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Teacher efficacy and elementary teacher education.

Academic Exchange Quarterly

| September 22, 2006 | Chang, Yu-Liang; Wu, Su-Chiao | COPYRIGHT 2006 Rapid Intellect Group, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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.

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