Okul Öncesi Öğretmenlerinin Öğretmenlik Mesleğine İlişkin Tutumlarının Farklı Değişkenler Açısından İncelenmesi

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine preschool teachers' attitudes towards teaching profession in terms of different variables. The sample of the study consisted of 417 preschool teachers. The Personal Information Form and the Attitude Scale of Teaching Profession were used to collect data. At the end of the study, it was found that the preschool teachers' attitudes toward teaching did not differ according to their genders, ages, years of teaching, number of children in their classroom and whether they participated in an activity related to their profession in last one year. However, their attitudes differed according to the sector and the institution type they worked in, the age group they taught, working status (hourly paid or salaried) and their educational level. Also, the attitude scores of preschool teachers working in private school were higher than their colleagues' working in public schools; the scores of teachers working in nursery classrooms were higher than scores of those working in kindergartens; the scores of teachers who taught six-year olds were higher than and the teachers of age four or mixed age group; the scores of hourly paid teachers were higher than salaried teachers; the scores of preschool teachers graduated from colleges (two-year) were higher than their colleagues' who graduated from school of education (four-year).