Descriptive correlational research demonstrates a strong link between teaching performance and preservice teachers' efficacy, emphasizing professional development.
Key Points
This research examines the relationship between pre-service teachers' sense of efficacy, 3D competencies, and teaching performance.
Descriptive correlational research design was used.
Sample included 127 pre-service teachers during the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instruments included Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale, 3D Competency Education Framework Questionnaire, and Teaching Performance Assessment Form.
Data analyzed using mean, standard deviation, frequency count, percentage, and Pearson correlation.
Preservice teachers displayed sufficient overall sense of efficacy and were highly competent in skills, character, and meta-learning.
Teaching performance among the majority of PSTs was rated as excellent and proficient.
A strong positive correlation was found between teaching efficacy and performance, while 3D competencies did not significantly correlate with performance.