The Effect of the Teaching Practice
on Pre-service Elementary
Teachers’ Science Teaching
Efficacy and Classroom
Management Beliefs
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Ege Üniversitesi, İzmir, TURKEY
Publication date: 2008-01-22
EURASIA J. Math., Sci Tech. Ed 2008;4(1):45-54
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the teaching practice on preservice
elementary teachers’ science teaching efficacy and classroom management beliefs.
The subjects were 185 pre-service elementary teachers from two different universities in
Izmir. In this study, Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument (STEBI-B) and the
Attitudes and Beliefs on Classroom Control (ABCC) instruments were utilized to collect
data. Results of the study indicated that almost all pre-service elementary teachers had high
self-efficacy beliefs regarding science teaching. In addition, teaching experience did not
affect pre-service elementary teachers’ science teaching efficacy beliefs. However, preservice
elementary teachers’ classroom management beliefs tended to change with the
teaching practice. While pre-service teachers’ beliefs related to instructional management
decrease with teaching practice, their People Management beliefs increase with teaching
practice.