مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - EXAMINATION OF THE PRIMARY TEACHER CANDIDATES’ SPECIAL FIELD COMPETENCE PERCEPTIONS AS TO DIFFERENT VARIABLES

Abstract :

Because of the primary school teachers are responsible for a few courses, they are seperated from the other branch teachers in terms of their proficiency. This situation requires the class teachers should have the competences depending on the understanding of multi-discipline and interdisciplinary. Thus, identification of the framework of these competences and determination of the factors affecting these competences has a great importance. The aim of this study is to analyse the primary school teacher canditates’ perception of particular field competencies in terms of gender, sequence of selecting the department, the status of being a member of day time education and evening education, general academic average as well as reveal the relationships between the perceptions of proficiency. 188 teacher candidates studying at Mustafa Kemal University, Department of Primary School Teaching constitute the sample of the research. The Primary Teaching Special Content-Knowledge Competence Scale that is developed by the researchers in form of five-item likert-type consisted of 39 items and 8 factors, is used for data collection. According to the results of the research, primary school candidate teachers perceptions regarding adequacy of special content-knowledge does not diifer as to gender; there is no significant difference between the points given by the candidates considering their department preference; there is a significant difference in favor of day time education when the candidates’ status of being a member of day time education and evening education, is consideres. Finally, a significant difference is also determined between mean scores of the said candidates as to their academical achievement. The primary school candidate teachers’ perception level appears to be at “ sufficient” level in general and the relationship between the points of proficiency perception that arose in the positive direction as being at average and high level, is found meaningful.