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Strength and sources of self-efficacy beliefs by physical education student teachers

2014; UNIVERSIDADE EST.PAULISTA JÚLIO DE MESQUITA FILHO; Volume: 20; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s1980-65742014000200003

1980-6574

Roberto Tadeu Iaochite, Samuel de Souza Neto,

Gender and Technology in Education

In the teaching domain, self-efficacy (SE) is related to teachers' judgment about their own ability to achieve learning outcomes and student engagement. SE is formed by four sources of information: mastery experiences, vicarious experiences, social persuasion, and psychophysiological states. We measured and analyzed SE and its sources for teaching physical education. Student teachers (n = 114) from three universities responded to two Likert scales - Physical Education Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale and Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale Sources - and a social demographic questionnaire. SE for teaching was classified as moderate, and vicarious experiences and social persuasion were the main sources of information. Results were discussed for future researches related to teaching practices in undergraduate programs as well as in-service teacher training.