The relationships among prospective teachers’ teacher efficacy with their levels of academic motivation, academic procrastination, and anxiety about the Public Personnel Selection Examination (PPSE)

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships among the prospective teachers’ teacher efficacy and their level of academic motivation, anxiety of PPSE academic procrastination levels. The research was designed as correlational survey method. The sample of the research was composed of 187 prospective teachers. According to the results of the study, there was a low and positive correlation between teacher efficacy and academic procrastination behaviors and also moderate and positive correlation with academic motivation levels of the prospective teachers. In addition, teacher candidates' academic procrastination behaviors, academic motivations and PPSE concerns explained 22% of the teacher efficacy of candidates.