Influence of teachers’ self-efficacy on secondary school students’ self-efficacy in biology in Ogbomoso, Nigeria
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2021-03
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University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Indonesia
Abstract
It is widely proven by several studies that efficacy is an important factor in the teaching-learning process.Therefore, the goal of this study was to examine whether teachers’self-efficacy contributesto the development of students’ self-efficacy in Biology. This study was a descriptive research withsurvey type which usedproportionate and stratified sampling techniques to select 98 secondary schools in Ogbomoso, Nigeria. Proportionate, purposive, and simple random sampling techniques were used to select207 biology teachers and 392 SSS I and II biology students based on gender. The data collected were analyzed using mean scores, chi-square, and regression analysis at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that: 1) there was a positive correlation between teachers’ self-efficacy and students’ self-efficacy in biology; 2)the level of teachers’ self-efficacy was moderately high; and 3) female students have higher self-efficacy than male students in biology. The study concluded that teachers’ self-efficacy influences their students’ self-efficacy. Thus, it was recommended that biology teachers should be responsible and pay more attention to the development of their students’ self-efficacy irrespective of students’ gender.
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This is an international journal that was co-authored.
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Biology learning ,Students’ self-efficacy, Teacher self-efficacy