Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine the philosophical preferences of classroom teachers, their teaching styles and the relationship between the two variables. Participants are 301 volunteered classroom teachers who teach at the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th classes in primary schools. To collect the data, philosophical preferences assessment form which was developed by Wiles and Bondi (2007) and adapted to Turkish by DoÄŸanay and Sari (2003), and Teaching Styles Questionnaire which was developed by Grasha and Reichmann (1994) and adapted to Turkish by SaritaÅŸ and Süral (2010) were used. Analyses figure out that classroom teachers mostly prefer experimentalist philosophy and have facilitator teaching style. Examining the relationship of educational philosophies and teaching styles of teachers, there is a positive and significant relationship between the adopted educational philosophy and teaching style. Key words: Classroom teacher, educational philosophy, teaching style.
Highlights
The basic element of learning and teaching environments is the teacher
The purpose of this study is to examine the philosophical preferences of classroom teachers, their teaching styles and the relationship between the two variables
Student-centered approach is at the focus of experimentalism and existentialism
Summary
The teacher plans the learning and teaching process by considering the variables such as instructional purposes, students’ characteristics and physical conditions, his/her own skills, teaching styles and educational philosophy or philosophies. In this context, it is important to know about teachers’ teaching styles and educational philosophies. Ertürk (1988) defines it as process and product He stated that philosophy as a process is an effort to comprehend the reality and its phenomenon in its integrity by gathering and reorganizing all information. Philosophy as a product is a total of “general beliefs, principles and attitudes”, and values which philosophy as a process can form and which human uses as a decision base
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