Examination of Pre-Service Primary School Teachers' Levels of Cultural Capital by CHAID Analysis

Year 2025, Volume: 18 Issue: 2, 197 - 218, 25.04.2025

Burcu Sel , Nilgün Dağ

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to determine the cultural capital levels of pre-service primary school teachers; to examine the variables affecting their cultural capital levels and the level of influence of these variables. The study group of research, in which relational research model was used, consists of 449 pre-service primary school teachers. Cultural Capital Scale were used as data collection tools and CHAID analysis was used for data analysis. According to the results obtained, it was determined that the cultural capital competencies of the pre-service primary school teachers were at "high" level; the most important variable predicting the cultural capital competency levels was "the place where life was spent until university education"; the most important variable predicting the cultural capital competency levels of the pre-service primary school teachers who spent their life in the province and district until university education was "the number of siblings"; the most important variable predicting the cultural capital levels of the pre-service primary school teachers who had no siblings, 1,2,3 and 4 siblings was "mother's education level".

Keywords

CHAID analysis, cultural capital, habitus

Ethical Statement

Within the scope of the research, the use of both the Personal Information Form and the Cultural Capital Scale was approved by the decision of the Mersin University Social and Human Sciences Ethics Committee (07.02.2023-473), and the necessary permission.

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