Knevel, Maleah (2022) Teacher Self-Efficacy when Teaching Gifted Children in Primary and Secondary Education. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Teacher self-efficacy is necessary to engage in the beneficial behaviours to support gifted children. However, teachers do not always feel competent when teaching children with different learning needs. Teachers generally have less knowledge and experience with teaching gifted children, thus it is likely that teachers have lower self-efficacy when teaching these students. Therefore, we hypothesized that teachers would rate themselves as having higher self-efficacy when teaching in general, compared to when teaching gifted children. Furthermore, we expected that self-efficacy (when teaching gifted children) would be related to the frequency of differentiated instruction being used, as self-efficacy is necessary to implement new teaching practices successfully. Teachers (n=34) completed an online survey that contained questions on teacher self-efficacy, specifically when teaching gifted children, and how often they used differentiated instruction. Eight follow-up interviews were done to get more in-depth explanations. A paired samples t-test showed no evidence that the teachers in our sample felt more self-efficacious when teaching in general, compared to when teaching gifted children (H1). Spearman’s correlation also indicated an insignificant relationship between self-efficacy and the frequency of differentiated instruction being used (H2). Thematic analyses of the interview summaries highlighted several themes for improving teacher self-efficacy, including knowledge, experience, feedback and support, attitude, and time. Even though no significant results were found, the interviews yielded very useful insights that can be explored further to help teachers increase their self-efficacy when teaching gifted children, which will be one step closer to getting all gifted children to reach their potential.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Steenbeek, H.W. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Talent Development and Creativity (TDC) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jul 2022 06:58 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jul 2022 06:58 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1008 |
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