A study on the relationship between pre-service English teachers’ self efficacy level and their classroom management beliefs / Ahmad Alief Esmail @ Ismail

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between teacher efficacy and classroom
 management beliefs among pre-service teachers taking their Bachelors of Education
 (Honors) TESL in UiTM Kampus Bandaraya. These pre-service teachers have been sent
 to schools all over Melaka for their teaching practicum. The data is collected using an
 instrument adapted from Woolfolk & Hoy (1990) Teacher Efficacy Scale. Findings
 suggested that there is a strong positive correlation between the pre-service teachers’
 self efficacy level and their classroom management beliefs. From the findings also it can
 be concluded that the program the pre-service teachers went through before their
 teaching practicum has prepared them well because their self efficacy level registered
 positive values. The major implication from this study is that pre-service teacher should
 be made aware of the importance of their self efficacy level how it can affect their
 classroom management beliefs and by creating this awareness, pre-service teachers
 with low self efficacy can be taught in order to increase their self efficacy level.