Jerrim, John;
Sims, Sam;
Oliver, Mary;
(2023)
Teacher self-efficacy and pupil achievement: much ado about nothing? International evidence from TIMSS.
Teachers and Teaching
pp. 1-21.
10.1080/13540602.2022.2159365.
(In press).
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Abstract
Bandura’s influential theory has been used to argue that teachers with high self-efficacy will be more effective at increasing pupil achievement—and a voluminous empirical literature has repeatedly documented associations consistent with this claim. However, few studies have considered whether these correlations reflect an underlying causal relationship. In this paper we utilise across-subject, within-pupil variation in teacher self-efficacy in the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2015 data to provide new evidence on this question. By focusing upon relative differences in teacher self-efficacy and pupil achievement within pupil-teacher pairs, our estimates control for more potential confounders than much of the existing literature. Contrary to that literature, we find no evidence of a relationship. Instead, this paper presents clear and consistent findings of null effects.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Teacher self-efficacy and pupil achievement: much ado about nothing? International evidence from TIMSS |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13540602.2022.2159365 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/13540602.2022.2159365 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | TIMSS, teacher self-efficacy, teachers, fixed effects |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Learning and Leadership UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Learning and Leadership > Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10164181 |
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