Attitude Towards Teaching, Academic Motivation, Academic Self-Efficacy: Perceived Factors Influencing Pre-Service Science Teachers
Keywords:
academic motivation, academic self-efficacy, attitude towards teaching, pre-service science teachersAbstract
To explore the level of academic motivation and academic self-efficacy of the pre- service science teachers and to investigate the relationships among these variables to the attitude towards teaching, mixed method research design was utilized. Specifically, the researchers employed an explanatory sequential design in which the quantitative data. The study is a quantitative study only and data were gathered through questionnaires administered to 151 pre-service science teachers. Results indicated that the participants had high levels of academic motivation, academic self- efficacy, and positive attitudes toward teaching. According to Pearson -r moment correlation results -academic motivation and academic self-efficacy were significantly correlated to attitude towards teaching.
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