Connections and capacity: An exploration of preservice teachers' sense of belonging, social networks, and self-efficacy in three teacher education programs

P Bjorklund Jr, AJ Daly, R Ambrose, EA van Es - Aera Open, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
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Learning to teach is rife with challenges. Preservice teachers' self-efficacy can potentially
mitigate the stress of these challenges, and teacher education programs are fundamental in
helping them build this important resource. As such, understanding the foundations of self-
efficacy is important for researchers and teacher educators alike. Grounding our study in
social network theory, we explored the relationship between sense of belonging to a teacher
education program, network centrality, and self-efficacy. Our sample included 245 …
Learning to teach is rife with challenges. Preservice teachers’ self-efficacy can potentially mitigate the stress of these challenges, and teacher education programs are fundamental in helping them build this important resource. As such, understanding the foundations of self-efficacy is important for researchers and teacher educators alike. Grounding our study in social network theory, we explored the relationship between sense of belonging to a teacher education program, network centrality, and self-efficacy. Our sample included 245 preservice teachers in three university teacher education programs. We found that sense of belonging to the program and network centrality (in-degree and out-degree) were significantly and positively related to preservice teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs. This study builds on a growing literature that explores the relationships between preservice teachers’ social networks and their beliefs and practices.
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