The Importance Of Teacher Identity

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The main point of education is a capacity of the teacher in the classroom. Teacher education and characteristic can be involved in that capacity. Darling – Hammond (2000) reports that measures of teacher preparation and certification are by far the strongest correlates of students’ achievement in learning. Teacher education provides the professional knowledge base to facilitate the development of an understanding of how students learn, and what and how they need to be taught (Berliner, 2001). White, Zion, and Kozleski (2005) believe, teacher identity can be expanded through experience and education of the teacher. Teachers bring their life experiences, histories, and cultures into classroom. They bring their beliefs and acceptance about what …show more content…

Self – efficacy is an important influence on human achievement in a wide variety of setting, including education, health, sports, and work (Bandura, 1997). Teacher’s self-efficacy is related to higher levels of student achievement and student motivation, and has been shown to influence teacher’s instructional practices, enthusiasm, commitment, and teaching behavior (Skaalvik & Skaalvik, 2007; Tschannen – Moran & Woolfolk Hoy, 2001; Wolter & Daugherty, …show more content…

However, the researcher hasn’t seen a study addressing the relationship between teachers’ cultural identity and self-efficacy. Therefore, the present study aims to examine this relationship between these two variable among Iranian EFL

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