LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 11 : 6 June 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

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Teacher Efficacy -
A Tool to Enhance Academic Achievement of Secondary Schools

Aamna Saleem Khan, Ph.D.

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of teacher efficacy on academic achievement of secondary level students of Wah Cantt. schools. Teacher efficacy is a simple idea with significant implications. A teacher’s efficacy belief is a judgment of his or her capabilities to bring about desired outcomes of student engagement and learning, even among those students who may be difficult or unmotivated. The main objective of the study was to identify the teacher efficacy at secondary level. The results were found that there is great role of teacher efficacy on academic achievement of students.

Key Words: Teacher Efficacy, Academic Achievement, Low Teacher Efficacy, High Teacher Efficacy

1.1 Introduction

Education is a social function thus it serves the society, which maintains it. Its first and foremost role is to conserve the existing culture, by transmitting it from generation to generation (Siddique, 1986).

The quality of education is directly related to the quality of teacher. Teaching can be defined, as a set of interrelated component teaching behaviors for the realization of specific instructional objectives. Simpler skills and component teaching behaviors are convenient units for training /preparing the teachers to undertake full-scale teaching with confidence. Teaching is not a fragmentary process but an integrated one and teaching skills are likely to occur in set of certain behaviors, which might be termed ‘competencies’ (Ashraf et al., 1990).

Motivation to learn is one of the main factors that influence students learning. Learning process can be made effective if student is motivated to learn. It is very essential for teachers to understand motivation and apply the knowledge about the complex phenomenon in teaching to improve quality of student learning (Naz, 2002).

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Aamna Saleem Khan, Ph.D.
Lecturer, University of Wah
Quaid Avenue, The Mall,
Wah Cantt. Postal Code 47040
Pakistan
aamnasalim@yahoo.com

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