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Self-efficacy. --- Identity (Philosophical concept)

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Adolescents' beliefs in their personal control affects their psychological well-being and the direction their lives take. Self-Efficacy in Changing Societies analyzes the diverse ways in which beliefs of personal efficacy operate within a network of sociocultural influences to shape life paths. The chapters, by internationally known experts, cover such concepts as infancy and personal agency, competency through the life span, the role of family, and cross-cultural factors.

Adaptability (Psychology) --- Control (Psychology) --- Self-efficacy --- Congresses. --- Personality development --- -Control (Psychology) --- -Self-efficacy --- -Efficacy expectations --- Expectancies of self-efficacy --- Expectations of self-efficacy --- Self-efficacy expectancies --- Self-efficacy expectations --- Psychology, Applied --- Power (Psychology) --- Emotions --- Psychology --- Senses and sensation --- Adaptation (Psychology) --- Adaptive behavior --- Flexibility (Psychology) --- Malleability (Psychology) --- Personality --- Adjustment (Psychology) --- Congresses --- Developmental psychology --- Efficacy expectations --- Health Sciences --- Psychiatry & Psychology

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This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact

trait emotional intelligence --- emotional competence --- emotional intelligence --- trait emotional self-efficacy --- emotions --- emotional education

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This edited volume contains reports of current research, and literature reviews of research, involving self-efficacy in various instructional technology contexts. Chapter represent international perspectives across the broad areas of K-12 education, higher education, teacher self-efficacy, and learner self-efficacy to capture a diverse cross section of research on these topics. The book includes reviews of existing literature and reports of new research, thus creating a comprehensive resource for researchers and designers interested in this general topic. A system of peer review was implemented to select the work that appears in the book from a collection of author-submitted chapter proposals. The book is especially relevant to students and researchers in educational technology, instructional technology, instructional design, learning sciences, and educational psychology.

Self-efficacy. --- Efficacy expectations --- Expectancies of self-efficacy --- Expectations of self-efficacy --- Self-efficacy expectancies --- Self-efficacy expectations --- Psychology, Applied --- Education. --- Educational psychology. --- Psychic research. --- Educational Technology. --- Educational Psychology. --- Psychology Research. --- Education --- Psychology, Educational --- Psychology --- Child psychology --- Children --- Education, Primitive --- Education of children --- Human resource development --- Instruction --- Pedagogy --- Schooling --- Students --- Youth --- Civilization --- Learning and scholarship --- Mental discipline --- Schools --- Teaching --- Training --- Educational technology. --- Education—Psychology. --- Experiential research. --- Research --- Instructional technology --- Technology in education --- Technology --- Educational innovations --- Instructional systems --- Aids and devices

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This book examines language teacher efficacy beliefs, focusing on the individual and collective beliefs of Japanese high school teachers who carry out language teaching activities in the pursuit of learner language acquisition. It discusses personal and collective dimensions of language teacher efficacy related to personal second language (L2) capability, instructional L2 efficacy and collective capability towards collaboration. The book provides a detailed discussion about the ways in which these beliefs develop and situates the findings within the wider field of teacher efficacy research. It helps further understanding of factors that may influence teacher self-efficacy and suggests new directions for research to explore in future studies. It will appeal to postgraduates and researchers with an interest in language teacher cognition, the psychology of language teaching and those in the wider fields of self-efficacy, teacher efficacy and teacher agency. It is also of use to those with an interest in the high school English education system in Japan, as well as researchers investigating similar contexts.

English language --- Germanic languages --- Study and teaching (Higher) --- Japanese speakers. --- Japanese high school teachers of languages. --- language acquisition. --- language teacher cognition. --- language teacher efficacy. --- language teacher self-efficacy. --- psychology of language teaching. --- self-efficacy beliefs. --- teacher agency.