Teaching Profession In Turkey Research Articles

The status of the teaching profession in Turkey: a case study about the Teaching Profession Act

ABSTRACT This study aimed to identify the views of educators on the status of the teaching profession taking into consideration the enacted Teaching Profession Act (TPA) in Turkey. The study aimed to reflect the views of participants from different backgrounds as much as possible. A qualitative research pattern and a case study model were adopted. The results identified the issues and content to be considered in the TPA. The results showed that the content of current TPA was limited. Participants emphasized that a participatory approach should have been adopted to prepare a comprehensive TPA. The participants requested a profession act that includes the qualifications framework of the teaching profession and professional rights of teachers. Participants also stated that the principles that protect the prestige and status of the teaching profession should be included in the professional law.

Determining Education Faculty Students' Motivations Which Are Effective in the Choice of Profession and Field

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the motivations that are effective in teachers candidates' choosing the teaching profession and the field they study. In addition, it was aimed to examine the intrinsic and extrinsic motivations that are effective in profession and field choices in terms of gender, year of study and the field of education.
 Design/Methodology/Approach: The research was conducted with the relational screening model. The research population consisted of students studying at Inonu University, Faculty of Education. The sample was composed of students studying in Preschool Teaching, Turkish Language Teaching, Mathematics Teaching and Classroom Teaching departments at Inonu University Faculty of Education. Non-parametric tests were used because the data did not show normal distribution.
 Findings: It was determined that the motivation sources effective in teacher candidates' choice of profession and field of education were at the level of "Agree" in the intrinsic field, intrinsic profession, extrinsic profession dimensions and throughout the scale, while they were at the level of "Partially Agree" in the extrinsic field dimension. Differences were found in terms of gender in the intrinsic and extrinsic profession and the extrinsic field subdimensions. No difference was found in terms of motivations that are effective in choosing a profession and field according to year of study. Differences were found in terms of the department of study.
 Highlights: The motivation of teacher candidates to choose their profession and the field of education is mostly intrinsic. This situation is promising in terms of the future of education and the teaching profession in Turkey. However, it was observed that besides intrinsic motivation sources, a certain level of extrinsic motivation sources were also effective.

A meta-analysis study on the attitudes of pre-service music teachers towards the teaching profession in Turkey

The objective this study was to determine whether music teacher candidates’ attitudes towards the teaching profession in Turkey differ with respect to different variables. In this direction, a meta-analysis study was carried out on the pre-service music teachers’ attitudes towards their profession. The study consists of 12 studies chosen with predetermined criteria. Since the effect sizes of these studies display a heterogeneous structure, the random effects model was conducted. Effect sizes in the random effects model were calculated by using Hedges g coefficient with 12 studies for gender and nine studies for the form of high school graduated. Taking the results of the findings into consideration, it was concluded that the attitudes of female music teacher candidates towards the teaching profession are more positive than male candidates. There is no difference between Fine Arts and other high schools regarding the variable of the form of high school.

Policies and practices for the professionalization of the teaching profession in the late Ottoman Empire (1839-1920)

ABSTRACT Studies in the context of the professionalisation of the teaching profession in Turkey mainly focus on policies and practices for teacher training in the Republican Period. However, the practices and policies in the last period of the Ottoman Empire for training modern teachers, which have an extensive historical background for the professionalisation of the teaching profession, have not been analysed within a holistic framework. Based on this deficiency, the present study discussed the professionalisation process of the teaching profession in the Ottoman Empire. In this direction, the aim of the present study is to evaluate the teacher training policies and practices for modern civilian schools in the Ottoman Empire by analysing them in terms of professionalisation of the teaching profession. Five criteria were determined that indicate the professionalisation process of the teaching profession in the Ottoman Empire. In line with these criteria, it has been understood that important steps have been taken towards the professionalisation of teaching in the late Ottoman Empire. Efforts towards establishing specific criteria for entering the profession, the methods applied for the professional development of teachers, the increase in the roles and competencies of educators/teachers in subjects related to teaching, the possibility for teachers to form professional organisations and, finally, improvement in the social status of the teaching profession were the important steps taken in the last period of the Ottoman Empire. Study data included archive documents, regulations, and ordinances concerning the teaching profession, advertisements, and news or articles about the teaching profession in the press of the period. The historical method was used for this study.

