Academic Self-efficacy in Education (eBook)

This book documents systematic, prodigious and multidisciplinary research in the nature and role of academic self-efficacy, and identifies areas for future research directions within the three sections of the book: 'Assessment and Measurement of Academic Self-efficacy', 'Empirical Studies on What Shapes Academic Self-efficacy', and 'Empirical Studies on Influence of Academic Self-efficacy'.

The book presents works by educators and researchers in the field from various parts of the world, highlighting advances, creative and unique approaches, and innovative methods. It examines discussions around the theoretical and practical aspects of academic self-efficacy in culturally and linguistically-diverse educational contexts. This book also showcases work based on classical and modern test theory methods, mediation and moderation analysis, multi-level modelling approaches, and qualitative analyses.

Dr Myint Swe Khine is Adjunct Professor in the School of Education at Curtin University, Australia. He holds Master's degrees from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA and University of Surrey, Guildford, UK, and Doctor of Education from Curtin University, Australia. He has also worked at the Learning Science and Technology Academic Group at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has published widely in established journals and edited several books published by academic publishers.

Dr Tine Nielsen is Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Research in Education and Social Sciences at the UCL University College, Odense, Denmark. She holds a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Psychology from the University of Copenhagen, and a PhD in Educational Psychology and Psychometrics from The Danish University of Education. Her research is mainly in the cross-field of higher education psychology, health-related psychology, and psychometrics. She has previously been Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen, Senior Advisor on Education at Copenhagen Business School and Head of Studies at the Department of Psychology at the University of Southern Denmark. She is also Subject Editor (higher education and psychometrics) for the Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research.

 

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This book documents systematic, prodigious and multidisciplinary research in the nature and role of academic self-efficacy, and identifies areas for future research directions within the three sections of the book: 'Assessment and Measurement of Academic Self-efficacy', 'Empirical Studies on What Shapes Academic Self-efficacy', and 'Empirical Studies on Influence of Academic Self-efficacy'.The book presents works by educators and researchers in the field from various parts of the world, highlighting advances, creative and unique approaches, and innovative methods. It examines discussions around the theoretical and practical aspects of academic self-efficacy in culturally and linguistically-diverse educational contexts. This book also showcases work based on classical and modern test theory methods, mediation and moderation analysis, multi-level modelling approaches, and qualitative analyses.