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Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research 2024, Vol. 19(4) 28-43

The Relationship Between Teachers' Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Their Self-Efficacy in Developing Digital Materials

Mehtap Özden, Funda Örge Yaşar & Engin Meydan

pp. 28 - 43   |  DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2024.1099.2

Publish Date: December 31, 2024  |   Single/Total View: 14/21   |   Single/Total Download: 16/24


Abstract

This study was conducted to explore the relationship between teachers' self-efficacy belief levels and their self-efficacy in developing digital materials. A 26-item self-efficacy scale for creating digital materials and a 27-item teacher self-efficacy beliefs scale were administered to 266 secondary school teachers during the 2022-2023 academic year. The findings revealed that teachers demonstrated high levels of self-efficacy in both developing digital materials and their overall self-efficacy beliefs. Moreover, a statistically significant, positive, and low correlation was found between teachers' self-efficacy in developing digital materials and their self-efficacy belief levels. Specifically, a one-unit increase in teacher self-efficacy belief levels resulted in a 0.45-unit increase in self-efficacy for developing digital materials, indicating that teachers' self-efficacy for digital material development was predicted by their self-efficacy belief levels. These results demonstrate a positive relationship between teachers' self-efficacy beliefs and their self-efficacy in developing digital materials, suggesting that teachers' general self-efficacy beliefs can serve as a predictor of their confidence and competence in creating digital materials.

Keywords: Teacher self-efficacy, self-efficacy to developing digital materials, secondary school, secondary school teachers.


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APA 7th edition
Ozden, M., Yasar, F.O., & Meydan, E. (2024). The Relationship Between Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Their Self-Efficacy in Developing Digital Materials. Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 19(4), 28-43. https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2024.1099.2

Harvard
Ozden, M., Yasar, F. and Meydan, E. (2024). The Relationship Between Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Their Self-Efficacy in Developing Digital Materials. Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 19(4), pp. 28-43.

Chicago 16th edition
Ozden, Mehtap, Funda Orge Yasar and Engin Meydan (2024). "The Relationship Between Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Their Self-Efficacy in Developing Digital Materials". Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research 19 (4):28-43. https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2024.1099.2

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