Professional Qualification Scale for Pre-service Teachers

Abstract

Teacher education is an important component of the education system and aims to improve the teaching skills of prospective teachers. The teaching skills of pre-service teachers are closely related to their professional qualifications. The present study attempts to develop a valid, reliable, multidimensional measurement tool for assessing the perceptions of pre-service teachers about their professional qualifications. The study was designed in survey model and 247 pre-service teachers participated in the study. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were performed for data analysis. Research results reveal that the developed "Professional Qualification Scale for Pre-service Teachers" is a valid and reliable tool with 0,94 Cronbach alpha value to measure the perception of the pre-service teachers about their competencies. It examines teacher qualifications under 6 dimensions as: Following and Assessing Teaching and Development, Program and Content Knowledge, Personal and Professional Values, School-Family Relations, Professional Development and School Environment.

Sinif Öğretmenleri̇ni̇n Eği̇ti̇me İnanma Düzeyleri̇ İle Mesleki̇ Moti̇vasyon Faktörleri̇ Arasindaki̇ İli̇şki̇

“…Meslek olup olmadığı ile ilgili tartışmalara rağmen (Toprakçı, 2009;Yengin-Sarpkaya & Altun, 2021) öğretmenlik, asıl amacı olan yetiştirme ve yönlendirme faaliyetini verimli ve etkili bir şekilde sürdürebilmek için eğitim alanında toplumsal, bireysel ve kurumsal ihtiyaçlara cevap verebilecek yeterliliklere sahip olmak zorundadır. Bu yeterliliklerin yürütülen eğitsel faaliyetler bağlamında başarıya ulaşacağına ve önemine inanmaları da öğretmenleri mesleki ve eğitsel açıdan yüksek performanslı çalışanlara dönüştürebilir.…”

“…Despite the debate about whether it professional or not (Toprakçı, 2009;Yengin-Sarpkaya & Altun, 2021), the teaching should have the competencies to meet the social, individual and institutional needs in the field of education in order to carry on the training and guiding activity, which is its main purpose, in an efficient and effective way. Teachers' believing that these competencies are important and that they will be achieved in the context of educational activities can turn them into high-performing employees in terms of professional and educational aspects.…”