Abstract:

The purpose of this research is to determine teachers' self-efficacy perceptions regarding the teaching of 21st-century skills. A cross-sectional survey model was used in the study. The data of the research were collected with the 21st-Century Skills Teaching Scale. The sample of the study consisted of 441 teachers working in primary, secondary and high schools in Kütahya, which was determined by a simple random sampling method. The data of the research were obtained by sending the study link created with Google Forms to the teachers via the WhatsApp application. In the analysis of the data obtained from the research, frequency and percentage values to determine the distribution In order to determine the significance of the difference between the variables, an independent samples test and one-way ANOVA technique were used. The ƞ2 statistic was used to measure the effect of significant differences. In the study, it was observed that the average scores of the teachers from the 21st Century Skills Teaching Scale and its sub-dimensions were high. High average scores indicate that teachers have high self-efficacy perceptions regarding teaching 21st-century skills. As a result of the analysis, between the scores of the teachers from the whole scale and its sub-dimensions, while there were no significant differences according to the variable of teaching level, there were significant differences according to the variable of gender, educational status and professional seniority. These results show that teachers consider themselves competent in teaching 21st-century skills. To support the data obtained at the end of the research, it has been suggested to diversify the studies and to conduct qualitative or semi-experimental studies in this direction.

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