Education faculty students' tendencies and beliefs about the teacher's role in education: A case study in a Turkish University


Demirbolat A. O.

TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION, vol.22, no.8, pp.1068-1083, 2006 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 22 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.tate.2006.04.020
  • Journal Name: TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1068-1083
  • Gazi University Affiliated: No

Abstract

This study aims at determining the tendencies of teacher candidates in a Turkish university concerning static (institutional) versus innovative (democratic and global) teacher roles, along with the relation between these roles and explanatory variables. The study covers 419 teacher candidates from the Turkish, mathematics, humanities, sciences and class teaching areas.