The predictive relationship between specific teacher characteristics and the perceived sense of teacher self efficacy of non native English speaking teachers of English as a Foreign Language in rural Thailand
3 Dedication 4 Acknowledgments 5 List of Tables 10 List of Figures 11 List of Abbreviations 12 CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 14 Teacher Self Efficacy: A Powerful Construct Necessitating Further Research 16 Background and Conceptual Framework 19 Problem Statement 24 Purpose Statement 26 Research Question and Hypotheses 27 Identification of Key Variables 32 Definitions 41 Research Summary 42 CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF LITERATURE 43 Theoretical Framework: Social Cognitive Theory 43 Reciprocal Determinism 44 Human Agency 45 Self efficacy 46 The Evolution of General Teacher Self efficacy Research 49