Self –Efficacy of Students who are doing their Internships at Schools and Learning Climate

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine undergraduate students self –efficacy during their practice experience in schools, their satisfaction from teaching in physical education classes, and their conception about lesson’s importance and course’s learning climate. In this study 81 undergraduate students participated (47 boys, 34 girls) approximately twenty years old. The study was held through questionnaires. All scales had accepted levels of internal consistency (a>.85). One –way analysis of variance showed statistically significant differences between boys and girls concerning: a) self-efficacy, b) lesson’s importance and c) satisfaction from teaching in physical education classes. Data analysis revealed that girls had higher scores in all the above mentioned scales, in comparison with boys, demonstrating more than self- determination and ability from their practice exercise at schools.