Exploring the role of teachers' attitudes towards inclusive education, their self-efficacy, and collective efficacy in behaviour management in teacher behaviour
: Gulsun Ipek, Malinen Olli-Pekka, Yada Akie, Savolainen Hannu
Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
: 2023
: Teaching and Teacher Education
: TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION
: TEACH TEACH EDUC
: 104228
: 132
: 12
: 0742-051X
: 1879-2480
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2023.104228
: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2023.104228
: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/180590414
Using a sample of 384 Finnish teachers, in this study we explored how teachers' attitudes towards inclusive education, self-efficacy, and collective efficacy in behaviour management affect their behaviours in teaching appropriate behaviours to students, and how teachers' attitudes, self-efficacy, and collective efficacy mediate the effect of background variables on teacher behaviour. The results revealed that teachers' self-efficacy and collective efficacy significantly predicted their behaviour. The number of students with attention or behavioural problems has an indirect negative effect on teacher behaviour, mediated by teacher self-efficacy.