University Teachers' Self-Efficacy Beliefs Survey of 472 Instructors

A cross-sectional survey of 472 university teachers pursuing a professional development program. The data provides insight into self-efficacy beliefs across six teaching domains, including instruction/design and creating a positive learning climate. The dataset was established by Douwes-van Ark, Irene M. E. using the UNITSS instrument.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between years of experience and self-efficacy scores based on the survey results.
• Compare self-efficacy levels across different teaching domains like assessment and student engagement mentioned in the description.
• Investigate the correlation between participation in informal professional development activities and teacher efficacy beliefs.
• Validate or replicate the factor structure of the UNITSS instrument in a new context.

Strengths

• Survey responses from 472 university teachers provide a substantial sample.
• Reliability scores for the six self-efficacy domains range between .74 and .83.
• The study explicitly investigates relationships with teacher characteristics like years of experience.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The cross-sectional design limits causal inference about the development of self-efficacy over time.

Provenance

Source

Douwes-van Ark, Irene M. E., DataverseNL Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Survey administered at the end of a professional development program.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 06:10:55; freshness should be verified.