TEACHERS’ GROWTH MINDSET, SELF-EFFICACY AND THE MEANINGFULNESS OF TEACHING : A TWO SAMPLE STUDY
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Year of publication | 2025 |
Type | Article in Periodical |
Magazine / Source | Československá psychologie |
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web | https://ceskoslovenskapsychologie.cz/index.php/csps/article/view/674/212 |
Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.51561/cspsych.69.2.63 |
Keywords | mindset; teachers’ self-efficacy; meaningfulness of teaching; structural equation modeling |
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Description | Despite extensive research on the effects of teachers’ growth mindset (i.e., a be-lief that students’ abilities are malleable quali-ties that can be developed through effort and practice) on student outcomes, limited studies have considered how teachers’ growth mindset affects teachers’ work experiences.Sample and settings. Authors assessed the rela-tionships among teachers’ mindset, self-efficacy and the perceived meaningfulness of teaching in two studies: a survey of novice Czech teachers conducted by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (Study 1, n=1447) and a representa-tive study including all second-level teachers from 150 Czech elementary schools (Study 2, n=1768). In both studies, structural equation mod-eling supported the hypotheses regarding the direct relationships between teachers’ growth mindset, teachers’ self-efficacy, and the per-ceived meaningfulness of teaching. While both studies revealed a significant mediation effect of self-efficacy in the relationship between tea-chers’ mindset and perceived meaningfulness, the effect was small. The models explained 6.5% (Study 1) and 19.8% (Study 2) of variance in perceived meaningfulness of teaching. The total effects of teachers’ growth mindset on meaning-fulness of teaching were ß=.145 (Study 1) and ß=.182 (Study 2), while the effects of teachers’ self-efficacy were ß=.210 (Study 1) and ß=.429 (Study 2). The findings suggest that both teach-ers’ growth mindset and self-efficacy contribute to a positive teaching experience. |
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