SELF-EFFICACY PERCEPTIONS OF SCIENCE TEACHERS REGARDING CONTENT KNOWLEDGE

This study aims to determine the self-efficacy of science teachers regarding their content knowledge. The research was conducted using a multiple case study design. Three science teachers working in public schools were selected through purposive sampling. Personal interviews were used to collect the data for the study. The results showed that science teachers' self-efficacy in physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, earth sciences, scientific process skills and science-technology-society-environment (STSE) are different. The area where science teachers are weakest in terms of their content knowledge self-efficacy is STSE. Although sustainable development, socio-scientific issues, science and career awareness sub-dimensions in the STSE have taken place in the curriculum, the teachers were not aware of these dimensions. Based on the results, the researchers recommend that in-service training courses be organised to increase the self-efficacy of science teachers on content knowledge.