Abstract
Teacher efficacy beliefs is an important characteristic to predict instructional quality and the level of cognitive activation and educational support. Since teacher efficacy beliefs are context and domain specific, this study focuses on how special education pre-service teachers' individual interest and subject knowledge in mathematics predict their efficacy beliefs in teaching mathematics. Data were collected from 57 special education pre-service teachers. The results indicated that the individual interest of pre-service teachers has a strong effect on teacher efficacy beliefs, while subject knowledge has only an indirect effect. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
| Original language | Undefined/Unknown |
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| Pages (from-to) | 338–345 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Teaching and Teacher Education |
| Volume | 63 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- Mathematics
- Motivational beliefs
- Pre-service teachers
- Special education
- Teacher efficacy beliefs