%0 Journal Article
%T Examining Elementary Education Pre-Service Teachers¡¯ Self-Efficacy Beliefs
%A Deniz Beste £¿EV£¿K
%J Journal of Kirsehir Education Faculty
%D 2011
%I Ahi Evran University
%X The purpose of this study was to investigate elementary education pre-service teachers  self-efficacy beliefs by gender, grade level and age. Participants were 163 elementary education pre-service teachers. An instrument titled ¡°Music Education Self-Efficacy Scale¡± (Afacan, 2008) was used as a means of data collection. Descriptive statistics and t test was used to analyze the data. Results revealed that elementary education pre-service teachers  music education self-efficacy was, in general, moderate. Results revealed that participants  self-efficacy beliefs differ by gender, grade level and age. Women s self-efficacy beliefs were higher than men. Junior (3rd year) students  self-efficacy was higher than sophomores (2nd year). Similarly, self-efficay scores of particiapants with an age of between 22 and 24 was higher than those with an age of between 19¨C21.
%K Elemantary education pre-service teachers
%K Music education
%K Self-efficacy
%K Music education self-efficacy scale
%U http://kefad.ahievran.edu.tr/archieve/pdfler/Cilt12Sayi1/JKEF_12_1_2011_145-168.pdf