Volume 4 : Issue 1 & 2 January to June (2017)

SELF-EFFICACY TOWARDS ACTION RESEARCH AMONG SECONDARY STUDENT TEACHERS

Action research is a much discussed concept in the field of education. It can be defined as the process of studying a school situation to understand and improve the quality of the educative process. Additionally, action research has a wide scope to deal with local problems in a great manner. It is very effective to solve the day to day problems in a scientific manner. Consequently, it is well addressed and focuses on the activity in pre and in-service teacher training programme. There are several factors that motivate or demotivate a teacher in the conduction of action research. Self-Efficacy is one of them. This study was conducted to know the level of Self-Efficacy towards Action research of secondary student teachers. The effect of gender, stream and academic qualifications on their self-efficacy towards action research was also investigated. Survey method was used to conduct the study. Total 179 secondary student teachers were randomly selected as the sample of the study. The study revealed that secondary student teachers were showing moderate level of self-efficacy towards action research and it was also found that female secondary student teachers were having more self-efficacy towards action research than male secondary student teachers.

Action research, Self-Efficacy

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