The Examination of Pre-school Teacher Candidates’ Academic Locus of Control  Levels According to Gender and Grade

dc.creator	Hakan Sarıçam
dc.creator	Ayşe Duran
dc.creator	Mehmet Çardak
dc.creator	Medera HALMATOV
dc.date	2012-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:05:06Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:05:06Z
dc.identifier	2146-7951
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/ff957c50b98c4a2ba05d4f1d529af285
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/9540
dc.description	The aim of this study is to examine the level of academic locus of control of the students who study pre-school education program. The sample of study is 329 students selected randomly in Faculty of Education from a mid-sized state University. In the study, Personal Information Form and Academic Locus of Control Scale prepared by researchers were used. Academic Locus of Control Scale includes two sub-dimensions; internal locus of control and external locus of control. Independent samples t test was used to show differences between variables and sub-dimensions. According to findings, there is a significant difference between scores of internal and external locus of control of females and scores of internal and external locus of control of males. Whereas the average score of external locus of control of female is lower than male’, point average of internal locus of control of female is high. There is a significant difference between scores of internal and external locus of control of 1stgrade students and scores of internal and external locus of control of 4stgrade students. According to results, females find themselves in origin of success and males attribute the success to other causes. In conclusion, before teaching their students to find the origin of success in themselves, candidates of preschool teacher should learn that they are the origin of success.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Mevlana University Educational Faculty
dc.relation	http://mije.mevlana.edu.tr/archieve/issue_2_2/6_mije_12_14_volume_2_issue_2_page_67_74.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2146-7951
dc.source	Mevlana International Journal of Education, Vol 2, Iss 2, Pp 67-74 (2012)
dc.subject	Academic locus of control
dc.subject	achievement
dc.subject	pre-school teacher
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	The Examination of Pre-school Teacher Candidates’ Academic Locus of Control Levels According to Gender and Grade
dc.type	article