Comparison of self-efficacy and job commitment of teachers with Teaching "in the field" and Teaching out-of-field" in the primary school of education district one of Sanandaj city

The purpose of this study was to compare self-efficacy and job commitment among teachers with teaching "in the field" and teaching "out-of-field" teachers in elementary school district of Sanandaj city education. The research method is descriptive-comparative. The population included 1102 people (810 females and 292 males) from elementary school teachers in a district of Sanandaj city who were engaged in the academic year of 2017-2018. Of these, 95 non-specialized elementary teachers were selected through a simple random sampling method using a total of 262 teachers who only had specialized teaching. Tschannen-Moran and Woolfolk Hoy standard self-efficacy questionnaires (2001) and Blau job commitment (2009) were used to collect data. Also, for data analysis, independent t-test was used. The results show that there is a significant difference between the self-efficacy of teachers who teaching out-of-field and teaching in the field. There is also a significant difference between the job commitment of teachers who teaching out-of-field and teaching in the field.