Abstract
Examination of the Primary Teachers Candidates' Special Field Competence Perceptions in Terms of Varied Variables
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, it has a great importance to put forward the framework of these competences and determine the factors affecting these competences. The aim of this study is to analyse the primary school teacher canditates perception of particular field in terms of gender, sequences of selecting the department, the statue of being a member of day time education and evening education, general academic average and put forward the relationships between the perception of proficiency. 188 student teachers, studing at the Department of Primary School Teaching Mustafa Kemal University constitutes the sample of the research. In the research, as the tool of collecting data developing by the researchers, Primary Teaching Special Content-Knowledge Competence Scale, five-item likert-type consisting of 39 items and 8 factors, is used. The scale is constituted from two parts as being the personal information belong to teaher canditates and the items relating to special field competences. According to the research results; primary school teachers' perception of adequacy of private space does not change for gender, there is no significant difference between the points for the ranking of the candidates prefer to section, according to candidates being day time and evening education there is a significant difference in favor of day time education and for academic achievement it has been found to be a significant difference between the mean scores. The primary school teachers’ perception level in general is seen at the “ sufficient” level and it is put forward that the relationship between the points of proficiency perception, at the positive direction at average and high level, is meaningful.
Keywords
Primary teachers, special field competences, teacher education, academic achievement, gender.