TEACHER EFFICACY OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS
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https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v5.i6.2017.2096Keywords:
Teachers’ Efficacy, Secondary School, Education, Experience, ManagementAbstract [English]
The study aims to find out the teacher efficacy of secondary school teachers. The sample for the present study consisted of 350 secondary teachers of Kerala. In this study the investigators used a teacher Efficacy scale to measure the teacher efficacy of secondary school teachers. The study reveals that secondary school teachers possess an average level of teacher efficacy and also that there exist significant difference in the mean scores of teacher efficacy with respect to type of management and teaching experience, but no significant difference exist in the mean scores of teacher efficacy with respect to Gender and locale and Subject of specialization.
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