Sense of Self Efficacy Discernment Of CELTECH College Instrucors

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SENSE OF SELF EFFICACY DISCERNMENT OF CELTECH COLLEGE PROFESSORS

By

Jhessie L. Abella, RN, RM, MAN

http://www.clcst.edu.ph/




According to Albert Bandura, self-efficacy is "the belief in one’s capabilities to organize and execute the courses of action required to manage prospective situations." In other words, self-efficacy is a person’s belief in his or her ability to succeed in a particular situation. Bandura described these beliefs as determinants of how people think, behave, and feel (1994). According to Bandura, a person’s attitudes, abilities, and cognitive skills comprise what is known as the self-system. This system plays a major role in how we perceive situations and how we behave in response to different situations. Self-efficacy plays an essential part of this self-system.

Virtually all people can identify goals they want to accomplish, things they would like to change, and things they would like to achieve. However, most people also realize that putting these plans into action is not quite so simple. Bandura and others have found that an individual’s self-efficacy plays a major role in how goals, tasks, and challenges are approached. They believed that people exhibiting high sense of efficacy can view challenging problems as task to be mastered and might even develop a strong sense of commitment to any activities and interest. While on the other hand people with low sense of efficacy avoids challenging task and has a low sense of confidence thereby focusing on their negative outcomes.

The ability of human beings to influence their environment is strongly linked with belief in their ability to bring about change. Albert Bandura, the social psychologist who devised the construct of self efficacy, states, “People’s level of motivation, affective states, and actions are based more on what they believe than on what is objectively the case” (1991, p. 2). An individual with a high degree of self-efficacy makes judgments about his or her capacity to achieve a certain level of performance. A teacher’s sense of efficacy may influence their emotive state, their goal setting and their persistence (Ashton and Webb, 1986) since the complex nature of teaching requires that an individual feel a personal power that transcends methodology (Vinson, 1994).

Self-efficacy as a teacher, on the other hand, is a powerful predictor of how and whether a teacher will act. Teacher self-efficacy is the belief that one is capable of exercising personal control over one's behaviour, thinking, and emotions. Effective teachers believe that they can make a difference in children's lives, and they teach in ways that demonstrate this belief. What teachers' believe about their capability is a strong predictor of teacher effectiveness. People who hold strong self-efficacy beliefs tend to be more satisfied with their job (Trentham, Silvern, & Brogdon, 1985) they also tend to demonstrate more commitment (Trentham, et al. 1985), and have lower absenteeism (McDonald & Siegall, 1993).

On the other hand teachers who have high self-efficacy, tend to persist in failure situations (Gibson & Dembo, 1984)moreover they also take more risks with the curriculum (Guskey, 1988), use new teaching approaches (Gibson & Dembo, 1984), get better gains in children's achievement (Brookover et al. 1979)and lastly they have more motivated students (Midgely et al. 1989).





Theoretical Framework

Albert Bandura's theory of self-efficacy has important implications with regard to

motivation. Bandura's basic principle is that people are likely to engage in activities to the

extent that they perceive themselves to be competent at those activities. With regard to

education, this means that learners will be more likely to attempt, to persevere, and to be

successful at tasks at which they have a sense of efficacy. When learners fail, this may

occur because they lack the skills to succeed or because they have the skills but lack the

sense of efficacy to use these skills well.

Bandura (1989) has identified factors that are likely to reduce students' feelings of

positive self-efficacy. First is the lock-step sequence of instruction that may cause some

children to get lost along the way. Second are the ability groupings that further diminish

the self-efficacy of those in lower ranks, and competitive practices in which many

students are doomed to failure from the start.

Bandura suggests that one of the most important aspects of self-efficacy is the

person's perception of self-regulatory efficacy. In other words, students will learn better if

they believe that they are good at managing their thinking strategies in a productive

manner. While it is important to enhance the self-efficacy of the learners themselves, self-

efficacy theory also has important implications for other agents in the instructional

process Bandura (1997) points out that different schools and departments are likely to

have varied perceptions of their collective self-efficacy. School staff members who





collectively judge themselves as having high self-efficacy are likely to provide an

environment that will promote similar feelings and high levels of productivity among

their students.

Conceptual Framework





Figure 1

Conceptual Paradigm

Profile of the respondents1. 1 Age;1.2 Sex;1.3 Years of Service in the Academe;1.4 Rank or Position;1.5 Employment Status;1.6 Religion;1.7 Highest Educational Level;1.8 Monthly Salary;

Level of Instructors’

Self Efficacy

2.1 Efficacy to Influence Decision Making;2.2 Efficacy to Influence School Resources;2.3 Instructional Self Efficacy;2.4 Disciplinary Self Efficacy;2.5 Efficacy to Enlist Parental Involvement;2.6 Efficacy to Enlist Community Involvement and2.7 Efficacy in Creating Positive School Climate.





