The investigation of the teacher candidates' attitudes towards teaching profession according to their demographic variables (The sample of Maltepe University)

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2012

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

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The purpose of this research is to examine whether teacher candidates' attitudes toward teaching profession differs according to their ages, genders, types of education program, types of high school graduated or not. The sample of the study consists of 176 teacher candidates from different programs: Guidance and Psychological Counseling Program, Elementary Mathematics Education Program, English Language Education Program, Preschool Education Program of Maltepe University, Faculty of Education. To find out teacher candidates' attitudes toward teaching profession, "Attitude Scale towards Teaching Profession" which was developed by Ustuner in 2006 was used and its Cronbach Alpha coefficient was calculated as 0.93. Demographic variables about teacher candidates were gained by using Background Characteristics Survey. Independent sample t-test and Analysis of Variance were used to analyze the data via SPSS. A significant difference was found only between boys and girls in terms of attitude toward teaching profession. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer review under responsibility of Prof. Dr. Huseyin Uzunboylu

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4th World Conference on Educational Sciences (WCES) -- FEB 02-05, 2012 -- Univ Barcelona, Barcelona, SPAIN

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Attitudes towards teaching professions, teacher candidates, demographic variables effects on attitudes of teaching professions

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4TH WORLD CONFERENCE ON EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES (WCES-2012)

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