The influence of pre-service teacher identity and personality traits on teacher self-efficacy

Authors : Dilara Arpacı-Somuncu

Pages : 1290-1296

Doi:10.24289/ijsser.279003

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Publication Date : 2016-10-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The present study investigates the predicting effects of pre-service teacher identity and five personality traits insert ignore into journalissuearticles values( extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism , and openness to experience ); on teacher self-efficacy among pre-service teachers of English as a foreign language. It was conducted at a state university in Turkey at the spring term of 2015-2016 academic year. A total of 155 students insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(sophomore N = 77; junior N = 78); participated in the study. In order to measure early teacher identity level of participants, Early Teacher Identity Measure insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Friesen & Besley, 2013); was employed. Personality traits were measured by Quick Big Five Inventory insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Vermulst & Gerris, 2005); while Teachers’ Sense of Self-efficacy scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Tschannen-Moran & Woolfolk-Hoy, 2001); was used to find out participants’ self- efficacy in terms of their student engagement, instructional strategies, and classroom management strategies. Pearson correlation coefficients revealed that each variable has positive correlations with each other. Standard multiple regression analysis indicated that early teacher identity was the best predictor for teacher self-efficacy insert ignore into journalissuearticles values( β = .486, t = 6.856, p < .001); which was followed by openness to experience insert ignore into journalissuearticles values( β = .288, t = 4.296, p < .001);. As the various individual differences were seen to have interrelations in the development of teaching skills, the study concludes that individual differences may help pre-service teachers to acquire one of the most important components of being a teacher: teacher-self-efficacy.
Keywords : Teacher self efficacy, Early teacher identity, Personality traits