Hello members of the ATE commission on Self Efficacy! This is where we can contribute our reflections on self efficacy in education.
This blog was initiated on Wed, Aug 1, as an interactive voice among educators and other interested readers sponsored by the Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) Commission on Self-Efficacy. Share your experiences about efficacy related to your teaching, your students' learning, and the overall curriculum or schooling. I look forward to your asking questions and advancing conversations as more people contribute to our blog!
"Many students resist academics because they do not believe they have the ability to succeed, regardless of their effort. These students have a low level of self-efficacy. Teachers can reverse this perspective by encouraging students to take on more challenging tasks, and take a greater interest in academics, stressing the development of higher self-efficacy. Research suggests that teachers can strengthen self-efficacy by linking new work to recent student successes, teaching the needed learning strategies, reinforcing effort and persistence, stressing peer modeling, and helping students to identify or create personal goals (Margolis and McCabe, 2004)" This description is so true! The question remains that if a teacher has low self-efficacy, can they help to raise the self-efficacy in the student? Remembering the fragile state of the human condition and the importance of supporting one another in our field can help foster self-efficacy in each other which will filter its way to our students. Self-efficacy, self-esteem, and self-image can all go hand in hand. Being an educator is the most important job in the world!
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