Teachers' Perceptions Related to Characteristics of a Professional Environment for Teaching

Autor/inn/en	Sahin, Mehmet; White, Arthur L.
Titel	Teachers' Perceptions Related to Characteristics of a Professional Environment for Teaching
Quelle	In: EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 11 (2015) 3, (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-8223
DOI	10.12973/eurasia.2015.1348a
Schlagwörter	Teacher Attitudes; Student Teacher Attitudes; Science Teachers; Mathematics Teachers; Professional Development; Teaching Conditions; Teacher Placement; Instructional Program Divisions; Teacher Surveys; Componential Analysis; Educational Resources; Recognition (Achievement); Professional Recognition; Correlation; Regression (Statistics); Academic Degrees; Educational Change; Expectation; Teacher Effectiveness; Factor Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrerverhalten; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Mathematics; Mathematik; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; Bildungsmittel; Soziale Anerkennung; Korrelation; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Bildungsreform; Expectancy; Erwartung; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Faktorenanalyse
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to determine pre-service and in-service science and mathematics teachers' perceptions of the characteristics of a professional teaching environment. The study further investigated the relationships of field placement contexts and grade levels on pre-service teachers' perceptions of importance and availability of certain aspects of a professional teaching environment. The teacher perceptions were assessed using the Professional Environment for Teaching Survey (PETS). The responses reflecting the teacher perceptions of importance were subjected to a principal component analysis and two components were identified. These were Resources for Teaching and Recognition of Teacher Contributions. Data obtained from pre-service teachers who (were) enrolled in a graduate teacher education licensure program at a large Midwestern university and from in-service teachers who were mentors for the pre-service teachers. Correlation and forward stepwise multiple regression analyses of the data suggested that the perceptions of importance and/or availability of those pre-service or in-service teachers with more experience were related to the academic degree they held and the content that they were teaching or expecting to teach. Results for the in-service and preservice teachers' perceptions were discussed in terms of characteristics of a professional teaching environment. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01