Examining Elementary Education Pre-Service Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs

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 19–21.