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<p>Pre-service teachers (PSTs) experience the greatest vulnerability in their teacher self-efficacy (TSE) during their practicum experience, hence understanding how various TSE sources contribute to TSE changes across this period is essential. However, little is known about changes in these sources as perceived by PSTs and variations in their predictabilities in TSE across time, especially in a Chinese context. This longitudinal study tracked a sample of 250 PSTs to investigate their perceptions of their TSE and its sources across a four-month practicum experience. Data were analysed using the latent growth model in Mplus. Results show that mastery experience and social persuasion significantly increased across time points and predicted TSE in the middle and end of the practicum. Vicarious experience and emotional states failed to increase over time and only significantly predicted TSE at the beginning of the practicum. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.</p>

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How sources of teacher self-efficacy change and function: a longitudinal investigation throughout a practicum experience

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    2025年7月24日

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  • Kang Ma,
  • Michael Cavanagh,
  • Jiutong Luo,
  • Ningyi Qian

摘要

Pre-service teachers (PSTs) experience the greatest vulnerability in their teacher self-efficacy (TSE) during their practicum experience, hence understanding how various TSE sources contribute to TSE changes across this period is essential. However, little is known about changes in these sources as perceived by PSTs and variations in their predictabilities in TSE across time, especially in a Chinese context. This longitudinal study tracked a sample of 250 PSTs to investigate their perceptions of their TSE and its sources across a four-month practicum experience. Data were analysed using the latent growth model in Mplus. Results show that mastery experience and social persuasion significantly increased across time points and predicted TSE in the middle and end of the practicum. Vicarious experience and emotional states failed to increase over time and only significantly predicted TSE at the beginning of the practicum. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.