Academic Optimism: An Individual Teacher Belief

Autor/in	Ngidi, David P.
Titel	Academic Optimism: An Individual Teacher Belief
Quelle	In: Educational Studies, 38 (2012) 2, S.139-150 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-5698
DOI	10.1080/03055698.2011.567830
Schlagwörter	Classroom Techniques; Constructivism (Learning); Trust (Psychology); Citizenship; Self Efficacy; Measures (Individuals); Organizational Climate; Teacher Attitudes; Beliefs; Ideology; Educational Practices; Organizational Culture; Predictor Variables; Teacher Student Relationship; Parent School Relationship; Humanism; Theory of Mind; Collegiality; Questionnaires; Teacher Characteristics; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klassenführung; Staatsbürgerschaft; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Messdaten; Organisationsklima; Lehrerverhalten; Belief; Glaube; Ideologie; Bildungspraxis; Unternehmenskultur; Prädiktor; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Humanismus; Kollegialität; Fragebogen; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	In this study, academic optimism as an individual teacher belief was investigated. Teachers' self-efficacy beliefs were measured using the short form of the Teacher Sense of Efficacy Scale. One subtest from the Omnibus T-Scale, the faculty trust in clients subtest, was used to measure teachers' trust in students and parents. One subtest from the Organizational Climate Index was used to measure academic emphasis. Pupil Control Ideology was used to measure teachers' beliefs about classroom management. Constructivist teaching subscale of the Teacher's Belief Survey was used to measure teachers' instructional beliefs and practices. Organizational Citizenship Behaviour Scale was used to measure teachers' citizenship behaviour. Life Orientation Test was used to measure dispositional optimism. The findings indicated that teachers differed in the extent of their academic optimism. The findings also indicated that teacher's sense of academic optimism is positively and significantly related to student-centred teaching, citizenship behaviour and dispositional optimism. The findings further indicated that student-centred teaching beliefs, dispositional optimism and citizenship behaviour emerged as significant predictors of individual teacher's academic optimism. Lastly, the findings revealed that teaching phase is the only teachers' biographical variable that is a significant predictor of academic optimism. (Contains 7 tables.) (As Provided).
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