Journal
TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION
Volume 81, Issue -, Pages 13-24Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2019.01.014
Keywords
Teachers' self-efficacy; Sources of self-efficacy; Inclusive education; Cross-cultural measurement invariance; Multi-trait multi-method model; Cholesky decomposition approach
Categories
Funding
- Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland [35/529/2012]
Ask authors/readers for more resources
The study explores the extent and sources of Teachers' Self-Efficacy (TSE) for inclusive practices among 261 Japanese and 1123 Finnish teachers. Measurement invariance was tested to ensure the chosen scales' cross-cultural validity. In both countries, mastery experience was identified as the strongest of the four sources contributing uniquely to TSE. However, the two groups differed in how verbal persuasion predicted TSE. The findings indicate that the effects of the four sources on TSE depend strongly on sociocultural context, and that, in Japan, other sources may exert a powerful influence. Practical implications are discussed, with particular regard to teacher training programs. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available