Investigating the role of self-efficacy in manipulating instructional textbooks: A matter of Iranian language teachers

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Guided by the research on the self-efficacy beliefs on the one hand and the works done on instructional materials evaluation and selection on the other, this study followed a two-fold purpose: first, examining teachers’ reactions towards prescribed textbooks and second, investigating relationships between such reactions and teachers’ sense of selfefficacy. Accordingly, 312 Iranian in-service high school English language teachers (N=312) were asked to respond to two scales: Self-Efficacy to Influence Instructional Textbooks (SEIIT) scale devised by the researchers according to the principles of Social Cognitive Theory and the 12-item Teacher’s Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES) developed by Tschannen-Moran and Woolfolk Hoy (2001). The data analysis revealed acceptable psychometric properties of the newly developed scale and a degree of correlation between self-efficacy in teaching and in dealing with prescribed textbooks. The findings also provided a number of practical and theoretical implications.

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Ganjabi, M., Jafarigohar, M., Soleimani, H., & Iravani, H. (2013). Investigating the role of self-efficacy in manipulating instructional textbooks: A matter of Iranian language teachers. International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature, 2(6), 76–87. https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.2n.6p.76

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