Value Orientations of Candidate Teachers in Knowledge Society
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Problem
Statement:
Enormous changes over the last decades have led to evolving roles of schools,
teachers and education itself. This new era of a knowledge society has
broadened boundaries of schools, education and learning. Thus, the variables
involved in education demand exploration. One of the essential components of
education is the teacher. Various characteristics of teachers have been
examined. In recent years, teachers’ values have been one of the topics
explored by educational researchers.
Purpose
of the Study: The purpose of this study was to examine
candidate teachers’ values in a knowledge society and to determine whether
their scores on values types differed according to a set of independent
variables.
Method: Participants in this study were 192
students at Nigde University, Education Faculty. The sample consisted of 108
females (56.3%) and 84 males (43.8%). The Value Scale was used to measure value
orientation of the participants. Data were collected using the “Values Scale.”
This self-report instrument consists of 38 items scored on a five-point Likert
scale. The Values Scale has three sub-scales. Traditional, universal and
hedonistic values subscales were determined based on a review of the literature
related to values in a knowledge society. Data were analyzed using the
Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS), version 22.
Findings:
The findings
showed that candidate teachers had high scores on traditional, universal and
hedonistic values. Results showed significant gender difference in scores on
traditional and hedonistic values. Significant differences in traditional
values were found according to candidate teachers’ place of longest residence.
Candidate teachers’ scores on value subscales differed according to whether or
not they were involved in political activism. Candidate teachers’ scores on
traditional, universal and hedonistic values did not differ significantly
according to the other independent variables applied in the study.
Conclusion and
Recommendations: Overall, the findings of this study were
unique. Therefore, more work
with diverse populations and assessment instruments is required in order to
further clarify relationships between candidate
teachers’ values and a variety of independent variables
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
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Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Yayımlanma Tarihi
15 Aralık 2016
Gönderilme Tarihi
15 Aralık 2016
Kabul Tarihi
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Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2016 Cilt: 16 Sayı: 66