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The relationship between the 2004 Ohio State University Agricultural Education student teachers' learning style, teacher heart, and teacher sense of efficacy

Swan, Benjamin Grant
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1115835729

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2005, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Agricultural Education.
Students enter a preservice teaching program planning to teach in public schools. However, career intent appears to change during the preservice education program for many students. There is no research that examines the relationships of learning style, teacher heart, and teacher sense of efficacy to career intent. Further, Palmer (1998) stated that teacher heart cannot be developed only diminished. However, Peterson and Seligman (2004) stated that the virtues of care, enthusiasm, hope, faith, and purpose can be developed. No research exists to discern the heart of a teacher, its development or lack thereof, and its change during the preservice preparation program. The purpose of this descriptive correlational study was to determine the level of a preservice teacher’s heart and sense of efficacy and how these levels changed through the preservice preparation program in relation to the preservice teacher’s learning style. The study also investigated whether the level of the preservice teacher’s heart and level of sense of efficacy explained the Ohio State University’s 2004 preservice agricultural education student’s choice to pursue a career in education. The study found that at the conclusion of the student teaching experience learning style made no difference on the development of teacher heart or teacher efficacy. The study also found that 26% of the variance in career intent was due to teacher heart and 17% of the variance in career intent was due to teacher sense of efficacy. Over the period of the student teaching experience, the student teachers heart’s significantly increased while the teacher sense of efficacy significantly decreased indicating that they found their purpose in the classroom while they simultaneously lost confidence in their abilities to teach.
Jamie Cano (Advisor)
138 p.
Education, Agricultural
Teacher Heart; Teacher Motivation; Teacher Sense of Efficacy; Learning Styles; Career Intent; Student Teaching; Agricultural Education

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  • Swan, B. G. (2005). The relationship between the 2004 Ohio State University Agricultural Education student teachers' learning style, teacher heart, and teacher sense of efficacy [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1115835729

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Swan, Benjamin. The relationship between the 2004 Ohio State University Agricultural Education student teachers' learning style, teacher heart, and teacher sense of efficacy. 2005. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1115835729.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Swan, Benjamin. "The relationship between the 2004 Ohio State University Agricultural Education student teachers' learning style, teacher heart, and teacher sense of efficacy." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1115835729

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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