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Factors Affecting College Lecturers' Self-Efficacy in Teaching

  • Pyong Ho Kim (Department of Educational Psychology, Seoul Women's University)
  • Received : 2024.06.11
  • Accepted : 2024.09.01
  • Published : 2024.09.30
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Abstract

Lecturers' self-efficacy in teaching influences many different factors, including their instructional patterns, performance expectation level from learners, quality of learning environment, and interpersonal relationships within the community. The present study attempted to explore perspectives of college lecturers regarding this topic in order to draw meaningful conclusions and implications. To this end, four college instructors from two different higher education institutions participated in an online questionnaire. The results showed that positive attitudes and active responses of learners, and a high degree of freedom to prepare lectures tend to improve their quality of self-efficacy in teaching. On the other hand, classes that are either too easy to hard, inactiveness among learners, and heavy workload other than teaching can worsen teaching efficacy. Lastly, the participant lecturers believed that their self-efficacy are would foster if they are allowed to choose courses they wish to teach, observe a more experienced instructor's lectures, and teach smaller size classes. Findings are likely to contribute to enhanced understanding of features that are likely to affect quality of self-efficacy in teaching among college lecturers.

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Acknowledgement

This research was supported by the Academic Research Funding (Grant Number 2024-0003) of Seoul Women's University, Seoul, South Korea.

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