Self-Efficacy in Social Science

In order to manage the challenges of the 21^st century, the assessment of individual self-efficacy constitutes an important factor in the educational context; both on the personal as well as on the social and organisational level. This fact justifies the consideration of self-efficacy as a basic competence, whose development must be started on the primary level. Pupils and teachers realise the resources that contribute to the development of a successful self-concept: increased motivation, a courageous selection of tasks to be fulfilled, and the possible influence on future social and economic developments. During their formation pedagogues are learners and teachers at the same time. In their lectures they deal with Social Entrepreneurship Education and competences connected with it. They reflect their own potential to exert influence and develop strategies to support pupils/students in the development of their own self-concept. In accordance with current findings the re-formulation of the curriculum of primary and secondary level demonstrates a development towards conceptual learning in larger contexts, following the principles of self-guidance and activity-orientation.