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Data come from an electronic survey administered to teacher educators across three Midwestern, Mid-South, and Northeastern universities. Five characteristics—Confidence/Self-Empowerment, Commitment, Ability to Meet Challenges, Innovative Thinking, and Facilitation—emerge. 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Data was collected through an electronic survey administered to teacher educators from three universities in the Midwest, Mid-South, and Northeast. Five key characteristics of Confidence/Self-Empowerment, Commitment, Ability to Meet Challenges, Innovative Thinking, and Facilitation emerged. The characteristics of Commitment and Confidence/Self-Empowerment surface as highly valued by teacher educators when describing self-efficacy. Modeling, individual and class discussions, and reflections on real-life teaching are the most common methods employed to develop self-efficacy in teacher candidates.  \nKey Words: self-efficacy, teacher characteristics, educator preparation  \nIntroduction  \nZimbardo (1985) discusses the idea of locus of control where a person either has an internal locus of control and believes outcomes are related to their actions or has an external locus of control and believes outcomes are based on events outside their control. Those with an internal locus of control take responsibility for their actions, feel confident when facing challenges, and tend to be less influenced by outside opinions. They have a belief in their own ability to exercise control over life circumstances. Those with an external locus of control often blame others for their circumstances, frequently feel powerless in difficult situations, and credit luck for successes. This idea of locus of control can be related to the ideas put forth by Bandura (1977, 1994) that perceive selfefficacy as an individual’s belief in their ability to reach a desired level of performance to accomplish a task or reach a goal. Individuals with a strong sense of efficacy possess characteristics of resiliency, perseverance, and motivation. They demonstrate creativity and curiosity when faced with challenges and believe failure can be surmounted by skill-acquisition or further investigation to increase their knowledge base. In contrast, individuals lacking a strong sense of efficacy tend to avoid tasks or goals they perceive as challenging. Failure is perceived as personal weakness with a focus on what they cannot accomplish (Bandura, 1994) . This idea of holding the beliefthat skill acquisition or knowledge is inherent in self-efficacy is reinforced by Hattie (2012) who describes self-efficacy as having confidence, or a belief in yourself, that you can make things happen.  \nFindings from the above works (Bandura, 1977, 1994; Hattie, 2012; Zimbardo, 1985) form the basis for the conceptual framework of this study. Individuals, and in the case of this study, specifically teachers, who are able to thrive on challenges and contribute to the success of students and colleagues are highly successful and self-efficacious (Polka, 2010) . As a teacher’s self-efficacy increases, their belief in their students’ abilities and confidence in their own teaching practices also increases. Highly efficacious teachers can create learning environments where they help students and colleagues succeed and, in turn, enable efficacy in others (Ergun & Avci, 2018) . Teachers with high self-efficacy are more willing to try new instructional methods and engage in professional dialogue with colleagues regarding curriculum in order to best meet the needs of their students (Fullan, 2014) . The characteristics of self-efficacy are factors that contribute to documented successes associated with innovations in organizational contexts, including schools (YingKai, Wann-Yih, Rivas, & Ju, 2017) .  \nAdditional research postulates a connection between teachers’ self-efficacy and their belief in their ability to influence student achievement","cbCaickOofAUtHHU","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaickOofAUtHHU","pdf",343185,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n## Locus of control and self-efficacy (Bandura, Zimbardo)\n## Link to teaching effectiveness and teacher success\n## Teacher attrition and program criticism\n# Purpose of the Study","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of the study?\",\"answer\":\"The study aims to clarify how teacher educators define self-efficacy, how it shows up in students, and how it is taught in teacher preparation programs.\"},{\"question\":\"How was the data collected?\",\"answer\":\"Researchers collected data through an electronic survey administered to teacher educators from three universities in the Midwest, Mid-South, and Northeast.\"},{\"question\":\"What key characteristics of self-efficacy were identified?\",\"answer\":\"Five characteristics emerged: Confidence/Self-Empowerment, Commitment, Ability to Meet Challenges, Innovative Thinking, and Facilitation.\"}]","Teacher Educator Perceptions of Characteristics of Self-Efficacy | PDF",1792089900,48]