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Improving Pre-Service Elementary Teachers' Self-Reported Efficacy for Using the Professional Teacher Standards in Health Education.
- Source :
- Journal of School Health; Jul2014, Vol. 84 Issue 7, p459-465, 7p, 1 Chart, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- ABSTRACT BACKGROUND The effectiveness of health education methods courses for pre-service elementary teachers has not been assessed for improving the pre-service elementary teacher's self-efficacy for using the professional teacher standards in health education ( PTSHE). METHODS A quasi-experimental design was used to assess pre-service elementary teachers' self-efficacy toward using the PTSHE. Four institutions whose elementary education programs provide a health education methods course were recruited to participate in the study. Students were recruited to participate and they completed the Pre-service Health Education National Standards Self-efficacy ( PHENSS) Scale at the beginning and end of the semester. Data were analyzed using SPSS (version 15) software. RESULTS A significant increase in the PHENSS Scale scores indicated that a 3-credit health education methods course could improve the pre-service elementary teacher's self-efficacy to use the national standards in their teaching of health education. Further analysis indicated statistically significant improvement of the participants' PHENSS scores in 2 of the 7 standards. CONCLUSION Teacher self-efficacy can be a useful measure of the pre-service elementary teachers' ability to use the national standards for health education. The design of the methods course may affect the PHENSS scores. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- TEACHER education
HEALTH education standards
ANALYSIS of variance
CONFIDENCE intervals
STATISTICAL correlation
RESEARCH methodology
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
SELF-efficacy
SELF-evaluation
STUDENT attitudes
JOB performance
TEACHING methods
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
ODDS ratio
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00224391
- Volume :
- 84
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of School Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 96311794
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.12166