Student Teachers' Self-Efficacy Appraisal from the Perspective of Professional Competence

Self-efficacy beliefs, which are the confidence student teachers have in their professional competence are closely related to academic and professional training outcomes. The purpose of this study was to appraise the effects of student teachers' self-efficacy on their professional competence. One research questions and hypothesis was formulated to guide the study. It was a survey research. A sample of 323 student teachers selected purposively from five Government Teacher Training Colleges in the South West Province completed an adapted version of teacher-efficacy scale developed by Woolfork-Hoy 1990 . The data were analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences SPSS Software version 12.0 for windows. The finding showed that self-efficacy of student teachers was high and they tended to have above average scores in academic performance. The results were discussed and some recommendations and suggestions for further studies have been made. Prevent kidney cancer quit smoking, maintain a healthy weight, control high blood pressure, life style modification can reduce incidence of cancer. Lysinge née Magdalene Limunga Njoh "Student Teachers' Self-Efficacy: Appraisal from the Perspective of Professional Competence" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-2 , February 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd21466.pdf