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Article Title: Pre-Service Teachers' Self-Efficacy and Motivation as Correlates of English Language Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Southwestern Colleges of Education, Nigeria
by Dr. (Mrs.) Beatrice Bunmi Adeyemi and Mr. Solomon Remilekun Adedayo

Abstract:
The study examined the relationship between Pre-service teachers� self-efficacy and English Language Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Southwestern Colleges of Education in Nigeria. It investigated the relationship between Pre-service teachers� Motivation and English Language Pedagogical Content Knowledge in the study area. It also established the joint contribution of Pre-teachers� efficacy, Motivation and English Language Pedagogical Content Knowledge in the study area, and finally established the relative contribution of Pre-teachers� self- efficacy and Motivation to English Language Pedagogical Content Knowledge in the study area. The study adopted descriptive survey research design of the correlational type. The population consisted of 300 level English language pre-service teachers in Colleges of Education in Southwest, Nigeria. The sample consisted of 300 pre-service teachers who were purposively selected. An instrument comprising of four sections was developed and validated before use. Four research questions were raised and answered. The results among others showed that there was a significant relationship between pre-service teachers� self-efficacy and pedagogical content knowledge in English Language (r (298) = .253, p<0.05). Also, significant relationship existed between pre-service teachers� efficacy ( = .242, p<0.05) and pedagogical content knowledge in English language. The study concluded that pre-service teachers� should be exposed to innovative capacity-building trainings so as to accomplish the sustainable development goals.

Keywords: Pre-Service Teachers, Self- Efficacy, Motivation, Pedagogical Content Knowledge

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