A Study on the Self Efficacy of the Teacher Educators of Dhemaji District, Assam

Abstract

Teaching is a noble profession and a profession of challenges. In the 21st century, the society is in a greater need of a skilful and a competent teacher. For which this tends to make the teacher training institutes more dynamic, multidisciplinary, effective and active comparatively to the bygone days. There is a saying “Teachers are born not made” cannot be denied for the fact that the traits that are required to become a good and effective teacher can only be possessed by few and the rest just need to be trained to develop those traits. One of such important traits is self-efficacy. This trait is the ability of a person to handle situations as per the need of the hour and use innate abilities to overcome and succeed the situation. Self-Efficacy is a person’s particular set of beliefs that determine how well one can execute a plan of action in prospective situations (Bandura, 1977). Thus, this study aims to find out the level of Self Efficacy of the Teacher educators of Dhemaji district, Assam.