Abstract
The keystone of quality teaching is an academics own belief that she can teach well, and can thus ensure that her students learn successfully. Imagine Susan, newly-graduated with a PhD:confident of her abilities in her discipline, and highly motivated to make a good start to her new academic career, is she sure she can teach undergraduates so as ensure effective, enjoyable learning? Crucially, confidence (self-assurance from an acceptance of ones abilities) and motivation (the driving force that initiates, guides and maintains goal-oriented behaviours) are not the same as self-efficacythe belief that one can achieve precise, desired outcomes in specific situations (Bandura 1977). Selfefficacy is domain- and task-specific, and determines the relative effort, perseverance, emotional response and resilience shown by an individual
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 43 |
| Journal | Changing Horizons: Local Learning for Global Impact. HERGA Conference 2014 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Event | Higher Education Research Group Adelaide HERGA 2014 - Adelaide, Australia Duration: 1 Jan 2014 → … http://www.herga.com.au/herga-14.html |