Teaching Efficacy to Student Teachers in the Faculty of Education, Elbasan Albania

Abstract

 The purpose of the study is to determine the level of sense of efficacy among student teacher in the Faculty of Education, Elbasan, Albania.  Teaching efficacy is an important variable in the development of a teacher and early learning experiences have a great impact in efficacy. Some variables such as gender and type of the diploma were tested to identify their impact on the teacher efficacy. Data were collected using a 12-item questionnaire - Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale (short form) developed by Tschannen-Moran, M., & Woolfolk Hoy, A. (2001), with a sample size of 243 student-teachers, enrolled in two programs: "Elementary Teacher" and "Preschool Teacher". Descriptive statistics were used to describe the degree of teaching efficacy, while differences among relevant groups were analyzed using an independent sample t-test and ANOVA. Findings indicate that the majority of student teacher in the Faculty of Education have a high level of teaching efficacy during pedagogical practice. They are more efficient in instructional strategies and less efficient in student engagement.