Research Article

The Educational Beliefs of Pre-Service Teachers as an Important Predictor of Teacher Identity

Volume: 6 Number: 2 December 13, 2019
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The Educational Beliefs of Pre-Service Teachers as an Important Predictor of Teacher Identity

Abstract

This study aims to determine the relationship between the educational beliefs and teacher identity of pre-service teachers from all grade levels of four different departments at Afyon Kocatepe University. Besides, to what extent the educational beliefs predict their teacher identity is also examined. The research is conducted using the correlational survey model. The sample of the study consists of 324 pre-service teachers who are studying in all grades at Afyon Kocatepe University. In the data collection process, “Education Belief Scale” developed by Yılmaz, Altınkurt and Çokluk (2011) and “Early Teacher Identity Measure” developed by Friesen and Besley (2013) and adapted into Turkish by Arpacı and Bardakçı (2015) is used. In line with the findings, the pre-service teachers' dominant educational philosophies are identified as existentialism, progressivism, re-constructionism, perennialism, and essentialism, respectively. There is a significant and positive relationship between educational beliefs and teacher identities, except for essentialist belief. The results suggest that the pre-service teachers' educational beliefs and teacher identities differ significantly in terms of gender, grade and department variables. Additionally, while the prediction model is significant, progressivist educational belief is found out to be the most important dimension in the model that explains the teacher identity. These four educational beliefs, together, account for 23% of the change in teacher identity level of pre-service teachers.  


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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 13, 2019

Submission Date

September 18, 2019

Acceptance Date

December 10, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 6 Number: 2

APA
Eğmir, E., & Çelik, S. (2019). The Educational Beliefs of Pre-Service Teachers as an Important Predictor of Teacher Identity. International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 6(2), 438-451. https://doi.org/10.33200/ijcer.621717
AMA
1.Eğmir E, Çelik S. The Educational Beliefs of Pre-Service Teachers as an Important Predictor of Teacher Identity. International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research. 2019;6(2):438-451. doi:10.33200/ijcer.621717
Chicago
Eğmir, Eray, and Sevcan Çelik. 2019. “The Educational Beliefs of Pre-Service Teachers As an Important Predictor of Teacher Identity”. International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research 6 (2): 438-51. https://doi.org/10.33200/ijcer.621717.
EndNote
Eğmir E, Çelik S (December 1, 2019) The Educational Beliefs of Pre-Service Teachers as an Important Predictor of Teacher Identity. International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research 6 2 438–451.
IEEE
[1]E. Eğmir and S. Çelik, “The Educational Beliefs of Pre-Service Teachers as an Important Predictor of Teacher Identity”, International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 438–451, Dec. 2019, doi: 10.33200/ijcer.621717.
ISNAD
Eğmir, Eray - Çelik, Sevcan. “The Educational Beliefs of Pre-Service Teachers As an Important Predictor of Teacher Identity”. International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research 6/2 (December 1, 2019): 438-451. https://doi.org/10.33200/ijcer.621717.
JAMA
1.Eğmir E, Çelik S. The Educational Beliefs of Pre-Service Teachers as an Important Predictor of Teacher Identity. International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research. 2019;6:438–451.
MLA
Eğmir, Eray, and Sevcan Çelik. “The Educational Beliefs of Pre-Service Teachers As an Important Predictor of Teacher Identity”. International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, vol. 6, no. 2, Dec. 2019, pp. 438-51, doi:10.33200/ijcer.621717.
Vancouver
1.Eray Eğmir, Sevcan Çelik. The Educational Beliefs of Pre-Service Teachers as an Important Predictor of Teacher Identity. International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research. 2019 Dec. 1;6(2):438-51. doi:10.33200/ijcer.621717

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