Teachers' self efficacy in 14 OECD countries: Teacher, student group, school and leadership effects
Abstract Going beyond previous studies of Teacher Self Efficacy (TSE) we investigated the effects of personal characteristics, student group and school contextual features, and leadership effects on teachers' self efficacy among 44,701 teachers in 2648 schools in 14 OECD countries (in the TALIS 2007 dataset) 88.7% of the variance in TSE resided between teachers, 2.9% between schools, and 8.5% between countries. Going beyond previous single country studies, we show that students' achievement and SES are relevant internationally. Furthermore, the principal's work experience and the leadership style were significant predictors of TSE, and thus suggest a new direction for research in TSE.