Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy During a Time of Crisis

Technology education (TE) has the creating, making, and doing aspects of human activity at its foundation. This article presents a comparison of the teaching sense of efficacy (TSE) of practising TE teachers and teacher candidates (TC) during a forced switch to emergency remote teaching (ERT). In ph...

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Published in:Canadian journal of science, mathematics and technology education mathematics and technology education, 2023-09, Vol.23 (3), p.538-558
Main Authors: Code, Jillianne, Moylan, Rachel, Forde, Kieran, Ralph, Rachel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Education
Effectiveness
Engineering/Technology Education
Human influences
Mathematics Education
Science Education
Teachers
Variance analysis
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Summary:Technology education (TE) has the creating, making, and doing aspects of human activity at its foundation. This article presents a comparison of the teaching sense of efficacy (TSE) of practising TE teachers and teacher candidates (TC) during a forced switch to emergency remote teaching (ERT). In phase 1, the switch to ERT had a significantly negative effect on TE teachers ( N  = 42; r  = −0.60). In phase 2, TE TCs ( N  = 16) were similarly affected ( r  = −0.53). Results of a two-way mixed ANOVA in phase 3 suggest that ERT had a greater negative impact on practising TE teachers’ TSE for student engagement (partial eta squared = 0.11) and classroom management (partial eta squared = 0.19) than it did on TE TCs’ TSE. As novice teachers tend to draw more from contextual factors than mastery experiences, this research suggests that experienced teachers were at a greater loss due to the pandemic than TCs.
ISSN:1492-6156
1942-4051
DOI:10.1007/s42330-023-00291-0