Self-Efficacy and Ministerial Field Education: An Instructional Design Perspective

dc.contributor.authorVance, Daviden
dc.contributor.committeechairBrill, Jennifer M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberRees, Loren P.en
dc.contributor.committeememberPotter, Kenneth R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberLockee, Barbara B.en
dc.contributor.departmentTeaching and Learningen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:16:47Zen
dc.date.adate2012-11-09en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:16:47Zen
dc.date.issued2012-09-12en
dc.date.rdate2012-11-09en
dc.date.sdate2012-09-25en
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the relationship between mentored ministerial field education's four components and student efficacy beliefs in 11 professional skills for students at several evangelical seminaries in the U.S. It also investigated whether students believed they had become competent practitioners of these skills or had received sufficient mentored field education in order for them to do so. A new self-efficacy survey was developed, and N=102 students from seven seminaries participated. Practice accounted for 7.9% of the variance in self-efficacy. Observation, instruction, and feedback were more weakly correlated with self-efficacy and not significant in the regression. On a scale from 0 ("I cannot do at all") to 10 ("Highly certain I can do"), participants' self-efficacy in the skills ranged from 6.89 in counseling to 8.98 in "using and interpreting Scripture;" and there were indications that many participants had received a somewhat uneven field education. Only 23% of participants reported receiving sufficient practice and 19% sufficient feedback for them to become competent professionals. Future directions for research are suggested; and implications for both schools and churches are discussed from the perspective of instructional design, including incorporating students' self-assessments into learner analysis and field education program evaluation.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-09252012-201542en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09252012-201542/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/29097en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartIRB_Approval_letter.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartVance_DE_D_2012.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectprofessional educationen
dc.subjectministerial educationen
dc.subjectseminaryen
dc.subjectinstructional designen
dc.subjectquantitative researchen
dc.titleSelf-Efficacy and Ministerial Field Education: An Instructional Design Perspectiveen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineCurriculum and Instructionen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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