ERIC Number: EJ1192525
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Publication Date: 2018
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Relationship between Individual Social Responsibilities and Personal Values of Teacher Candidates
Saracaloglu, Asuman Seda; Gerçeker, Ceren Saygi
International Education Studies, v11 n10 p64-77 2018
The aim of this study is to reveal the relationship between individual social responsibilities and personal values of primary school and music teacher candidates on the basis of gender, school grade and department variables. Survey model among quantitative methods was used in the research. The research sample consist of 162 (69.8%) primary school teacher candidates and 70 (30.2%) music teacher candidates receiving education in Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Education. 146 (62.9%) of the participants are female, and 86 (37.1%) were male teacher candidates. Also 104 (44.8%) freshman and 128 (55.2%) senior students were joined into the research. Questionnaire on Individual Social Responsibility and Questionnaire on Personal values were used as data collection tools. SPSS 21.00 statistics software was used for data analysis. Due to the normal distribution of data, t-test and one-way analysis of variance were conducted, then Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated and regression analysis was performed. According to the obtained findings, personal values total scores of the participating teacher candidates did not significantly differ based on their gender and department, whereas they significantly differed in a school-grade based evaluation. The individual social responsibility total scores of the teacher candidates did not show a statistically significant difference on the basis of gender. Individual social responsibility levels were found to differ significantly based on school grade and department variables. Statistically significant positive and low level (between 0.18 and 0.39) correlations were found between the teacher candidates' social responsibilities and academic average and personal values subscales.
Descriptors: Social Responsibility, Preservice Teachers, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Music Teachers, Values, Gender Differences, Intellectual Disciplines, Instructional Program Divisions
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