An axiom: Setting goals is one of the most necessary steps to effectuating change in your life. As most of us know, though, it is often quite difficult just to take that first step and make the ...

Self-efficacy can be defined as the belief that you can be successful when carrying out a certain task. The idea of a self-efficacy theory was first proposed in the 1960s by Albert Bandura, a Stanford ...

Almost a century ago, a plucky little blue engine first I-think-I-canned her way up a mountain in an iconic display of self-efficacy's power. But the term self-efficacy wouldn’t come along for another ...

Belief makes champions out of an ordinary group of individuals—like the little train that could! While that story is fictional, its message couldn't be more real. Every once in a while, an underdog ...

There’s a reason the words “believe in yourself” are plastered on classroom signs and cross-stitched on throw pillows. Your sense of self-efficacy, or the belief that you can accomplish what you set ...

With the arrival of springtime, school leaders are now beginning their annual quest to fill open teaching positions—and many may have a difficult time doing so. Although people point to many factors ...