Dr. S. Michael Putman University of North Carolina at Charlotte
[email protected] Slide 2 Teacher Preparation Theory-Practice
Disconnect Ball, Sleep, Boerst, & Bass, 2009; Grossman &
McDonald, 2008 Field Experiences Zeichner, 2010 Capraro, Capraro,
& Helfeldt, 2010 Teaching Efficacy Bandura, 1997 Posnanski,
2007; Clift & Brady, 2005 Teaching Efficacy and Field
Experiences Woolfolk Hoy & Spero, 2005; Knoblauch & Hoy,
2008 Oh, et al., 2005; Zeichner & Conklin, 2005 Slide 3 What is
the impact of variations in programmatic delivery on the teaching
efficacy of teaching candidates? How do programmatic variations
impact teaching candidates efficacy for classroom management,
instructional strategies, and student engagement? Slide 4
Elementary education majors admitted to the teaching curriculum
Combination of convenience and purposive sampling techniques
(Teddlie & Tashakkori, 2009). Two courses: foundations and
practicum Independent variable - specific delivery format looping
(n = 25; 7 self-removed) blocked (n = 16) traditional (n = 25)
Slide 5 The Teachers Sense of Efficacy Scale (Tschannen- Moran
& Woolfolk Hoy, 2001) Two versions of the TSES long form (24
items) and short form (12 items) TSES score - sum of most positive
responses on items written along a 9-point continuum from 1
(nothing) to 9 (a great deal) Example: How much can you do to
control disruptive behavior in the classroom? Includes
domain-specific subscales to measure efficacy in student
engagement, instructional strategies, and classroom management High
overall reliability for scale ( =.90) and sub-scales: student
engagement ( =.86) instructional strategies ( =.81) Management (
=.86) Measurement at beginning of foundations and end of practicum
for three delivery formats Slide 6 Slide 7 1 st admin (n = 16)2 nd
admin (n = 16) TSESMSDM Mean Score Differences t-test (df=30) Total
Score67.068.3283.638.8316.575.46** SE25.564.0829.813.764.253.06**
IS17.502.7323.252.355.756.38** CM24.003.8330.563.756.564.89**
Note.SE = Student Engagement; IS = Instructional Strategies; CM =
Classroom Management *p
