Analysis of the Views of Preschool Teachers on Their Professional Work

Abstract

The general objective of the present study was to assess the views of pre-school teachers on their professional work.Since the research aimed to describe the current status of professional work, it was designed with the survey model.The study group included 105 pre-school teachers determined with the single-stage sampling method. The data werecollected with Views on Professional Work Questionnaire for teachers (MEB, 2006). The data obtained in the studywere analyzed using the SPSS 21.0 software. The Mann-Whitney U-Test and the Independent Samples t-Test wereused to compare the differences between the quantitative data when there are two groups, and one-way ANOVA wasused to compare the group parameters between more than two groups. The study results demonstrated that the viewsof pre-school teachers on professional work were at a good level in terms of both the beginning and the end of theyear professional work and the fulfillment of teachers’ needs by the professional work. However, the views ofpre-school teachers on the beginning and the end of the year professional work and the fulfillment of teachers’ needsby the professional work did not demonstrate a significant difference based on gender, seniority in the teachingprofession, place of employment and participation in activities on vocational studies during the previous three yearsvariables.