Evaluating the Primary School Teachers’ Level of Forming a Constructivist Learning Environment According to Chaos Theory

Abstract

The aim of this research was to evaluate the primary school teachers’ level of forming a constructivist learning environment according to chaos theory in terms of different variables (gender, age, the grade they teach, their professional seniority, the type of school where they work and the school they graduated from). For that purpose, relational screening model was used in the research. Primary school teachers’ level of creating a constructivist learning environment was determined with a “Constructivist Learning Environment Questionnaire” developed by Tenenbaum et al. (2001) and converted into Turkish by Fer and Cirik (2006). Meanwhile “Chaos Variables Information Form for Primary School Teachers” was used in order to determine the variable features of primary school teachers. The assessment instruments were administered to 504 primary school teachers carrying out their duties in 32 primary schools in Akdeniz, Yenisehir, Toroslar and Mezitli central districts of Mersin province in the 2012–2013 academic years. According to the research results, the variables that mostly affected the level of creating a constructivist learning environment and led to chaos were related to gender of the primary school teacher, their age, the grade they teach, professional seniority, the type of school where they work and the school they graduated from.