The Effect of the Teaching Practice
on Pre-service Elementary
Teachers’ Science Teaching
Efficacy and Classroom
Management Beliefs

Hülya Yılmaz; Pınar Huyugüzel Çavaş

doi:10.12973/ejmste/75305

The Effect of the Teaching Practice on Pre-service Elementary Teachers’ Science Teaching Efficacy and Classroom Management Beliefs

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Hülya Yılmaz ¹, Pınar Huyugüzel Çavaş ¹ ^*

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¹ Ege Üniversitesi, İzmir, TURKEY^* Corresponding Author

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the teaching practice on preservice elementary teachers’ science teaching efficacy and classroom management beliefs. The subjects were 185 pre-service elementary teachers from two different universities in Izmir. In this study, Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument (STEBI-B) and the Attitudes and Beliefs on Classroom Control (ABCC) instruments were utilized to collect data. Results of the study indicated that almost all pre-service elementary teachers had high self-efficacy beliefs regarding science teaching. In addition, teaching experience did not affect pre-service elementary teachers’ science teaching efficacy beliefs. However, preservice elementary teachers’ classroom management beliefs tended to change with the teaching practice. While pre-service teachers’ beliefs related to instructional management decrease with teaching practice, their People Management beliefs increase with teaching practice.

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pre-service elementary teachers
science teaching efficacy beliefs and classroom management beliefs

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Yılmaz, H., & Çavaş, P. H. (2008). The Effect of the Teaching Practice on Pre-service Elementary Teachers’ Science Teaching Efficacy and Classroom Management Beliefs. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 4(1), 45-54. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75305

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Yılmaz H, Çavaş PH. The Effect of the Teaching Practice on Pre-service Elementary Teachers’ Science Teaching Efficacy and Classroom Management Beliefs. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2008;4(1):45-54. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75305

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Yılmaz H, Çavaş PH. The Effect of the Teaching Practice on Pre-service Elementary Teachers’ Science Teaching Efficacy and Classroom Management Beliefs. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2008;4(1), 45-54. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75305

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Yılmaz, Hülya, and Pınar Huyugüzel Çavaş. "The Effect of the Teaching Practice on Pre-service Elementary Teachers’ Science Teaching Efficacy and Classroom Management Beliefs". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2008 4 no. 1 (2008): 45-54. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75305

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Yılmaz, H., and Çavaş, P. H. (2008). The Effect of the Teaching Practice on Pre-service Elementary Teachers’ Science Teaching Efficacy and Classroom Management Beliefs. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 4(1), pp. 45-54. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75305

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Yılmaz, Hülya et al. "The Effect of the Teaching Practice on Pre-service Elementary Teachers’ Science Teaching Efficacy and Classroom Management Beliefs". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 4, no. 1, 2008, pp. 45-54. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75305