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- Title
Improving Pre-Service Elementary Teachers' Self-Reported Efficacy for Using the Professional Teacher Standards in Health Education.
- Authors
Clark, Jeffrey K.; Clark, Susan E.; Brey, Rebecca A.
- Abstract
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND The effectiveness of health education methods courses for pre-service elementary teachers has not been assessed for improving the pre-service elementary teacher's self-efficacy for using the professional teacher standards in health education ( PTSHE). METHODS A quasi-experimental design was used to assess pre-service elementary teachers' self-efficacy toward using the PTSHE. Four institutions whose elementary education programs provide a health education methods course were recruited to participate in the study. Students were recruited to participate and they completed the Pre-service Health Education National Standards Self-efficacy ( PHENSS) Scale at the beginning and end of the semester. Data were analyzed using SPSS (version 15) software. RESULTS A significant increase in the PHENSS Scale scores indicated that a 3-credit health education methods course could improve the pre-service elementary teacher's self-efficacy to use the national standards in their teaching of health education. Further analysis indicated statistically significant improvement of the participants' PHENSS scores in 2 of the 7 standards. CONCLUSION Teacher self-efficacy can be a useful measure of the pre-service elementary teachers' ability to use the national standards for health education. The design of the methods course may affect the PHENSS scores.
- Subjects
ILLINOIS; TEACHER education; HEALTH education standards; ANALYSIS of variance; CONFIDENCE intervals; STATISTICAL correlation; RESEARCH methodology; SCALE analysis (Psychology); SELF-efficacy; SELF-evaluation; STUDENT attitudes; JOB performance; TEACHING methods; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ODDS ratio
- Publication
Journal of School Health, 2014, Vol 84, Issue 7, p459
- ISSN
0022-4391
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/josh.12166