Self-Efficacy In Early Childhood Education

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Esky. Their past experiences have influenced their current behaviors as the parents have modeled behavior for what success looks like, and have verbally informed the students not to get their hopes up for any other kind of life. This is likely why these students are engaging in their current behavior, which includes not believing that they are capable of being intelligent, not being invested in the classroom, and not achieving consistently higher grades. The tasks that these students have set out to accomplish include getting their high school diploma so they can get a job that requires no skills, and this directly conflicts with the task that Mr. Esky has set forth.
Another important SCT concept is self-efficacy. Self-efficacy is a critical

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