Analyzing student teachers’ level of avoding uncertainty in terms of some variables
Abstract
Avoiding uncertainty is an important part of cultural classifications of the societies in relation to the tolerance level for coping with uncertainty in the societies. The level of avoiding uncer-tainty which is defined as the disturbance level felt in dilemmas or uncertain, unknown and complicated conditions which create uncertainty for the individuals in the societies, organiza-tions and institutions influences the behaviors, attitudes and preferences of the individuals within the society. Being one of the organizations which aim to maintain the societies, educa-tional organizations are influenced by the society’s general level of avoiding uncertainty. The purpose of this research is to analyze the student teachers’ levels of avoiding uncertainty based on some variables. The research is a descriptive study which is based on general scanning model. The sample group of the research consists of 366 student teachers among the students of Nec-mettin Erbakan University Ahmet Keleşoğlu Faculty of Education in 2015-2016 academic year. The ‘Avoiding Uncertainty Survey’ which was developed by Korkut and Keskin (2015) and consists of 16 articles was used as the data collecting tool. In the data analysis, descriptive statistics, percentage, frequency, t-test, One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used. As a result of the analyses, the general arithmetic average regarding the participants’ levels of avoiding uncertainty was found as (Middle Level). No significant difference could be found in terms of gender, grade and department variables. Suggestions were developed based on the find-ings.
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