SELF-EFFICACY OF PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS IN RELATION TO MULTIMEDIA & ACADEMIC STREAM: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

In the regulatory processes through which an individual motivates and gets achievement, self-efficacy beliefs perform key position. It is most important predictor in teacher education regarding use of computer and adopting in their teaching. Keeping this in mind, this present study was undertaken to find out the effect of multimedia package on self-efficacy of prospective teachers in relation to their academic stream. Pre-test post-test quasi experimental research design was adopted in which 60 prospective teachers selected from college of education of Rohtak using random sampling technique on the basis of varied academic stream (science, commerce, arts) out of which 30 prospective teachers were taught through multimedia formed as experimental group (EG)and 30 prospective teachers were taught through conventional method of teaching formed as control group (CG). To measure self-efficacy of prospective teachers, investigator applied standardized tool ofMathur & Bhatnagar's Self -Efficacy Scale (SES-MGBR) (2012). Lesson plans and formative assessment developed through multimedia packagefor doing teaching learning process in experimental group for nine weeks only. At the end of the experiment, self-efficacy pre-test, post-test and mean gain score was computed. Then, data were subjected to analyzed by using ANOVA and t-test to determine the performance by comparing the mean scores. Results revealed that prospective teachers who are taught through multimedia instructional method show significant increase in their self-efficacy than the prospective teachers who received instructions through conventional method of teaching. Further science stream prospective teachers(Sc), commerce stream prospective teachers (Co), arts stream prospective teachers (Ar) groups did not show much difference in their mean gain self-efficacy after the experiment treatment. There was no significant interaction effect of Instructional treatment and academic stream on mean gain self-efficacy scores of prospective teachers. In conclusion, this study had proven that teaching through multimedia instructional package enhance the prospective teachers' self-efficacy.