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The Relationship between Academic Optimism Levels of Schools and Their Levels of Openness to Change
Abstract
The sample of this survey study consisted of 605 teachers (208 female and 397 male). It aims to
determine the relationship between academic optimism levels of schools and their levels of openness to change and
to detect whether those differ on selected variables such as gender, subject matter taught, teaching experience, and
school type, number of teachers and students in school, and type of school graduated. Data were collected through
the “Personal Information Form”, “Academic Optimism Scale of Schools” and “Openness to Change Scale of
Schools”. Findings indicated that schools’ levels of academic optimism and openness to change differed
significantly on gender, subject matter taught, school type, number of teachers and students in school. It was also
found out that there was a positive and moderate level relationship between schools’ levels of academic optimism
and openness to change. Academic optimism was also a significant predictor of openness to change. To conclude, it
can reasonably be asserted that efforts to higher academic optimism levels of schools can higher their levels of
openness to change.
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English
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Authors
Çağlar Çağlar
This is me
Publication Date
March 1, 2014
Submission Date
March 1, 2014
Acceptance Date
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Published in Issue
Year 1970 Volume: 7 Number: 1