Abstract :
This study aims to show induction problems of classroom teachers in their first year. Sample of the study included randomly selected 149 classroom teachers. The research data were gathered through questionnaire. The data was analyzed by mean, frequency, and Mann-Whitney U Test. The results showed that teachers had problems about writing objectives, lecturing in crowded classrooms, providing training materials, using appropriate methods for handicapped students, keeping student records regularly, setting good relations with inspectors and gaining professional assistance, and support from school administrators during their induction period. There was no relation between gender and having problems in their first year. On the other hand, there was relation between educational backgrounds and problems the teachers had in their first year. Graduates from different faculties have been recruited as teacher in Turkey for years. Therefore, this paper is supposed to contribute the literature by demonstrating the quality difference between the teachers who recruited from different resources.
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Induction period , professional problems , teacher , school.
