Assoc. Prof.Dr. Fatma ÇALIŞANDEMİR

Assoc. Prof.Dr. Perihan ÜNÜVAR

Res. Assist. Hilal KAROĞLU

The concept of “teacher self-efficacy belief” is the beliefs of teachers related to their capabilities to affect the learning outcomes of children including those with low motivation and low ability to learn. Life goals are the things that people try to achieve throughout their lives. Those goals can vary in different ways. The aim of this research is to examine the extent to which pre-service pre-school teachers self-efficacy beliefs and elicit the relationship between their between sub-dimensions of life goals, and various variables. For this purpose, the data were collected from pre-service pre-school teachers attending Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University and Afyon Kocatepe University. The data of the study were collected from a total of 465 university students (43 male/ 422 female). The data on the dependent variables were obtained using 31 item Life Goal Scale which developed by Aydıner. The data on the independent variables were obtained using the Preschool Teachers‟ Self Efficacy Beliefs Scale which developed Tepe and Demir. And the researchers also develop a demographic information form were used for data collection. Also gender, class level, whether teacher in the family variables used as dummy variable. The study employed one of the general survey models, relational survey model. The participants’ teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs, life goals and dummy variable are analyzed. In the analysis of the data the Multiply Linear Regression Analysis were used. According to the research findings, it was found that the relation between teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs and personal development and social responsibility sub-dimensions of Life Goals Scale was significant p<0.05.

Key words: Pre-service preschool teachers, teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs, life goals.