Zangolgiyah، Eada

The Relation between Teachers’ Self- Efficacy and Students’ Engagement: An Analysis of Teachers and Students’

AbstractThe aim of this research was to study the relationship between teachers efficacy andstudents engagement and the analysis of teachers and students perceptions To this end aquantitative approach was utilized to study university students and teachers responses Theparticipants of the present study were 921students randomly selected from among studentsof different majors in Isfahan University of Technology and 101 teachers randomlyselected from Isfahan University of Technology University of Isfahan and AcademicCenters for Education Culture and Research ACECR in Isfahan In order to collect data two questionnaires were used a modified Engagement questionnaire and Teachers self efficacy scale Tschannen Moran Hoy s TSE 2001 The Modified Engagementquestionnaire was a combination of the Students Engagement Instrument Appleton et al 2006 and The University Student Engagement Inventory Maroco et al 2016 In orderto analyze the data descriptive statistics were used Utilizing the SPSS 22 the multivariateanalysis of variance repeated measure ANOVA Bonferroni s post hoc test the variance ofone dimensional data set analysis and Pearson correlation were conducted and the resultwere as following In students perception behavioral engagement was the most importantand in teachers perception emotional engagement was the least important factor Regarding the efficacy instructional strategies was the most important factor in bothgroups In students perception there was a meaningful relationship between the emotionalengagement and the student engagement in teachers efficacy while in teachers perception there was a meaningful relationship between the emotional engagement and theinstructional strategies Comparing perceptions of teachers and students teachers attachedmore importance to the emotional and cognitive engagement and also to the classroommanagement from among three subscales of self efficacy Keywords cognitive engagement emotional engagement behavioral engagement self efficacy instructional strategies and classroom management VI