Abstract
This study determined the extent of teacher sense of self-efficacy during Covid times. There are 10 participants were invited for in-depth-interview (IDI) and 7 participants for focus group discussion (FGD). Three hundred (300) teachers were used for exploratory factor analysis of public elementary school teachers in the Municipality of M’lang, Cotabato. This study employed an exploratory sequential design. The data gathering tool contained formulated interview guide that asks questions about their thoughts on teacher sense of self-efficacy for in-depth-interview (IDI) and focus group discussion (FGD). The results revealed that factor analysis indicate that a teacher sense of self-efficacy have three factors that include self-motivation and positivity, self-manifestation, self-worth and Teacher Sense of Self-Efficacy Questionnaire with 44 items was developed to measure the teacher sense of self-efficacy during Covid times. Reliability test revealed the results on teacher sense of self-efficacy the overall Cronbach’s Alpha value of .888 which interpreted as very high. It means that the validity of the instrument was very high and suitable for using the instrument as a tool. Results from the Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) revealed that there are 44 items of set of questionnaires that are suitable for factor loading. This means that these items are appropriate and pass the face validity for measuring tools in the study.
Keywords: Teacher Sense of Self-Efficacy, Covid Times, Exploratory Sequential Design, Municipality of M’lang