Page No.81-89
Y.N.Sridhar and Hamid Reza Badiei
University of Mysore, Mysore
This study examined and compared the teacher efficacy of higher primary school
teachers in India and Iran by surveying 225 Indian teachers and 222 Iranian
teachers. Overall participant teacher efficacy scores were almost high.
Statistically no significant difference in general teaching efficacy scores were
found between two countries. A statistically difference was found between male
teachers in two countries in terms of personal teaching efficacy. Iranian male
teachers had high personal efficacy than counterparts in India. However, female
teachers were not reported statistically difference in both the dimensions of
teacher efficacy. In addition, an ANOVA results revealed no significant differences
regarding efficacy beliefs on both dimensions for number of years of teaching
experience even when compared as a function of country.