The relationship between student teachers' perception of university professors' credibility and attitude towards teaching profession: the mediating role of agency

Hosseini, Seyed Adnan; Zandi, Khalil

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Hosseini S A, Zandi K. (2024). The relationship between student teachers' perception of university professors' credibility and attitude towards teaching profession: the mediating role of agency. Rooyesh. 13(7), 11-20.
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The relationship between student teachers' perception of university professors' credibility and attitude towards teaching profession: the mediating role of agency

Seyed Adnan Hosseini¹

, Khalil Zandi ^*²

1- Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Counselling, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran.
2- Assistant Professor, Department of educational Administration, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran. , kh.zandi@cfu.ac.ir

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This research aimed to study the mediating role of agency in the relationship between the perception of professors' credibility and student teachers' attitudes toward the teaching profession. The research method was the descriptive-correlation type of structural equation modeling. The statistical population included 1364 student teachers from 2020 to 2022 in Kurdistan Farhangian University campuses In the academic year 2023-2024, a sample of 275 people was selected from among them by systematic random sampling. Data collection tools were three questionnaires; teacher credibility (TCS, McCroskey & Teven, 1999); students' agency (AUSS, Jääskelä et al, 2016), and attitude towards the teaching profession (STATPS, Win & New, 2020). The validity of the questionnaires was confirmed by referring to experts' opinions and their reliability by referring to Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Data analysis was done with structural equation modeling by SPSS and Lisrel software. The findings showed that the model is a good fit. The effect of credibility on student agency (p<.05) and student agency on attitude towards the teaching profession was significant (p<.05). Based on the findings, student teachers' agency plays a mediating role in the relationship between perceptions of teacher's credibility and attitudes toward the teaching profession (p<.05). According to research findings, efforts by instructors to improve the attitudes of student-teachers towards the teaching profession are contingent upon enhancing their sense of agency.

Keywords: Perception, Attitude, Teaching, Students.

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Type of Article: Research | Subject: Educational Psychology
Received: 2024/05/21 | Accepted: 2024/07/23 | ePublished: 2024/10/1