%0 Journal Article
%T THE BEHAVIOUR OF TEACHER THE COMPLIANCE LEVEL TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE PUBLIC PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
%A Do£¿. Dr. Erdal TOPRAKCI
%A Ar£¿.Grv.Ebru BOZPOLAT
%A Ar£¿.Grv.Serkan BULDUR
%J e-International Journal of Educational Research
%D 2010
%I e-International Journal of Educational Research
%X Purpose: This study searches the obedience level and also reasons of primary school teacher¡¯s behaviors to the ethical principles which are set forth in ¡°Regulations about The Public Servants Ethical Behavior Principles and its Application RulesMethod: Survey method was used in this study, carried out in two phases using both qualitative and quantitative data collection instruments. In the first phase, the articles of relevant Regulation were converted into a survey having 18 items with 5 choices each. The survey was considered as being valid since it was converted from a legal document. Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient was found as 0,89. Obedience levels of teacher¡¯s behaviors to the ethical principles set forth in the regulation were analyzed in terms of different variables. Data was analyzed using t-test and one way Analysis of variance (ANOVA) tests. In the second step qualitative data were collected through open-ended questions to explore the reasons why the interviewees gave those answers. Qualitative data was analyzed using content analysis. The research group of this study is 301 teachers who work in the schools of Sivas, urban area.Findings: The most general striking finding of the study is that teacher behaviors have been found at obedient ¡°very much level. Regarding this result, it is possible to claim that teacher behaviors are not obedient to the public work ethic principles at an expected level. On the other hand, the appropriateness of teacher¡¯s behaviors to the ethical item ¡°as far as I have seen so far, teachers inform the officials concerning the violations and irregularities of other teachers related with their profession and teaching process was found as ¡°medium level; yet to the other items founds as ¡°much level. According to the one way variance analysis results, in the appropriateness of teacher behaviors to the ethical principles, meaningful differences were found at (p<0,05) level between the teachers having longer period of work experience and different socio-economic level variables. Data collected via qualitative means showed that different answers were given for the obedience reasons of each ethical principle.Results and Suggestions: Implications of this study indicate that teachers do not obey any ethical principles at ¡°very much level. It was also found out that they obeyed at ¡°medium level to the principle of informing the officials concerning the violations and irregularities; this was proven with the data gained through qualitative means, as well. Bearing in mind that it is impossible to designate a supervisor for
%K Ethichs
%K Ethichs in education
%K Teacher¡¯s ethics
%K Professional ethichs.
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