Development and Application of an
Instrument to Measure Greek
Primary Education Teachers’
Biology Teaching Self-efficacy
Beliefs
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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GREECE
Publication date: 2011-06-21
EURASIA J. Math., Sci Tech. Ed 2011;7(3):203-213
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The self-efficacy beliefs of in-service elementary school teachers in Greece were examined
in an attempt to evaluate their biology teaching skills. For this purpose, we constructed a
valid and reliable instrument consisting of a Likert-type questionnaire that was distributed
to the target population and to which 202 teachers responded. Results revealed Greek
primary education teachers have, in general, moderate to high biology teaching selfefficacy
beliefs (BioTSEB), whereas those that had not attended any biology courses
during their academic studies had lower self-estimates. Teachers’ BioTSEB are also
affected by factors such as years of teaching experience, the number of science courses
attended and the quality of their previous studies, together with the grade levels they were
assigned to teach during their in-service years.