Abstract
This study aims at describing the self-values held by pre-school teachers working in public schools and at determining whether or not those values differ on the basis of seniority, marital status and having children. This research employs a descriptive method. The research population comprised 278 pre-school teachers working in public pre-school education institutions and in public primary education schools. The Rokeach Value Survey was used in the research. The data was analysed using the techniques as mean, standard deviation, t-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and Turkey HSD test in order to find the sources of differences. The self-values preferred most by pre-school teachers were “a peaceful world”, “being healthy”, and “national security”. The self-values they considered the least important were “an exciting life”, “a variable life”, and “authority”. Pre-school teachers’ self-values differed significantly on the basis of seniority, marital status, and having children. Key words: Self-values, values education, pre-school education, pre-school teachers.
Highlights
Owing to the fact that values influence our perspective of life, making sense out of life as well as making decisions should be analysed at organizational levels
This study aims at describing the self-values held by pre-school teachers working in public schools and at determining whether or not those values differ on the basis of seniority, marital status and having children
The research population comprised 278 preschool teachers working in public pre-school education institutions and in public primary education schools
Summary
Owing to the fact that values influence our perspective of life, making sense out of life as well as making decisions should be analysed at organizational levels. Values, which form the guiding or reference points in people’s decision-making, are at the same time the goals with differing degrees of importance. According to Sisman (2002), values are the criteria that determine what is right, what is wrong, what is good, and what is bad. According to another definition suggested by Rokeach (1973: 5), value is “a long-term personal belief about a certain manner of behaviour or about the fundamental aim of existence”. Research results (Nartgun, 2006; Sagnak, 2005; Yilmaz and Balci, 2009) demonstrate that the values available in the organizational environment are congruent with the self-values held by the individuals in organizations
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