ERIC Number: EJ827675
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Feb
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Assessing In-Service Teachers' Instructional Beliefs about Student-Centered Education: A Turkish Perspective
Isikoglu, Nesrin; Basturk, Ramazan; Karaca, Feyyaz
Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, v25 n2 p350-356 Feb 2009
The main purpose of this research is to examine in-service teachers' instructional beliefs about student-centered education. The inventory was designed to measure teachers' student-centered educational beliefs based on four components of the educational curriculum comprising of educational objectives, content, teaching strategies and instructional assessment. Data for the study were collected from 307 in-service teachers working at K-8 schools. A quantitative research analysis showed that in-service teachers held positive beliefs about student-centered education. In addition, the characteristics of teachers such as school level, teaching experience, teaching subject and educational background had statistically significant effects on their beliefs about student-centered education. (Contains 7 tables.)
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Teaching Methods, Beliefs, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Characteristics, Curriculum Design, Student Centered Curriculum
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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