the early years of teaching. This study surveyed first year elementary and secondary school teachers and employed a regression analysis to determine factors that are predictive of self-efficacy.

Keywords: teacher self-efficacy

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