Teachers' Levels of Dedication and Commitment to Their Professions and Attitudes to Their Professions

Year 2022, Volume: 9 Issue: 5, 1 - 25, 01.09.2022

Ender Faruk Türk Özgen Korkmaz

https://doi.org/10.17275/per.22.101.9.5

Cited By: 2

Abstract

The aim of the study is to examine the relationship between teachers' levels of dedication and commitment to their profession and their attitudes towards the teaching profession. The research was conducted using the relational screening model, one of the quantitative methods. The sample of the study comprised of 477 teachers reached using the easy sampling method. The "Teaching Profession Engagement Scale", "Teaching Profession Dedication Scale" and "Teaching Profession Attitude Scale" were employed with a view to data gathering. In the analysis of the data, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, Anova Pearson r Correlation and regression analyses were performed by using SPSS. As a result of the research, it was determined that the teachers who participated in the research had high levels of professional dedication, professional commitment, and teachers' attitudes towards the profession. It was also found out that female teachers' professional commitment and professional dedication levels are in the sub-dimensions, and their professional attitude levels are higher than those of the males. It was concluded that the levels of professional dedication and professional commitment of the teachers differ according to their seniority, branch, and level of duty, howbeit bear a resemblance in terms of their level of attitude towards their profession. The relationships between teachers' professional dedication, professional commitment sub-factors, and their attitudes towards their profession were scrutinized. It was figured out that teachers' level of commitment to their profession, their level of dedication to their profession and their attitude levels are predictors of each other.

Keywords

Teacher training, Professional dedication, professional commitment, professional attitude

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