“教师功效”(Teacher Efficacy)这一概念最早出现在美国“教育资料情报中心”(EducationalResources Information Center)中。在那里“功效”(efficacy)被定义为“使某人能有效地处理生活中的问题的一种人格特质”(P.10)。当时,学者们(Barfield & Burlingames,1974)从政治学的角度来加以研究,把教师功效看作是教师在校的政治权利意识。Armor 和Berman(1976,1977)最先 The concept of “Teacher Efficacy” first appeared in the Educational Resources Information Center in the United States. There, “efficacy” is defined as “a personality trait that enables a person to deal effectively with problems in his life” (P.10). At the time, academics (Barfield & Burlingames, 1974) studied politics from the perspective of teacher effectiveness as a sense of the political rights of teachers at school. Armor and Berman (1976, 1977) first