ASSESSMENT OF PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF TEACHERS’ SENSE OF EFFICACY BELIEFS BY PRE-SERVICE HOME ECONOMICS TEACHERS IN SOUTH-WEST, NIGERIA

Atinuke, Titilola  LANO-MADUAGU; Adeneye O. A.  AWOFALA; Abayomi, A ARIGBABU

LANO-MADUAGU Atinuke, Titilola University of Lagos
AWOFALA, Adeneye O. A. University of Lagos
ARIGBABU Abayomi, A University of Lagos

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of teacher sense of efficacy scale by pre-service home economics teachers in the southwest, Nigeria. Data in this study were collected from a total number of 531 pre-service home economics teachers enrolled in secondary teacher education programmes in Nigeria using the Teacher Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES). Results showed that pre-service home economics teachers had a low sense of teaching efficacy beliefs. Also, analyses revealed that the TSES is a multidimensional construct with three interpretable factor structures: efficacy for classroom management, efficacy for students' engagement, and efficacy for instructional strategies. More so, the TSES showed adequate and high internal consistency reliability even at the sub-scale level. Based on these findings, it was recommended that more investigation should be conducted to confirm the higher-order factor structure of the TSES and to evaluate the stability of the three factors across different samples in vocational education contexts in Nigeria.