The Relationship between Teacher Candidates’ Emotional Intelligence Level, Leadership Styles and Their Academic Success
Abstract
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Purpose: The personal characteristics as well as professional
competencies of teachers are important in the formation of changes in student
behaviors. This article
examines the relation between emotional intelligence level, teacher
leadership style and academic success of teacher candidates who are studying
in a Pedagogical Teacher Education Program. Research Methods: A descriptive
survey model is used in this study. The research group consisted of 80
teacher candidates determined by a random sampling method among teacher
candidates who studying in a pedagogical teacher education program in a
private University. The data collection tool of the study was a survey form
which included questions demographic information and used to determine “Emotional
Intelligence Scale” (EIS) and “Teacher Leadership Styles Scale. In the
analysis of data acquired from the study; variance analysis, correlation
analysis and regression analysis are used. Findings: The findings suggested that there is a positive, medium-level
significant relation between optimism sub-dimension of emotional intelligence
and teacher leadership styles; a negative, medium-level significant relation
in expression of emotions, no statistically significant relation between the Utilisation
of Emotions, Emotional Intelligence total points and teacher leadership styles. Furthermore, no statistically significant relation
is found between EIS points, teacher leadership styles and the academic
success of teacher candidates. Implications for Research and Practice: The pedagogical teacher education process of developing teacher candidates’
personality traits to assist them in serving as role models to students, in
addition to gaining professional competencies during pre-service education,
will be analysed and recorded in accordance with the study’s results. |
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Füsun Yıldızbaş
This is me
Publication Date
December 15, 2016
Submission Date
December 15, 2016
Acceptance Date
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Published in Issue
Year 2016 Volume: 16 Number: 67