Statement of the Problem

This undertaking aims to unlock the CELTECH College professor’s

judgment of their self efficacy as applied in their practice in the academe. Their

perception about self efficacy in several areas will be presented and assessed in this

study.

Specifically this study aims to answer the following questions.

1. What is the profile of the CELTECH College professors’ in terms of;

1. 1 Age;

1.2 Sex;

1.3 Years of Service in the Academe;

1.4 Rank or Position;

1.5 Employment Status;

1.6 Religion;

1.7 Highest Educational Level;

1.8 Monthly Salary;

2. How may the respondents describe their self efficacy in terms of;

2.1 Efficacy to Influence Decision Making;

2.2 Efficacy to Influence School Resources;

2.3 Instructional Self Efficacy;

2.4 Disciplinary Self Efficacy;

2.5 Efficacy to Enlist Parental Involvement;

2.6 Efficacy to Enlist Community Involvement and

2.7 Efficacy in Creating Positive School Climate?

3. Is there a significant relationship between the respondents self efficacy and their

profile?





Hypothesis

1. There a significant relationship between the respondents self efficacy and their profile.

Significance of the Study

Self efficacy is the defined as the belief in one’s capabilities to organize

and execute the actions required to manage a perspective situations. This current

undertaking would like to look into the work spectrum of teachers and define their self

efficacy perception in relation to their competence to influence students and the

institution where they are working.

The College Administrators will benefit from this study in a way that

this will inform them of their instructors’ view of themselves as an effective classroom





educational leader. This study also tends to measure the motivation of the instructors in

influencing their students. Thus, the management may utilize the findings to spearhead a

professional development program among instructor to intensify their commitment to

continuous self motivation so that they may reflect it to their own practice as instructors.

This study will bring awareness among instructors about the importance

of motivation and influence towards their students. The findings will provide data that

will support the perception of instructors regarding the degree of how they influence their

students, the organization and the community. This study will also create a magnitude of

change in several array of like the instructional strategies, classroom management and

efficacy for student’s engagement.

The instructor serves as the motivating agent among students. If the

instructors are motivated the students themselves will be strongly motivated to perform

better in classroom instruction. The utilization of the study findings will allow the

instructors to be strongly motivated. Thus the sole recipient of service will also be

strongly motivated in return. Therefore this will create a student that have a high degree

of effort in order to meet their commitments and are likely to achieve their personal

goals.

Scope and Delimitation

This study focused on the instructors discernment of their efficacy as a

member of the Celtech College institution and as a faculty. The respondents of this study





will cover all the par time and full time teaching personnel of the college. They will be

universally chosen as the study respondents. The results of the study will be utilized to

further enhance or create a positive sense among the members of the faculty. Through

program development that aims to address the findings this will definitely motivate the

instructors to practice a positive sense which will thereby affect their service rendition.

The researcher considered working on this study because in this difficult

time in the academic environment it is supposed that positive sense of efficacy is very

vital in attaining the institutional vision, mission and goal. This study focused on

determining the judgment of the respondents on the following aspect; Disciplinary Self

Efficacy, Efficacy in Creating Positive School Climate, Efficacy to Enlist Community

Involvement, Efficacy to Enlist Parental Involvement, Efficacy to Influence Decision

Making, Efficacy to Influence School Resources and Instructional Self Efficacy.

Definition of Terms

To provide the readers a clear and better understanding of the terms that

will be used in this study. The researcher will define the terms operationally and

conceptually.





Disciplinary Self Efficacy this refers to the instructors’ belief of their success in

controlling classroom behavior of their students. This also translates to the instructors’

belief of influence to change and manage students’ behavior.

Efficacy in Creating Positive School Climate this refers to the instructors ones ability

to succeed in making an environment that is conducive to teaching and learning process.

Efficacy to Enlist Community Involvement this refers to the instructors perception of

their own ability to influence the community to get involve in working with the school

Efficacy to Enlist Parental Involvement this refers to the instructors’ ability to affect

the parents’ involvement any school activities and social responsibility

Efficacy to Influence Decision Making this refers to the ability of the instructors to

positively influence others to make decision

Efficacy to Influence School Resources this refers to the instructors’ capability to

organize and execute effective influence on the school resources





Instructional Self Efficacy this refers to the instructors’ capability to execute effective

strategies in educating students

Self Efficacy According to Albert Bandura, self-efficacy is the belief in one’s capabilities

to organize and execute the courses of action required to manage prospective situations.

In other words, self-efficacy is a person’s belief in his or her ability to succeed in a

particular situation. Bandura described these beliefs as determinants of how people think,

behave, and feel (1994).

Method

Research Design

Research is basically done for knowledge enhancement. The main

motivation is to expand man's knowledge, not to create or invent something. This current

knowledge filled undertaking will utilize a descriptive type of research.

