Publication Date
2-1-2010
Abstract
Bandura’s (1986) theory of self-efficacy suggests that efficacy may be most malleable early in learning; therefore, some of the most powerful influences on the development of teachers’ sense of efficacy may be the experience of teaching during field placements and student teaching. Unfortunately, pre-service teachers may not be exposed to good role models for teaching during field placements. This article describes a qualitative study of the influence of vicarious experiences modeled by a teacher educator and master teachers on the development of pre-service teachers’ sense of efficacy for literacy instruction. Results indicate that the vicarious experiences positively influenced pre-service teachers’ efficacy for effective literacy instruction that was maintained through student teaching.
Recommended Citation
Johnson, D. (2010). Learning to Teach: The Influence of a University-School Partnership Project on Pre-Service Elementary Efficacy for Literacy InstructionTeachers’. Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts, 50 (1). Retrieved from https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/reading_horizons/vol50/iss1/4
