Shared Seasoned Journal

ABSTRACT

This paper review is based on measuring music teacher identity and the self-efficacy and commitment among music teachers. Focusing on music teachers’ identity, the paper reviewed the concept of music teacher identity stating that music teacher identity is one’s conception of himself or herself as a music teacher. The paper also reviewed pre-service and in-service music teacher identity, music teacher self-efficacy and music teacher commitment. In comparison, the paper also reviewed the relationship between music teachers’ self-efficacy and their commitment. Thus, the paper concluded that within the education profession, teachers have varying and continually changing perceptions of themselves as facilitators of knowledge. But for each those perceptions constitute his or her professional identities. One of the recommendations made was that ministries of education should organize workshop and seminars for the professional development of music teachers and this should look beyond their competency development to facilitating and supporting a more holistic consideration of music teacher identities.

KEYWORDS: Music Teacher Identity, Self-Efficacy and Commitment