Investigation Personality Traits of Teachers who Work in Mainstream Schools and in Schools for Children with Learning Difficulties/Disabilities According to some Variables
Journal Title: International Journal of Social Sciences and Education - Year 2016, Vol 6, Issue 2
Abstract
The aim of present study was to investigate the personality traits of teachers who work in mainstream schools and in schools for children with learning difficulties and/or disabilities(SEN) according to some variables. This study included the teachers who worked during academic year in Kutahya and other cities in Turkey. A total of 340 teachers, 174 worked in SEN schools and 166 worked in mainstream schools, were participated voluntarily. ‟Personal Information Form” prepared by the investigator and ‟Eysenck Personality Questionnaire” were used to collect information of teachers. As a statistical method, SPSS packet programme was used to analyze the data at the level of α= 0.05 meaningfulness. In order to determine whether the personality traits of teachers differ with respect to the variables of age, gender, marital status, exercise and school type; independent samples t-test and One-way ANOVA were employed. For the differences between groups, Tukey HSD was performed as the second level test. The results of this study showed that there were found significant differences in personality trait points of teachers according to age groups, gender, marital status and exercise, while there were no found significant difference regarding to school type. Eventually, it was concluded that teachers in this study generally tended to show more extrovert behavior and less psychotic behavior in all personality tests.
Authors and Affiliations
Elif Top, Mehmet Acet, Arslan Kalkavan, Demet Ozturk
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