WHAT IS SELF EFFICACY The concept of Self-efficacy was perceived by Albert Bandura as our feeling of adequacy, efficiency, and competence in coping with life and how we succeed in specific situations or accomplish a task. To an individual self-efficacy plays a major role in aspects of our lives in terms of our decision making process, how we set, perceive and approach goals, tasks and challenges. We see our-selves as being proficient in performing tasks given to us or managing situations we are face with on a daily basis. This belief we hold regarding our power to affect situation in known as self-efficacy. Once we have a high efficacy belief we tend to deal with productively effectively by applying positive thinking when face with various situations, events and challenges. Due to that we achieve a high motivation and developed great confidence which lower our vulnerability to stress and depression. Where someone is known to have low in self-efficacy that individual is unable to control life events and have a tendency to shy away from difficult situations, which lowers our aspirations and commitment to goals; hence we develop a greater vulnerability to stress and depression. IN WHAT WAYS DOES SELF EFFICACY INFLUENCE PERFORMANCE IN SCHOOL? People operate both individually and collectively; likewise the concept of self-efficacy presents itself on a personal and social construct. Therefore in the schools setting, one ways in which self-efficacy influence performance is through
By giving small task to successfully accomplish can increase self- efficacy Behavioral competence The level of knowledge and skill a person have in regards to behavior Increase knowledge to change behavior and affects what they do Expectations What a person thinks will happen if he or she makes a behavior change Improving perceptions of the risk by focusing on that situation. Helping youths overcome their fear of changing. Expectancies Whether a person thinks the expected outcomes is good or rewarded Correcting the perceptions of peer norms.
I believe that my classroom management style is clear and concise, and invites all students to participate. By collaborating with my students, we will come up with rules and consequences of breaking them that holds the children responsible for their own actions. I plan on getting to know the students through class discussions and interactive activities too. I will also reach out to guardians of these children, and set up a meeting in the beginning of the year. I believe this would be good, because they can learn about me and get an idea of what the classroom environment will be like, as well as state any concerns they may have.
When it comes to managing a classroom, I am sure that as I gain experience my methods and beliefs will change. However, it is still imperative that a beginning teacher has clear strategies for classroom management that are put into place before the first day of class even begins. This paper will discuss some of my current perceptions over how to be an effective classroom manager, detailing and justifying several key ideas and themes that will hopefully enable my classroom to become a well running and effective place of learning. To begin with establishing routines is perhaps the most important aspect of effective classroom management.
English teachers should be able to teach any book that they will think help the students learn. The three reasons why they should be able to teach it is because the real world will be a shock to them, it will help them learn, and high school students should be mater enough to handle it. When the students go out in the real world they will hear all the things in the book. The book is preparing them for the real world. Sheltered kids have a hard fine adjusting to real life.
They can be visualized as a triangle with free movement between the 3 sides. As our textbook says, an individual’s confidence that he or she can control his or her success is an example of a person factor: strategies are an example of a cognitive factor. Self-efficacy is an important part of Bandura’s theory. Self-efficacy, according to Bandura, is believing that you can accomplish a certain task or succeed in a certain situation. Within self-efficacy, a person may avoid learning a certain task because they do not feel they can accomplish it.
I believe that classroom management and student discipline go hand in hand. If a classroom is managed consistently and fairly, with clear expectations for behavior and workload, the result will be improved student discipline. Having high expectations of students with established consequences for behavior-positive or negative in place, will enable students to learn responsibility for their actions. In addition, this could serve as a means to instill in students a desire to perform to the best of their ability. In addition, I believe that the best strategy for management is engaging curriculum and instruction.
As a teacher, it is my job to teach professionally and unbiasedly. It is my job to let the students do the thinking and have them create their own opinions. If a student does not understand what is being taught, then it is my duty to make accommodations to the lesson and teach a different way. It is also my responsibility to make the material being taught interesting for the students. A teacher cannot walk into a classroom and expect everything to be perfect and expect students be ready to learn.
CHAPTER FOUR: DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION 5.1 Discussion and Conclusions This study explored the components of Lesson Study, which impacts, on the respondent’s teaching and student learning. This chapter discusses the results and offers an analysis of how the study results emphasis on the initial research questions as well as connect to literature review of the study. The discussion is arranged on the basis of research question. Summary of Findings Participants interview, observations and from many literature this study explore that TSN through Lesson Study is an innovative teaching approach comes from Japan.
Writing holds a central place in everyday life, from talking with friends and family to navigating academia and careers. We are all constantly being bombarded with information, assignments, and tasks that require our ability to navigate a highly literate world. As I continue my transition into the world of adulthood, the demands on my literacy skills will only go up. Gallagher who summed up the importance of literacy in the Information Age says it best: “Today, writing is foundational for success” (4). My role as a teacher of writing is an important job, one that, if done well, can tremendously help students to flourish in this new age.
Classroom management is the process by which teachers and schools create and maintain appropriate behavior of students in classroom settings. When classroom-management strategies are executed effectively, teachers minimize the behaviors that impede learning for both individual students and groups of students, while maximizing the behaviors that facilitate or enhance learning. Classroom management is really hard and there are many theorists that talk about it and each is different from the other where each theorist has his/her own ideas and thoughts. Some of them are mentioned below. In Redl and Wattenberg 's theories, they encompass group dynamics, self-control, the pleasure-pain principle, and understanding reality.
My ambitions are to demonstrate a large growth in time and classroom management. I believe both of these areas will allow me to set specific, measurable, attainable, reasonable, and timely goals. It is my goal to appropriately plan my timing for my lesson plans. Therefore, by the end of student teaching, I would like for the planned timing to match the actual teaching time at least 90 percent of the time. During this time, it is also vital that I manage classroom behavior in an appropriate manner.
1.2.1.2 Bandura’s social cognitive theory (1997) While one strand of research grounded in Rotter’s Social Learning Theory developed, a second strand emerged, growing out of Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory and his construct of Self-Efficacy, as initially described in his 1977 article, ‘‘Self-Efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change’’. Bandura (1997) defined perceived Self-Efficacy as ‘‘beliefs in one’s capabilities
Some components of teacher efficacy include: developing an organized classroom environment that is supportive of positive and meaningful learning, positive beliefs and development of instructional activities in different domains of learning, engaging the involvement of parents and sourcing resources needed for learning tasks, and redirecting negative influences that may affect the flow of the academic accomplishments of students (Marat, 2007, para. 3). A strategy that can be utilized by administrators in assisting teachers in developing a high degree of teacher efficacy involves providing information on the relevance of learning in students lives. This strategy of providing information on the relevance of learning in the lives of students would be undergirded by a series of workshops that would expose teachers to components of quality and effective learning, the nature of the pubescent child, the role of culture in the process of assimilation and equilibration and how learning can be developed and supported by positive self-beliefs among students with low-self image. Workshops would be conducted for three hours per week and would involve a reflective component where teachers selected for this
Most people want to improve themselves in some way, whether it is to lose weight or give up smoking or increase their confidence. Self-improvement is something that we carry out over a life time, but it is a task that can require a lot of motivation. Keeping your motivation levels up and steady can be a job in itself. In order to achieve the motivation required for self-improvement, we need to look at the three keys that will help us succeed in our goals. 1) INSPIRATION
The purpose of education is to create the “catalyst”, - the interest, the imagination, the self-confidence, the enthusiasm for further knowledge that helps a person grow beyond what they believe they can be. Education should help develop skills and knowledge, so students can be productive members of society. The more knowledge you have, the more opportunities you have in life. I think back to my childhood and the teachers that made an impact in my life. I want to be that catalyst for students.