Preliminary communication
An International Perspective on the Teacher Qualities Issue: the Case of Croatia and Turkey
Višnja Rajić
; Faculty of Teacher Education University of Zagreb
Tugba Hosgorur
; Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi
Maja Drvodelić
; Faculty of Teacher Education University of Zagreb
Abstract
It is a well-known fact that the quality of the education system depends greatly on the quality of the teacher (Buchanan, 2012). Therefore, it is clear that it is important for prospective teachers to develop competences and qualities necessary for their future profession in the course of their education. This paper aims to find out how prospective teachers from Croatia and Turkey evaluate the importance and required level of personal and professional qualities. This research was conducted on a sample of 1004 prospective primary school teachers attending the first and final year of study (500 from Croatia and 504 from Turkey). The results show that Croatian prospective teachers evaluate personal and professional qualities as significantly more important, and that they believe to have higher possession of these qualities than their Turkish colleagues. Overall, prospective teachers in their final year of study evaluate that they have significantly more developed professional skills than their first year colleagues.
Keywords
personal teacher qualities; professional teacher qualities; prospective teachers; teacher education
Hrčak ID:
137850
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Publication date:
31.3.2015.
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