Perceptions of principals towards lifelong learning

dc.creator	Deniz Özcan,
dc.creator	Hüseyin Uzunboylu
dc.date	2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:19:42Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:19:42Z
dc.identifier	1305-9076
dc.identifier	1305-905X
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/bdaaa53465364ecd85ca144094c0879b
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/19838
dc.description	This study investigated principals’ perceptions of competence towards lifelong learning. Lifelong learning competence scalewas administered to 42 school principals tasking in the primary schools in Nicosia. 52.4% of the participants were female, and47.6 % of them were male in order to find out their perceptions of competence regarding lifelong learning. The results of thestudy showed that school principals’ general perceptions of competence towards lifelong learning are nearly high. However,principals’ genders influenced their competence perceptions towards lifelong learning. Female principals perceivedthemselves more competent than the male principals in terms of “decision making”. Moreover, the results also indicatedthat principals’ seniorities influenced their general perceptions of competence towards lifelong learning. Furthermore, theprincipals whose seniorities were between 11-15 years had more positive perceptions of competence towards lifelonglearning. Moreover, school principals’ education levels had an impact on their general perceptions of competence towardslifelong learning in general. Principals having master’s degree perceived themselves more competent than the teachershaving bachelor’s degree.
dc.language	English
dc.language	Turskish
dc.publisher	World Education, Science, Research and Counseling Center
dc.relation	http://www.world-education-center.org/index.php/cjes/article/view/7.3.1/7.3.1
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1305-9076
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1305-905X
dc.rights	CC BY-NC
dc.source	Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences , Vol 7, Iss 3, Pp 148-157 (2012)
dc.subject	Lifelong learning
dc.subject	learning
dc.subject	principals
dc.subject	perceptions
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Perceptions of principals towards lifelong learning
dc.type	article