PRESERVICE TEACHERS’ SELF- EFFICACY AND GUIDANCE COUNSELLING IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN IMO STATE

Abstract

The study Sort to determine the influence guidance counselling on preservice teachers’ academic self-efficacy. One research question and two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Descriptive survey research design was used. 30 guidance and counseling teacher educators made up the sample for the study. Simple random sampling was used in selecting the sample, with a 25-item self-made instrument to collect the data. Data was analyzed using mean, standard deviation and t-test. The findings revealed that school guidance and counseling services promote self-efficacy among mathematics pre-service teachers in tertiary institutions irrespective of gender and academic qualification of guidance educators. It was recommended that there is need for schools to avail guidance and counselling services to all students who need such services in order to promote self-efficacy in students.