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WCER Working Paper No. 2012-1

Investigating the Antecedents to Instructors' Self-Efficacy for Teaching: Implications for Pedagogical Reform
Matthew T. Hora, and Joseph Ferrare
January 2012, 30 pp.

ABSTRACT:

The antecedents of faculty self-efficacy beliefs for teaching undergraduates are examined using thematic analysis of interview data (n=56) and structural equation modeling of survey data (n=436).  Results indicate that many instructors have ambiguous self-efficacy beliefs, and that pedagogical reflection is a significant antecedent to these beliefs.

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Keywords: Teaching, Higher Education,: Faculty Issues, Self-Efficacy