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Abstract
Elementary teacher education in Taiwan has been facing the dilemma of cultivating prospective teachers to be generalists or specialists for certain subject areas since 1997. Referring to the significant factors affecting teacher education, "teacher efficacy" is at the heart of this dilemma. This study aimed to compare prospective teachers' efficacy toward mathematics and science of ten preparation programs. Findings indicated that more subject-matter preparations resulted in superior efficacy. It further provided a deliberation on how to prepare elementary teachers.
Introduction
A large and growing body of research data indicate that ...