A Scale Development Study to Measure Secondary School Teachers’ Opinions On Coaching Behaviours
Abstract
Purpose: Coaching is an approach that enables individuals to realize their own potential and strengths, to increase their awareness, to find themselves, and that encourages and supports the process of fulfilling goals by balancing different spheres of life. Adoption and implementation of coaching philosophy also have great importance in terms of teachers’ relationship with students.
In
this study, it was aimed to identify the opinions of high school teachers on
adoption and implementation of coaching behaviors according to the variables of
gender, age, education level, branch, status of
participating in coaching training,
conferences or seminars, and status of considering the display of coaching
behavior significantly.
Method: The study
was designed as a descriptive survey model study and employed the quantitative
research method. The sample of the study composed of 362 teachers in total who
worked in high schools located in districts of Ankara, in 2017-2018 academic
year.
Findings: Teachers
adopted all of the sub-dimensions of coaching behaviors, yet they were
incompetent in terms of implementation. Female participants demonstrated a
significant difference in terms of adoption and implementation of coaching
behaviors. Significant differences occurred in the adoption and implementation
status of the ones who participated in coaching seminars or conferences and
considered the display of coaching behavior significant. In addition, there was
a significant difference in vocational education high school teachers’ adoption
and implementation levels of the dimension “enabling coachees to make choices
according to their core values” in comparison to teachers of other branches.
Keywords
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Publication Date
January 20, 2019
Submission Date
January 20, 2019
Acceptance Date
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Published in Issue
Year 2019 Volume: 19 Number: 79