INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRESERVICE BIOLOGY TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION LEVEL OF TEACHER SELF-EFFICACY AND THEIR OCCUPATIONAL ANXIETY

This study investigated the relationship between preservice biology teachers’ perception level of teacher self-efficacy and their professional anxiety. The study was designed as a survey study within the scope of quantitative research in order to reveal the existing situation. 82 preservice biology teachers from a public university were the participants of the study. The Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale developed by Tschannen-Moran and Hoy (2001) and adapted to Turkish by ？apa, ？ak？ro？lu and Sar？kaya (2005) and the Occupational Anxiety Scale for Preservice Teachers developed by Cab？ and Yal？？nalp (2013) were used to collect data. The study data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the correlation coefficient in order to determine relationship between the teacher self-efficacy and occupational anxiety. The results indicated that the preservice teachers had quite adequate level teacher self-efficacy levels and a low-level occupational anxiety. Also, a negative and mid-level relationship between the preservice biology teachers’ perception level of teacher self-efficacy and their professional anxiety was found