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An Examination of the Relationship between Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy and School Culture

McLeod, Ryan Patrick
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1339105784

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2012, Doctor of Education, University of Toledo, Educational Administration and Supervision.
Although a relationship between the constructs of teacher efficacy and school culture has been suggested in the literature (e.g., Beard, Hoy, & Hoy, 2010; Deemer, 2004; Tschannen-Moran & Woolfolk Hoy, 2001), no studies have actually examined the relationship directly. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the relationship among the components of school culture and the factors of teachers’ sense of efficacy. The perceptions of Michigan middle school teachers (n = 387) were obtained using an online survey via random cluster sampling. The survey included a professional demographic survey, the School Culture Survey (SCS) (Saphier & King, 1985 as modified by Edwards, Green & Lyons, 1996), and the Teacher Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES) (Tschannen-Moran & Woolfolk Hoy, 2001). Correlations were used to examine the relationships among the TSES factors (Efficacy in Student Engagement, Instructional Strategies, and Classroom Management) and the SCS factors (Teacher Professionalism and Goal Setting, Professional Treatment by Administration, and Teacher Collaboration). The study showed weak significant positive relationships between SCS and TSES in 13 of the 16 correlations conducted. All of the relationships determined in the study were found to have small effect sizes. The greatest correlation values occurred between the SCS factors and teacher efficacy in student engagement. In addition, the SCS factor of professional treatment by administration had the highest correlations with each of the factors of TSES. Finally, teacher efficacy in classroom management did not have significant relationships with two of the three SCS factors or the SCS composite scores.
Dale Snauwaert, PhD (Committee Chair)
Cynthia Beekley, EdD (Committee Member)
Nancy Staub, EdD (Committee Member)
Randall Vesely, PhD (Committee Member)
156 p.
Education; Education Philosophy; Education Policy; Educational Leadership; Educational Psychology; Educational Sociology; Middle School Education
school culture; teacher efficacy; teacher sense of efficacy; culture; efficacy; teachers' sense of efficacy;

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  • McLeod, R. P. (2012). An Examination of the Relationship between Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy and School Culture [Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1339105784

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McLeod, Ryan. An Examination of the Relationship between Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy and School Culture. 2012. University of Toledo, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1339105784.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McLeod, Ryan. "An Examination of the Relationship between Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy and School Culture." Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1339105784

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