The Analysis of Teacher Candidates’ Self-Sufficiency about Their Teaching Abilities at Different Departments

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Self-sufficiency is defined as individuals’ perception of their ability and skills to handle possible situations. This study analyzes teacher candidates’ self-sufficiency regarding teaching abilities across different departments at University of Kırşehir Ahi Evran. The research includes 244 teacher candidates from classroom, mathematics, and Turkish teaching, as well as physical education and sports, coaching education, and sports management. Descriptive statistics and one-way ANOVA in SPSS 22.0 were used at a 0.05 significance level.

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Asian Journal of Education and Training Vol. 4, No. 3, 246-249, 2018 ISSN(E) 2519-5387 DOI: 10.20448/journal.522.2018.43.246.249 The Analysis of Teacher Candidates’ Self-Sufficiency about Their Teaching Abilities at Different Departments Levent VAR1 1 University of Kirsehir Ahi Evran, School of Physical Education and Sports, Kirsehir, Turkey Abstract Self-sufficiency is an individual’s perception of his/her ability and skills to overcome various possible situations. This study aims to analyze self-sufficiency about their teaching abilities of teacher candidates studying at different departments at University of Kırşehir Ahi Evran. The research groups consists of 244 teacher candidates who study classroom teaching, mathematics teaching and Turkish language teaching at Faculty of Education and physical education and sports teaching, coaching education and sports management at School of Physical Education and Sports and attend a teaching formation program. Mean age of the students participating in the study is x=22.52. SPSS 22.0 package program for Windows was used for descriptive and One-way ANOVA analysis, and the level of significance was taken as 0.05. When self-sufficiency points of different departments are analyzed, it can be observed that students of physical education had the highest point as 93.09±24.07, while students of classroom teaching had the lowest point as 58. 64±14 .03. Keywords: Teacher candidate, Teaching, Self-sufficiency. Funding: This study received no specific financial support. Competing Interests: The author declares that there are no conflicts of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Transparency: The author confirms that the manuscript is an honest, accurate, and transparent account of the study was reported; that no vital features of the study have been omitted; and that any discrepancies from the study as planned have been explained. Ethical: This study follows all ethical practices during writing. Contents 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................... 247 2. Material and Method..................................................................................................................................................................... 247 3. Findings ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 247 4. Discussion........................................................................................................................................................................................ 248 References ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 249 1. Introduction The notion of self-sufficiency belief is related to an individual’s thoughts and perceptions of him/herself (Bandura, 1982) . In other words, it can be expressed as an individual’s belief in their ability to control themselves against difficult tasks and their own practices (Luszczynska et al., 2005) . An individual’s confidence in his/her future and belief in his/her own self-sufficient is an important factor in terms of attaining professional success. In addition, such belief and confidence will play an important role in an individual’s own capacity to face and solve problems in various areas of their professional education and business lives (Yilmaz et al., 2010) . Lewitt (2001) argues that a teacher’s beliefs and perceptions about teaching, learning and students will enable him/her to maintain a certain attitude and affect his/her behaviors. Thus, self-sufficiency belief comes to the forefront as one of the most important aspects in t

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What is the focus of this study?

The study examines teacher candidates’ self-sufficiency about their teaching abilities across different departments at University of Kırşehir Ahi Evran.

How many teacher candidates participated, and what were their departments?

The research group consists of 244 teacher candidates, including classroom teaching, mathematics teaching, Turkish language teaching, physical education and sports teaching, coaching education, and sports management.

What methods were used to analyze self-sufficiency differences?

Descriptive statistics and one-way ANOVA were conducted using SPSS 22.0 for Windows, with significance set at 0.05.

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