The main purpose of the paper was to confirm the linear structural relationship between teacher self-efficacy and teaching commitment of elementary schools in the health and physical education (HPE) learning field. It would help us to understand whether teacher self-efficacy could affect teaching commitment in HPE. The participants included 842 HPE teachers sampled by stratified random cluster sampling method from elementary schools. The research instruments were ”teachers' self-efficacy and teaching commitment scales in the health and physical education” designed by researcher. Finally, the structural equation modeling was utilized to analyze the hypothetical model whether it is fit or not. This result indicated that the goodness-of-fit of the modification model could reach an acceptable standard 〔χ^2(subscript (4)) =8.90, p>0.05; RMSEA=0.04, GFI=1.00, AGFI=0.98, NFI=1.00, CFI=0.98, RMR=0.01, SRMR=0.01, ECVI=0.05 (0.04~0.07)〕. Self-efficacy is an important psychological dynamic to influence human behavior, and teachers who with higher self -efficacy could have confidence to get more commitment on teaching task. Therefore, teachers' self-efficacy could affect teaching commitment. The conclusion of the study showed that HPE teachers ’self-efficacy affect positively teaching commitment. Based on the findings, to strengthen teachers' self-efficacy could improve teaching commitment in HPE learning field. Therefore, the research suggested that educational administration should provide more in-service training curriculum and encourage teachers to participate more symposiums and workshops, in order to improve teachers’ self-efficacy and further promote teaching commitment.
The main purpose of the paper was to confirm the linear structural relationship between teacher self-efficacy and teaching commitment of elementary schools in the health and physical education (HPE) learning field. It would help us to understand whether teacher self-efficacy could affect teaching commitment in HPE. The participants included 842 HPE teachers sampled by stratified random cluster sampling method from elementary schools. The research instruments were ”teachers' self-efficacy and teaching commitment scales in the health and physical education” designed by researcher. Finally, the structural equation modeling was utilized to analyze the hypothetical model whether it is fit or not. This result indicated that the goodness-of-fit of the modification model could reach an acceptable standard 〔χ^2(subscript (4)) =8.90, p>0.05; RMSEA=0.04, GFI=1.00, AGFI=0.98, NFI=1.00, CFI=0.98, RMR=0.01, SRMR=0.01, ECVI=0.05 (0.04~0.07)〕. Self-efficacy is an important psychological dynamic to influence human behavior, and teachers who with higher self -efficacy could have confidence to get more commitment on teaching task. Therefore, teachers' self-efficacy could affect teaching commitment. The conclusion of the study showed that HPE teachers ’self-efficacy affect positively teaching commitment. Based on the findings, to strengthen teachers' self-efficacy could improve teaching commitment in HPE learning field. Therefore, the research suggested that educational administration should provide more in-service training curriculum and encourage teachers to participate more symposiums and workshops, in order to improve teachers’ self-efficacy and further promote teaching commitment.