Investigating the Role of Commitment and Professional Ethics on Primary Teachers' Attitudes toward Personalizing the Learning Process

Background: Paying attention to personalization of learning process in educational systems is of special importance. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to determine the role of commitment and professional ethics on teachers' attitudes toward personalizing the learning process. Method: The method of the present study was descriptive and correlational that was performed on 195 primary school teachers in Ghaen. Samples were selected by cluster sampling. To collect data from three standard questionnaires; Professional commitment, professional ethics and teachers' attitudes toward personalizing the learning process were used and the data were analyzed using SPSS_18 software and coefficient statistical tests. Multiple regression and Pearson correlation coefficient were analyzed. Results: The results showed that professional commitment with an average of 3.97 ± 0.098, professional ethics with an average of 5.26 ± 0.082 and teachers' attitudes toward personalizing the learning process with an average of 4.13 ± 0.064 above average. Professional ethics explains 15% of the variance of professional commitment and 25% of the variance of teachers' attitudes toward personalizing the learning process; Professional commitment also explains 37% of the variance changes in teachers' attitudes toward personalizing the learning process. Conclusion: Commitment and professional ethics improve teachers' attitudes toward personalizing the learning process. On the other hand, professional ethics provides the basis for improving the professional commitment of teachers. Therefore, organizational managers can improve their attitude towards personalization of the learning process by promoting the commitment and ethics of teachers' professions, and thus provide the basis for improving the efficiency of the educational system.