Strengthening Teacher Self-Efficacy Through Targeted Training: Integrating Parents’ Perspectives on Primary Students’ Social-Emotional Skills

Dr. Helena R. Vázquez — 2026-03-01

Primary education increasingly demands that teachers cultivate not only academic learning but also students’ social-emotional competencies, which shape classroom climate, engagement, behavior, and long-term wellbeing (Durlak et al., 2011; Elias & Moceri, 2012; Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, 2022). Yet the effectiveness of school-based social-emotional learning depends substantially on teachers’ sense of capability to implement practices consistently, adaptively, and in partnership with families (Darling-Hammond et al., 2017; Easton, 2008; Epstein & Salinas, 1993). This article develops a publication-oriented conceptual-empirical framework that links teacher self-efficacy to targeted professional learning and to systematic integration of parents’ perspectives on children’s social-emotional skills. The study positions self-efficacy as a practical driver of instructional quality, classroom management competence, and sustained implementation of social-emotional approaches (Alghulayqah, 2021; Chang & Chien, 2015; Akdeniz, 2016). Using a qualitative-dominant mixed design in principle—grounded in semi-structured interviews, parent perspective elicitation, and interpretive synthesis—the article demonstrates how needs-aligned training can strengthen teacher self-efficacy by connecting pedagogical routines to observable social-emotional behaviors at home and school (Brinkmann, 2014; Çayak & Ergi, 2015). Findings are presented as a descriptive analytic model, strictly derived from the provided evidence base, detailing (a) the training features associated with improved instructional practice and teacher confidence, (b) how parental observations can refine teachers’ understanding of children’s social-emotional strengths and vulnerabilities, and (c) how school–family partnership structures can stabilize social-emotional skill development across settings (Darling-Hammond et al., 2017; Gore et al., 2017; Cefai & Cavioni, 2014). The article concludes with an implementation pathway for primary schools that aligns professional development systems, classroom management skill-building, and parent-informed social-emotional supports while acknowledging contextual constraints in reforming education systems and sustaining teacher learning (Alyami, 2014; Alqahtani & Albidewi, 2022; Abdul Salam, 2019).

International Journal of Pedagogics

Strengthening Teacher Self-Efficacy Through Targeted Training: Integrating Parents’ Perspectives on Primary Students’ Social-Emotional Skills