Comparing Turkish and Pakistani teachers' professionalism

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2018

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Oceania Comparative & Int Education Soc

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info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess

Özet

The purpose of this study was to compare perceptions of teaching professionalism by Turkish and Pakistani teachers. The study used a quantitative, non-intervention, descriptive survey design. The research sample was 315 teachers from Turkey and 202 from Pakistan. The teacher professionalism (TP) scale used to collect data included 46 items, two of which were negative, which examine nine dimension of teaching professionalism (alpha reliability coefficient = 0.93 abd TP scale showing a total variance of 58.96%). Results of the composite professionalism scale revealed that the teachers in Pakistan had more significant positive/higher perception of professionalism than the teachers in Turkey. Comparisons of the sub-dimensions of the TP scale revealed that Pakistani teachers had more positive/higher perceptions in five of the nine sub-dimensions, whereas only one sub-dimension was positive/higher for teachers in Turkey. In Pakistan, male teachers had more positive/higher perceptions of professionalism than female teachers. Other findings showed that there was no significant difference between the Turkish and Pakistani teachers according to school type.

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WOS: 000437732500001

Anahtar Kelimeler

Teachers, professionalism, Turkey, Pakistan

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International Education Journal-Comparative Perspectives

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N/A

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Q3

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17

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2

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