Metaal, Bernd (2025) Replacing the Mexican educational context with the Dutch educational context to explore self-efficacy among Dutch secondary school teachers: A Conceptual Replication of Cocca et al. (2018). Bachelor thesis, Pedagogical and Educational Sciences.
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Abstract
This study investigates teacher self-efficacy (TSE) among Dutch secondary school teachers, conceptually replicating Cocca et al. (2018), who examined TSE in Mexican pre- and primary school teachers. Understanding self-efficacy is crucial in the Dutch context given ongoing teacher shortages and its known role in teacher retention. This cross-sectional, survey based study used the Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES). Data was collected from 144 secondary teachers across the northern provinces of the Netherlands. THe data showed that Dutch teachers reported high levels of self-efficacy in general and in the 3 domains Instructional strategies, classroom management and student engagement. More experienced teachers and those teaching at higher academic levels (HAVO, VWO) reported stronger self-efficacy beliefs making teaching experience and school type significant predictors of self-efficacy. Gender and grade level (bovenbouw and onderbouw) were not significant predictors. Age as a variable was deleted due to high collinearity. Compared to Mexican teachers, Dutch teachers demonstrated comparable scores in instructional strategies but lower scores in classroom management and student engagement. These differences may be because of cultural variations, including higher individualism and lower power distance in the Netherlands. This study highlights the importance of contextual factors in shaping TSE and highlights the role of experience in developing teaching confidence in the Dutch educational context.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Field, S.M. |
| Degree programme: | Pedagogical and Educational Sciences |
| Differentiation route: | Onderwijskunde [Bachelor Pedagogical and Educational Sciences] |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jul 2025 10:38 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jul 2025 10:38 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/5710 |
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