Abstract
This session will discuss how educators can boost the self-efficacy of students who have an educational disability. The session will start with an overview of the research on self-efficacy and students, specifically special education students, and the resources that can impact emotional, academic, and social self-efficacy.
A student’s level of self-efficacy can impact their motivation and success in school. Special education students tend to have lower levels of self-efficacy than their typical peers. Previous research has consistently identified specific resources that help special education students become more self-efficacious. These resources can be implemented into classroom routines and instruction to help build a special education student’s self-efficacy.
The session will end with examining each resource and how they can be implemented in the classroom. After this session, participants will be able to identify and implement strategies and teaching methods that help increase special education students' self-efficacy, understand the effect self-efficacy has on a student's trajectory, and leave with a basic understanding of the relationships between social, academic, and emotional self-efficacy.
Cite asBergen, A. (2024). Self-Efficacy and Special Education. In Abstracts of the 5th World Conference on Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Education (ISBN 978-81-968539-1-4). Eurasia Conferences. https://doi.org/10.62422/978-81-968539-1-4-039