Descriptive research is also called Statistical Research. The main goal of

this type of research is to describe the data and characteristics about what is being

studied. The idea behind this type of research is to study frequencies, averages, and other

statistical calculations. Although this research is highly accurate, it does not gather the





causes behind a situation. Descriptive research is mainly done when a researcher wants to

gain a better understanding of a topic for example, a frozen ready meals company learns

that there is a growing demand for fresh ready meals but doesn't know much about the

area of fresh food and so has to carry out research in order to gain a better understanding.

It is quantitative and uses surveys and panels and also the use of probability sampling.

Descriptive research is the exploration of the existing certain phenomena. The details of

the facts won’t be known. The existing phenomena are not known to the persons. (Anto,

2014)

Selection of Subjects

This study will cover the full time and part time instructors, head or dean

of different colleges employed. This study will cover all instructor to better asses their

sense of self efficacy. A total of 50 instructors will be part of this study. Names of the

active and employed instructors will be taken from the human resources manager to

better assess the standing of the samples. This study aims to assess the over all

discernment of the Celtech professors thus will enlighten the administrators about

standing of their instructors self efficacy.

Data Gathering Procedure

Data will be gathered with the aid of a published work by Bandura this

instruments reliability to assess self efficacy has been proven my several researchers who

utilized the same instrument. With the help of the Research Directress the researcher will





be endorsed form the Deans of the different department. Questionnaires will be collected

and collated by the researcher to process the result. Data that will be gathered by this

instrument will be process using several statistical techniques with the aid of SPSS

software. Data will be tallied, interpreted and analyzed.

Results will then be presented in tables to better show the readers about

the results of the study. Tables will provide the readers the frequency and percentage of

their responses.

Ethical Consideration

There are several reasons why it is important to adhere to ethical norms

in research. First, norms promote the aims of research, such as knowledge, truth, and

avoidance of error. Second, since research often involves a great deal of cooperation and

coordination among many different people in different disciplines and institutions, ethical

standards promote the values that are essential to collaborative work, such as trust,

accountability, mutual respect, and fairness.

The research subject will treated with utmost respect to conserve their

individuality. Information shared during the conduct of the study will be highly

confidential and shall only be used for educational purposes and research purposes only.

An informed consent shall be given to the respondents to determine whether they would

like to be part of the study or not. Respondents will be given an ample time to answer the





questionnaires and they may even answer in an area where they may feel comfortable and

at ease. Thus this will prevent any induce activity by the researcher.

Dear Respondents,

Greetings in Christ!

The undersigned is currently working on a study entitled”SENSE OF SELF EFFICACY DISCERNMENT OF CELTECH COLLEGE PROFESSORS”. This study aims to determine the beliefs of the instructors about their capabilities to organize and execute the course of actions to manage a given situation thus will explicate their efficacy in different aspect.

Please indicate your opinions about each of the statements below by checking the appropriate box. Your answers will be kept strictly confidential and will not be identified by name.

Thank you.

Yours in Education,Jhessie L. Abella, RN, RM, MANResearcher





------------------------------------------I. Profile of the Respondents.

1. Age: _________________

2. Sex: _____ Male _____ Female

3. Years of Experience in the Academe: __________________

4. Rank or Position: __________________

5. Employment Status:

_____ Permanent

_____ Contractual

_____ Part Time

6. Highest Educational Attainment

_____ Technical Vocational Course

_____ Bachelors Degree

_____ Units in Master’s

_____ Master’s Degree Holder

_____ Units in Doctorate

_____ Doctorate Degree Holder

_____ Others please specify

II. Self Efficacy: The following questions pertain to your own opinion regarding your efficacy

in several aspects. Please check the appropriate box for your answer.

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How much can you influence the decisions that are made in the school?How much can you express your views freely on important school matters?





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How much can you do to influence the class sizes in your school?How much can you do to get through to the most difficult students?How much can you do to promote learning when there is lack of support from the home?How much can you do to keep students on task on difficult assignments?How much can you do to increase students’ memory of what they have been taught in previous lessons?How much can you do to motivate students who show low interest in schoolwork?How much can you do to get students to work together?How much can you do to overcome the influence of adverse community conditions on students’ learning?How much can you do to get children to do their homework?

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How much can you do to get children to follow classroom rules?How much can you do to control disruptive behavior in the classroom?





How much can you do to prevent problem behavior on the school grounds?

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How much can you do to get parents to become involved in school activities?How much can you assist parents in helping their children do well in schoolHow much can you do to make parents feel comfortable coming to school?

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How much can you do to get community groups involved in working with the schools?How much can you do to get churches involved in working with the school?How much can you do to get businesses involved in working with the school?How much can you do to get local colleges and universities involved in working with the school?

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How much can you do to make the school a safe place?How much can you do to make students enjoy coming to school?How much can you do to get students to trust teachers?





How much can you help other teachers with their teaching skills?How much can you do to enhance collaboration between teachers and the administration to make the school run effectively?How much can you do to reduce school dropout?How much can you do to reduce school absenteeism?How much can you do to get students to believe they can do well in schoolwork?

Thank you!!!


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