Awareness Levels of Classroom Teachers about Teacher Authonomy (An Example of the Province of Izmir)

Year 2013, Volume: 14 Issue: 3, 79 - 94, 21.03.2014

Püren Üzüm Mehmet Karslı

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the awareness level of classroom teachers about teacher autonomy.
For this purpose, related literature was reviewed and an item pool was prepared from the literature obtained
and was presented to educational sciences and Turkish Language experts to be viewed. After the review of the
experts, some of the items were eliminated and some of them had been rewritten. The participants of the study
were expected to give answers for items given on a scale ranging from Totally Disagree, Disagree, No Idea,
Agree and Totally Agree. The pilot study of the questionnaire was applied to 100 classroom teachers and final
form of questionnaire was shaped. The questionnaires were distributed to 1000 instructors and 779
questionnaires have been returned. Factor analysis was then done to determine the structure validity. Because
of the modular structre of the scale, factor analysis was done seperately for each subtest which can be defined
within the superstructure (Teacher Autonomy) and are relevant in and of themselves. The reliability of the
scale has been analyzed through Cronbach’s Alpha Value and the scale was found to be reliable. It shows
that the scale can be applied to determine the level of awareness of classroom teachers as it applies to teacher
autonomy.

Keywords

Autonomy; teacher autonomy; dimentions of autonomy

Sınıf Öğretmenlerinin Öğretmen Özerkliğine İlişkin Farkındalık Düzeyleri (İzmir İli Örneği)

Abstract

Bu çalışmada sınıf öğretmenlerinin öğretmen özerkliğine ilişkin farkındalık düzeylerini ortaya çıkarılması
amaçlanmıştır. Belirtilen amaçtan yola çıkılarak öncelikli olarak öğretmen özerkliği ile ilgili alanyazın
derinlemesine incelenmiştir. Bu kapsamda ortaya çıkan alanyazından uzman görüşleri sonrası pilot
uygulamaya gidilmiş; geçerlik ve güvenirlik analizi yapılarak “Öğretmen Özerkliği Ölçeği” elde edilmiştir.
Betimsel nitelikte tarama modelindeki araştırmanın uygulaması benzeşik örnekleme ile seçilen ve İzmir
İli’ndeki beş merkez ilçede gerçekleştirilmiştir. 779 sınıf öğretmeninden elde edilen veriler SPSS programında
çözümlenmiştir. Yapılan analizde anlamlı farklılıklar Kruskal Wallis H testi ve Mann Whitney U testi ile test
edilmiştir. Bu araştırma ile elde edilen bulgular doğrultusunda sınıf öğretmenlerinin teknik ve psikolojik
anlamda öğretmen özerkliğine ilişkin farkındalıklarının yüksek; politik anlamda öğretmen özerkliğine ilişkin
farkındalık düzeylerinin orta düzeyde olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.

Keywords

Özerklik; Öğretmen özerkliği; Özerklik boyutları

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