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Charalambous, Charalambos Y.; Philippou, George N. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2010
This study brings together two lines of research on teachers' affective responses toward mathematics curriculum reforms: their concerns and their efficacy beliefs. Using structural equation modeling to analyze data on 151 elementary mathematics teachers' concerns and efficacy beliefs 5 years into a mandated curriculum reform on problem solving,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Structural Equation Models, Self Efficacy
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Skaalvik, Einar M.; Skaalvik, Sidsel – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2009
This study examined relations between teachers' perception of the school context, teacher burnout, and teacher job satisfaction. Participants were 563 Norwegian teachers in elementary school and middle school. Four aspects of teachers' perception of the school context (supervisory support, time pressure, relations to parents, and autonomy) and…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Context Effect, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers
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Skaalvik, Einar M.; Skaalvik, Sidsel – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
The purpose of this study was partly to test the factor structure of a recently developed Norwegian scale for measuring teacher self-efficacy and partly to explore relations between teachers' perception of the school context, teacher self-efficacy, collective teacher efficacy, teacher burnout, teacher job satisfaction, and teachers' beliefs that…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Job Satisfaction, Self Efficacy, Teacher Burnout
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Morgan, Philip; Bourke, Sid – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2008
Background: Over the past 20 years, a number of researchers have expressed concern over the lack of confidence and qualifications of primary school teachers to teach PE. Evidently, the influence of personal school PE experiences may play an important role in the development of teachers' confidence to appropriately teach PE. Most research that has…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Causal Models, Values Clarification
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Ross, John A.; Hogaboam-Gray, Anne; Gray, Peter – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2004
Collective teacher efficacy refers to teacher perceptions that they constitute an effective instructional team, capable of bringing about learning in students. Previous research demonstrates that a school staff with a strong sense of collective efficacy is likely to generate high student achievement. This study of 2,170 teachers in 141 elementary…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Structural Equation Models, Academic Achievement, Social Cognition