Profiling professional characteristics of educators and analyzing its impact on teacher efficacy

Abstract

Professions are distinct from other kinds of occupations by the degree newlineof expertise and complexity involved in the work itself Teaching is one such newlineprofession where educators as professionals are proficient in their activities newlineand primarily improve students learning opportunities continuously newlineResearch finds that educators characteristics have a significant role to play in newlinestudent achievement either directly or indirectly Another attribute of newlineeducators found to play a significant role in student achievement was teacher newlineefficacy which is defined as the extent to which the teacher believes he or newlineshe has the capacity to affect student performance newline newline