Effect of Different Facets of Sense of Efficacy on Occupational Stress of the Teacher Educators of Self-financed B.Ed. Colleges
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Abstract
Teacher educators are the hidden operators of the society. The backbone of the society (teacher) is modified and accomplished by the teacher educators in B.Ed. colleges. Due to present changes in the education system and increasing complexity, teacher educators cannot keep pace with times properly. Teacher educators are critical in disseminating information and carrying out national policies. As a result, they became stressed and could not give better teaching in the class. So, occupational stress makes them unmotivated and distracts them from their goals. Teacher educators should effectively control their occupational stress for good teaching. The sense of efficacy of the teacher educators may develop their efficiency to cope with occupational stress and improve overall appearance, creating a pleasant learning environment for trainee teachers. The purpose of the present study was to explore the effect of different facets of sense of efficacy on occupational stress of the teacher educators of self-financed B.Ed. colleges.
Method – The present study was carried out through the descriptive survey method within a correlational research design. A sample of 305 teacher educators were randomly chosen from self-financed B.Ed. colleges of South 24 Parganas by multiphasic stratified random sampling technique.(i) Teacher Stress Inventory (TSI) (Fimian, 1988) and (ii) Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES) (Tschannen-Moran & Woolfolk Hoy, 2001)were administered on the sample.
Results – All facets of teachers’ sense of efficacy (i.e., student engagement, instructional strategies and classroom management) put their negative effect on occupational stress of the teacher educators considering male and female as a whole, male and female only.
Discussions and Conclusions – The independent variables (facets of teachers’ sense of efficacy) put their highly (statistically) significant effect on occupational stress of the teacher educators of self-financed B.Ed. colleges.