COMPARISON OF PERCEPTIONS OF CANDIDATE TEACHERS CONCERNING COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Year 2011, Volume: 6 Issue: 2, 1878 - 1893, 01.03.2011

Emine Eratay

Abstract

The aim of this study is to compare the perceptions about teacher communication skills of candidate teachers with regards to the class grades, department and gender variables. “Teacher Communication Skills Scale”, developed by Çetinkanat (1997) was implemented to a total of 798 students, 492 of which were female and 306 of which were male students while 431 of them were studying at 1 st grade and 367 of them were at 4th grade in different departments in Abant Izzet Baysal University in 2006-2007 spring term. The Cronbach Alfa reliability factor of the scale was found as, .847. The scale has empathy, transparency, equality, efficiency and competency sub-dimension. According to the findings of the study, a meaningful difference was observed in the candidate teachers' perceptions of teacher communication skills at the dimensions of empathy, transparency and competency with regards to the gender; no meaningful difference was determined between the students of first and fourth grades at the sub-dimensions of the scale. When the data of the study were analyzed according to the departments, a meaningful difference was observed in candidate teachers studying at Classroom Teacher Department in the first and fourth grades according to the efficacy dimension of the scale and in the candidate teachers studying at Mathematics Teacher Department in the first and fourth grades according to the equality dimension of the scale. 

Keywords

, Teacher Communication, Candidate Teacher, Teacher Interaction, Teaching Education, Communication