Abstract
Self-efficacy of teachers plays an important role in learning process. The purpose of this study
was to investigate the self-efficacy between public and private school teachers at elementary
level. Objectives of the study were to examine the self-efficacy of public and private
elementary school teachers, to compare the self-efficacy of public and private elementary
male school teachers, to compare the self-efficacy of public and private elementary female
school teachers, to determine the difference between self-efficacy of male and female teachers
teaching at private elementary schools and to determine the difference between self-efficacy
of male and female teachers teaching at public elementary schools. The sample of the study
consisted of 100 respondents consisting 51 males and 49 females elementary school teachers.
Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale developed by Bandura (2006) was used as research instrument for
data collection. t-test was used for statistical significance of data. Results show that private
school teachers have higher level of self-efficacy than public school teachers. Findings of the
study revealed that private school male teachers have higher level of self-efficacy than public
school male teachers. Private school female teachers have higher level of self-efficacy as
compare to public school female teachers, female teachers teaching at both private and public
elementary schools showed higher level of self-efficacy than male teachers teaching at both
private and public elementary schools. Therefore it is concluded that private school teachers
teaching at elementary level have higher self-efficacy than elementary teachers of public
schools.
Shazia Zamir, Mahek Arshad, Nadia Nazir. (2017) A Comparative Study of Self-Efficacy of Public and Private School Teachers at Elementary Level , Journal of Elementary Education, Volume-27, Issue-1.
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