Increasing Pre-service Kindergarten Teachers’ Mathematics Teaching Efficacy through Lesson Study

• Authors: Aleksandra Mihajlović

Abstracts

EN

The study aimed to investigate the effects of Lesson Study on the self-efficacy beliefs of pre-service kindergarten teachers. A quasi-experimental design with two parallel groups was used. The sample consisted of 49 students divided into a control group (27) and an experimental group (22). The pre-service kindergarten teachers in the experimental group followed an adjusted Lesson Study design, while the control group followed the traditional way of pre-service teaching practice. Findings indicate that there was no significant difference in teacher self-efficacy total scores between the groups, but there was a significant difference in the self-reported competence to effectively teach mathematics lessons and ability to get and keep pupils motivated.

Keywords

EN

lesson study; pre-service kindergarten teachers; teacher efficacy beliefs; self-efficacy

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 55
• Pages: 89-99

Dates

published

2019

Contributors

author

Aleksandra Mihajlović

• University of Kragujevac

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.2019.55.1.07

Biblioteka Nauki

1967801