Attitudes of Physical Education and Classroom Teacher Candidates towards Teaching Profession in Turkey

It is important to determine the attitudes of physical education teacher candidates who will carry out physicaleducation courses in secondary and high schools and classroom teacher candidates who will carry out physicaleducation courses in primary schools. The purpose of this study is to determine the attitudes of physical educationand classroom teacher candidates towards teaching profession. The research was evaluated with a general surveymodel. The research group consisted of totally 280 teacher candidates; 168 of them study at School of PhysicalEducation and Sports in Physical Education and Sports Teaching Department, 122 of them study at the Faculty ofEducation Primary School Teaching Department in the 2017-2018 academic year Hatay Mustafa Kemal Universityin Turkey. As data collection tools Personal Information Form developed by the researchers and the “Attitude ScaleToward Teaching (ASTT)” developed by Erkus (2000) et al. were used. In the statistical analysis of the data, t-testand one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used. In the result of the research, it was determined that theattitudes of physical education and classroom teacher candidates towards teaching profession were high, but it wasfound that physical education teacher candidates had higher attitudes than classroom teacher candidates.

Türkiye’deki Öğretmen Adaylarının Öğretmenlik Mesleğine Yönelik Tutumlarının Demografik Özelliklere Göre İncelenmesi: Bir Meta-Analiz Çalışması

This research aims to explore whether prospective teachers’ attitudes towards the teaching profession vary across demographic characteristics. A meta-analysis has been conducted for the related studies on prospective teachers’ attitudes towards the teaching profession in Turkey. The effect sizes for random effects model have been employed over 103 studies in terms of gender, 26 regarding grade level, 18 for the presence of a teacher in the family, and 11 for the graduated faculties by using Hedges’ g coefficient. Various methods have been utilized in an attempt to examine publication bias in the meta-analysis, such as the funnel plots, Duval and Tweedie's trim and fill method, and Egger's regression test. The findings revealed that prospective teachers’ attitudes towards the teaching profession significantly varied depending on the gender in favor of the females with medium effect while the variables; grade level, the presence of a teacher in the family, and type of faculty, did not significantly change prospective teachers’ attitudes towards teaching profession. This indicates that only the gender variable from the demographic characteristics changes prospective teachers’ attitude towards the teaching profession.

An Analysis of Teacher Views on the Prestige of Teaching Profession in Turkey

This study aimed at exploring how teachers consider the prestige of their profession in Turkish society. It was conducted using the phenomenology design, which is a qualitative research method. The study group consisted of 674 teachers who participated in the study on a voluntary basis. Participants were selected using the maximum variation sampling method. Research data was collected through interview method and a semi-structured interview form was used as data collection tool. In line with the aim of the study, content analysis was performed by the researcher and an expert, individually, to analyze the data. At the end of the study, it was found that 82% of the participants stated that teaching is not a prestigious profession in Turkey. The teachers also added that the prestige of the teaching profession in Turkey varies across regions with different socio-economic characteristics, across institutions (public-private) and according to the level of teaching, and recommended that steps should be taken to increase social awareness about the significance of the profession.

Pre-service teachers personal value orientations and attitudes toward the teaching profession in Turkey

This study examined the relationship between pre-service teachers’ personal value orientations and their attitudes toward the teaching profession. The study was conducted with the participation of 612 students at DEU’s Buca Faculty of Education during the 2014/2015 academic year. Data were collected using the Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ) and the Attitudes toward the Teaching Profession Questionnaire (ATPQ). The main findings of the study are as follows: Personal value pre-service teachers’ professed the most was self-direction, followed by universalism, and thirdly security. Value was the attitude toward the teaching profession calculated the most by the same teachers. Additionally, a significant relationship was indicated between pre-service teachers’ personal value orientations and their attitudes toward the teaching profession. Pre-service teachers’ personal value orientations explained 17.4% of the variation in their attitudes toward the teaching profession. Key words: Schwartz’s value theory, personal value orientations, attitudes toward the teaching profession, pre-service teachers, students in the faculty of education.

