Exploring the Relationship between Teachers' Locus of Control with Different Variables

Autor/in	Kiral, Bilgen
Titel	Exploring the Relationship between Teachers' Locus of Control with Different Variables
Quelle	In: Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 14 (2019) 2, S.88-104 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1949-4289
Schlagwörter	Locus of Control; High School Teachers; Foreign Countries; Teacher Characteristics; Gender Differences; Marital Status; Age Differences; Specialization; Teaching Experience; Institutional Characteristics; Socioeconomic Status; Educational Attainment; High Schools; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Teacher; Teachers; Oberschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Ausland; Geschlechterkonflikt; Familienstand; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Arbeitsteilige Spezialisierung; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Türkei
Abstract	The research was conducted with 335 Anatolian high school teachers working in Aydin province during 2015-2016 academic year to investigate the relationship between teachers' locus of control and different variables. "Multidimensional Locus of Control Scale" was used in the research which is one of the quantitative research methods. The research findings showed that teachers mostly exhibited internal locus of control and this was followed by external and chance locus of control. There was no significant difference in the locus of control according to teachers' gender, marital status, length of service at that school and love the profession. The teachers' locus of control showed significant difference according to age, seniority, teaching specialty and socio-economic status of the school. Based on these findings, the research signified the important of aware raising activities to increase teachers' internal locus of control and delivering practice-based training to teachers through the support of academics working in his field. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Association of Educators. Egitim Fakultesi Dekanligi, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale 17100, Turkey. e-mail: secretary@inased.org; Web site: http://inased.org/epasad/english/index.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01