Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Levels in Terms of Various Variables

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the self-efficacy perceptions of teachers serving in primary, secondary and high schools in terms of various variables. For this purpose meaning ot the self-efficacy is tried to be defiened in accordence to different authors in the introduction part of the study. The study group of this research consists of 457 teachers working in Malatya Province, Yeşilyurt, and Battalgazi Districts in the 2024-2025 academic years. The “General self-efficacy Scale” which was developed by Schwarz and Jerusalem (1995) and adapted into Turkish by Aypay (2010) was used as a data collection tool. SSPS 26.0 package program was used in the statistical analysis of data. Unpaired t-test, one way ANOVA, Kruskal Wallis test, Mann Whitney U-test, and Pearson Product- Moment Correlation Coefficient was used. As a result of the research; it is determined that participants evaluated that their self-efficacy levels perceived in all dimensions of 'Self-efficacy Scale' at a high level, that there is no significant difference between teachers’ gender, marital status, branch, working time at the same school, professional seniority and age variables and general self-efficacy perceptions, that there is a positive connection between ‘General Self-efficacy’ perception and both ‘Effort and Resistance’ perception and ‘Ability and Confidence’ perception.