Abstract

In order to keep up with the rapidly advancing and developing world, people must constantly educate themselves. When we talk about education, schools and teachers come to mind. Without a doubt, one of the most important factors in education is teachers. Teachers need to develop themselves sufficiently and be active in terms of education and training. Among the factors that affect teacher agency, getting support and encouragement from the organization that they are affiliated with has an important place. The aim of this is study is to reveal the relationship between teacher agency and organizational commitment. In this capacity, the survey model which is one of the quantitative research methods was used in the study. In accordance, the population of the study was determined as teachers working in public primary schools in Şanlıurfa that are affiliated with the Ministry of National Education, during 2021 - 2022 the academic year. The sample of the study consists of a total of 268 classroom teachers (100 Women and 168 Men) working in Karaköprü, Haliliye and Eyyübiye districts of Şanlıurfa. This data obtained from the study was then analyzed descriptively using frequency, arithmetic mean and standard deviation. Because the data had a normal distribution, parametric tests were used. For the comparisons between two-group variables, independent sample t-test was used. For the comparisons among variables that are three or more groups, Anova test was used. For the examination of the correlation coefficients among the scores of the scales, Pearson correlation analysis was used. Based on the findings of the study, a meaningful positive relationship was found between teacher agency and organizational commitment. Suggestions were also made for researchers and practitioners in line with the findings of the study.

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