This book explored and compared American preservice
teachers teaching self-efficacy beliefs with those
of their Chinese counterparts. More specifically,
three areas were explored in this study: 1)
participants motivations to become a teacher, 2)
their perceptions about teaching professional
characteristics, and 3) their teaching self-efficacy
beliefs about content knowledge, pedagogical skills,
and classroom management strategies.
This book helps teacher educators gain insight into
their own as well as other teacher education
programs and goals and philosophies of these
programs, which have been cultivated and developed
from two very different settings. Thus,teacher
educators of both countries will be able to identify
the strengths and weaknesses of their own as well as
the other s teacher preparation programs.
teachers teaching self-efficacy beliefs with those
of their Chinese counterparts. More specifically,
three areas were explored in this study: 1)
participants motivations to become a teacher, 2)
their perceptions about teaching professional
characteristics, and 3) their teaching self-efficacy
beliefs about content knowledge, pedagogical skills,
and classroom management strategies.
This book helps teacher educators gain insight into
their own as well as other teacher education
programs and goals and philosophies of these
programs, which have been cultivated and developed
from two very different settings. Thus,teacher
educators of both countries will be able to identify
the strengths and weaknesses of their own as well as
the other s teacher preparation programs.