Self-efficacy in teaching science among student teachers

Yahya Ali Ahmed Faqihi; AbdulAziz Aboud Asiri

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Yahya Ali Ahmed Faqihi ¹ ^* , AbdulAziz Aboud Asiri ¹

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¹ Faculty of Education & Sharia, Educational and Humanitarian Research Center, Najran University, Najran, SAUDI ARABIA^* Corresponding Author

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This study aims to identify the degree of self-efficacy in teaching science at the elementary level among student teachers in the Higher Diploma in Science at Najran University. The study was conducted using the mixed method (quantitative/qualitative). The Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument scale was applied to all student teachers enrolled in the science diploma program for the elementary stage (15 teachers) in 2022. Also, interviews ten teachers were conducted. The results revealed that the degree of personal science teaching efficacy among the study sample was high. Also, there was no statistically significant effect of specialization, educational stage, and teaching experience on self-efficacy beliefs in teaching science. In addition, the interviews showed that most of the teachers in the study sample believed in their ability to teach science at the elementary level.

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self-efficacy
teaching science
student teachers
science teacher

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PEDAGOGICAL RES, Volume 11, Issue 2, April 2026, Article No: em0267

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