Teacher Self-Efficacy Beliefs and the Integration of Interactive Website Wikispaces Classroom

Abstract

Some components of the knowledge and skills required for teaching using 21st century technology can be assessed with reasonable confidence. The researcher conducted a study intended to determine the factors that affect teacher self-efficacy—that is, their evaluation of their own competence using the interactive educational website Wikispaces Classroom in various teaching fields. The participants were 44 pre-service teachers from various levels of the education system. The study was based on qualitative and quantitative methods. To obtain the qualitative data, the researcher administered a pre-survey and post-survey to measure the teachers' self-efficacy beliefs regarding the integration of the interactive website at the initial use and after or teachers and asked them to clarify their perspectives on how high self-efficacy had affected their use of the interactive website. The researcher distributed a questionnaire to uncover these factors. The findings showed how the use of the technology affected the teachers' self-efficacy in their use of the interactive learning website.