The motivational factors affecting the preference of teaching profession in Turkey

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to reveal the reasons why teacher candidates attending the faculties of education have preferred the teaching profession and the explanatory relations between those reasons. To this end, 801 students who are attending the elementary school teaching departments of 6 state universities were included in the research. Mercenary, altruistic, intrinsic, and extrinsic reasons that are effective with preferring the teaching profession are the latent variables of the research. The model developed to verify the relationships between those variables was tested. According to the findings, the intrinsic and altruistic latent variables have a highly positive relationship. The extrinsic variable has a negatively significant relationship with the intrinsic and altruistic variables, while a positively significant relationship with the mercenary variable. The mercenary latent variable has a positively significant relationship with all other variables.

The Effect of NLP Education on the Teaching Profession in Turkey

The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not the use of Neuro-linguistic Programming orNLP techniques affect a teacher’s professional achievements and motivations in Turkey. Today’s edu...

The Effect of NLP Education on the Teaching Profession in Turkey

The Effect of NLP Education on the Teaching Profession in Turkey

A Multi-Perspective Investigation into Learners’ Interaction in Asynchronous Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)

<p>This article focusses on graduate level students’ interactions during asynchronous CMC activities of an online course about the teaching profession in Turkey. The instructor of the course designed and facilitated a semester-long asynchronous CMC on forum discussions, and investigated the interaction of learners in multiple perspectives: learners’ views, participation in terms of quantity, participation in terms of discussed issues and collaborative construction of new knowledge. 14 graduate students were participated in the study and 12 of them were interviewed. Meanwhile, 345 messages sent by the learners and the instructor were analyzed in order to identify discussed issues and social construction of knowledge. The results of the study showed that according to the message numbers and views of the learners, learner-instructor interaction was ahead of learner-learner interaction. Meanwhile, learner-content interaction was sustained by various discussion topics. Though learners’ views related to learner-learner, learner-instructor and learner-content interactions were positive in general, analyzing the contents of the messages didn’t reveal higher levels of co-construction of knowledge according to the Interaction Analysis Model.</p>

The Effects of Gender on Attitudes of Preservice Teachers towards the Teaching Profession: A Meta-analysis Study

The aim of this study is to define the effects of gender on attitudes of preservice teachers towards the teaching profession in Turkey. It combines the findings of 35 relevant studies comprising a sample of 4,289 male and 6,073 female preservice teachers. A Group Difference model was used to identify fixed and random effects and to facilitate comparison using meta-analysis methods. A significant effect size (d=0.271) on an insignificant level was identified in favour of the gender attitudes of female preservice teachers. The location of the research, branch, and class level/educational status were also found to have moderating effects on attitudes.

Effective Foreign Language Teaching: Perceptions of Prospective English Language Teachers

Studies conducted so far have mainly focused on investigating the characteristics of effective foreign language teachers to understand the role of teacher effectiveness in the process of language learning, while there is scarcity of studies focusing on the perceptions of the characteristics of effective foreign language teaching of the students of Department of English Language Teaching (ELT) and Department of English Language and Literature (EL&L) who are the major candidates of English language teaching profession in Turkey. Thus, this study aims to examine the perceptions of prospective English teachers with regard to their department and demographic variables. Effective Teacher Questionnaire (10) was used to obtain data from ELT (n=212) and EL&L (n=192) students. The t test results indicated that there was a significant difference between ELT students' and EL&L students' perceptions of an effective foreign language teacher with regard to the mean scores in favor of the former. Also, the t test results indicated that there was a significant difference between daytime students and night-time students with regard to the mean scores. In the light of the findings, some practical recommendations are provided.

