Autoeficacia y procrastinación académica en estudiantes universitarios de Lima Metropolitana

The aim of this investigation is establish the relation between self-efficacy and academic procrastination of university students in Lima City metropolitan area. The sample was obtained by intentional procedure. Assessments were made on 348 university students: 50.6% male and 49% female students; 70.1% from private and 29.9% from state universities. Self-Efficacy Scale and Academic Procrastination Scale were used for assessment and it was found they had both psychometric reliability according to internal consistency method and construct validity according to exploratory factorial analysis. The formulated hypothesis is accepted as the correlation coefficient obtained between both variables was negative (-235) and significant (p˂.000) but low.El objetivo del presente estudio fue establecer la relación entre la autoeficacia y la procrastinación académica en estudiantes universitarios de Lima Metropolitana. La muestra se obtuvo por un procedimiento no probabilístico, incidental, evaluándose a 348 alumnos universitarios, siendo el 50.6% de sexo masculino y el 49.4% femenino, y de acuerdo con el tipo de gestión, el 70.1% pertenecía a universidades particulares, mientras que el 29.9% a universidades estatales. Se evaluó la muestra con la Escala de Autoeficacia y la Escala de Procrastinación Académica, las cuales evidenciaron tener propiedades psicométricas de confiabilidad, según el método de consistencia interna, y validez de constructo, mediante el análisis factorial exploratorio. Se aceptó la hipótesis formulada debido a que el coeficiente de correlación obtenido entre ambas variables de estudio fue negativo (-.235) y significativo (p < .000) pero bajo.El objetivo del presente estudio fue establecer la relación entre la autoeficacia y la procrastinación académica en estudiantes universitarios de Lima Metropolitana. La muestra se obtuvo por un procedimiento no probabilístico, incidental, evaluándose a 348 alumnos universitarios, siendo el 50.6% de sexo masculino y el 49.4% femenino, y de acuerdo con el tipo de gestión, el 70.1% pertenecía a universidades particulares, mientras que el 29.9% a universidades estatales. Se evaluó la muestra con la Escala de Autoeficacia y la Escala de Procrastinación Académica, las cuales evidenciaron tener propiedades psicométricas de confiabilidad, según el método de consistencia interna, y validez de constructo, mediante el análisis factorial exploratorio. Se aceptó la hipótesis formulada debido a que el coeficiente de correlación obtenido entre ambas variables de estudio fue negativo (-.235) y significativo (p < .000) pero bajo

Self-care, balance and the IB learner profile

Anecdotal evidence suggests that educators tend to expend themselves for their students with little thought for themselves, often leading to excessive stress, work-related illness, burnout, and attrition. The following discussion adapted from Self-Care for Teachers (Allen, 2013) reviews the international research on this topic and proposes an alternative approach. The research not only confirms this persistent pattern of excessive stress, overwork, and illness but also confirms educators’ typical inattention to their own needs. Conventional approaches to the problem of excessive stress, overwork and its attendant maladies focus on the external: management strategies such as induction and mentoring programs, salary incentives, or more recently, teacher help lines and wellness programs. The author advocates a more balanced approach, looking inward as well as outward for solutions to this perplexing problem. Although balance is often conceived as a static ideal of symmetry and proportion, it may be best understood–especially in an educational context– as the practical dynamic process of “moving artfully between extremes”, a definition which might equally apply to classroom management, curriculum design, assessment strategies, professional development, prevalent attitudes, and work-life rhythm.Anecdotal evidence suggests that educators tend to expend themselves for their students with little thought for themselves, often leading to excessive stress, work-related illness, burnout, and attrition. The following discussion adapted from Self-Care for Teachers (Allen, 2013) reviews the international research on this topic and proposes an alternative approach. The research not only confirms this persistent pattern of excessive stress, overwork, and illness but also confirms educators’ typical inattention to their own needs. Conventional approaches to the problem of excessive stress, overwork and its attendant maladies focus on the external: management strategies such as induction and mentoring programs, salary incentives, or more recently, teacher help lines and wellness programs. The author advocates a more balanced approach, looking inward as well as outward for solutions to this perplexing problem. Although balance is often conceived as a static ideal of symmetry and proportion, it may be best understood –especially in an educational context– as the practical dynamic process of “moving artfully between extremes”, a definition which might equally apply to classroom management, curriculum design, assessment strategies, professional development, prevalent attitudes, and work-life rhythm