Firefighters’ Self-efficacy in Training and Instruction

Firefighters’ Self-efficacy in Training and Instruction

• Joachim De Stercke, Université de Mons, Belgique

• Gaëtan Temperman, Université de Mons, Belgique

doi : 10.18162/fp.2021.590

Résumé

This study analyses the impact of instructor training on firefighters’ self-efficacy in education and training. Overall, 125 firefighters participated to a questionnaire survey using an adaptation of the Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale before and after having completed an instructor training module. At the end of training, they do feel more efficient (learning effect). Also, in betweensubjects variation of self-efficacy tends to decrease (equity effect). Moreover, firefighters’ background and prior experiences in education and training do influence their self-efficacy.

Abstract

This study analyses the impact of instructor training on firefighters’ self-efficacy in education and training. Overall, 125 firefighters participated to a questionnaire survey using an adaptation of the Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale before and after having completed an instructor training module. At the end of training, they do feel more efficient (learning effect). Also, in betweensubjects variation of self-efficacy tends to decrease (equity effect). Moreover, firefighters’ background and prior experiences in education and training do influence their self-efficacy.