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This chapter examines how teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs can lead to the enhanced wellbeing of students, teachers, and preservice teachers. We first present a brief historical tour of the construct of teacher self-efficacy, followed by findings of research pertaining to preservice and in-service teacher self-efficacy beliefs. We then describe how teacher self-efficacy beliefs have been measured and the challenges associated with the measurement of this construct.
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- Preservice Teacher
- Prospective Teacher
- American Educational Research Association
- Efficacy Belief
- Teacher Efficacy
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Berg, D.A.G., Smith, L.F. (2016). Preservice Teacher Self-Efficacy Beliefs. In: Garvis, S., Pendergast, D. (eds) Asia-Pacific Perspectives on Teacher Self-Efficacy. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-521-0_1
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