A Comparative Study on the Teaching Profession in Turkey and South Korea: Secondary Analysis of TALIS 2008 Data in Relation to Teacher Self-Efficacy

Problem Statement : Teacher self-efficacy is important factor for school and student success. This study investigates the variables that explain teacher self-efficacy in Turkey and South Korea according to TALIS 2008 data. A detailed comparison was conducted and the state of the teaching profession in both countries is discussed. Purpose of the Study : The study aims to compare the teaching profession in Turkey and South Korea in relation to teacher self-efficacy. Method : Data relating to a total of 6194 teachers participating in TALIS 2008 from Turkey and South Korea were re-analyzed and evaluated in relation to teacher self-efficacy. For this purpose TALIS 2008 data were taken from the OECD official web page and subjected to stepwise multiple regression analysis in relation to the variables that can explain teacher self-efficacy. Findings : Results indicated that in both countries, the variable that best explains the teacher self-efficacy is teacher-student relations in the school environment (TSRELAT). The second variable that best explains the teacher self-efficacy is the classroom disciplinary climate (CCLIMATE) for Turkish teachers, it is professional collaboration (TCCOLLAB) for South Korean teachers. Third variable is professional collaboration for Turkish teachers, while it is classroom disciplinary climate and teacher's job satisfaction in South Korean teachers. Job satisfaction is the fourth variable that explains the teacher perception of self-efficacy in Turkey.

A Comparison of the Burnout Levels of Teachers with Different Occupational Satisfaction Sources

The aim of this research is to investigate whether professional satiety sources predict burnout in teachers. Pro- fessional values, including satisfaction and dissatisfaction with the teaching profession, are investigated using the Satiety Inventory. Of 698 teachers, 478 primary school teachers were chosen randomly as the research group. Using the Professional Satiety Inventory, the teachers were initially divided into ten groups according to their satisfaction sources. In addition, the Maslach Burnout Inventory, was used to examine which professional satiety sources predicted emotional exhaustion, personal accomplishment, and depersonalization. Based on results of this study, the occupational values for the teaching profession in Turkey were defined as being satisfactory or unsatisfactory.

Teacher Candidates’ Attitudes Towards the Teaching Profession in Turkey

This study examined the attitudes of teacher candidates in Turkey towards the teaching profession. Descriptive surveys were used and the research data was obtained from Pamukkale University Classroom Teaching students. During data analysis, the arithmetic means and standard deviations of the groups were calculated and a t-test and One-Way ANOVA were used. The attitudes of teacher candidates towards the teaching profession don’t vary in terms of “gender”, “type of teaching”, “type of high schools they graduate from” and in order of their preferences to be a teacher. More than half of the candidates choose the Classroom Teaching Program willingly and about all of them want to perform this profession, but their attitudes towards the teaching profession were not well developed. The majority of the participants were not satisfied with the University and faculty administrations and reopted that they don’t show enough effort required to develop themselves for the profession. It is found that the attitudes of students expressing their discontent are at a lower level. It is necessary to provide the teacher candidates not only with knowledge and skills, but also to help them develop the beliefs and positive attitudes related to the profession.

Factors Influencing Teaching Choice in Turkey

Why choose to become a teacher in Turkey? The authors examined motivations and perceptions among preservice teachers (N = 1577) encompassing early childhood, primary and secondary education. The Factors Influencing Teaching Choice (FIT-Choice) instrument was translated into Turkish and its construct validity and reliability assessed. Altruistic ‘social utility values’ were the most influential, followed by the desire for a secure job. Intrinsic value and perceived teaching abilities came next, contrasting with higher ratings in Western studies, alongside prior positive teaching and learning experiences. Family flexibility, job transferability and social influences were moderate, and the negative ‘fallback career’ motivation lowest, although not far below the scale midpoint. Science-related teacher candidates scored more highly on fallback career, had chosen a teaching career the most recently, and were lower on almost all other teaching motivations, demonstrating a less positive motivational profile. Findings are interpreted in light of the economic development and role of the teaching profession in Turkey. Less adaptive motivations belonging to preservice teachers in scientific fields highlight potential risks and recruitment strategies to optimise teacher quality in those priority fields which further research could fruitfully examine.

PROFILE OF NEW TEACHERS IN THE TURKISH EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

A profile of students entering the teaching profession in Turkey was developed based on demographic and academic information obtained from the University Entrance Examination (UEEX) for 1982 and 1986. Findings reveal that low achieving students and others from low‐income families comprise the majority of persons desiring to become teachers at the elementary and secondary levels, thus posing the possibility of education serving as a vehicle for upward mobility. Alternative are considered so as to alleviate the consequences of the entering of less capable leaders into education than was the case in the past, in Atatürk's time, when educators were held in high esteem.