مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - DETERMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CANDIDATE TEACHERS’ THINKING STYLES AND PERSONALITIES

Abstract :

Nowadays, one of the important issues is that exhibition of prospective teacher characteristics truly in teacher education. Recently, teachers personalities traits and thinking styles has been started to investigate from lots of researchers. It is also important issue whether these characteristics of teachers are relate with or not. The aim of the research to determine the relationship between teachers’ personality and thinking style. This study is quantitative study which correlational survey model. Data tools are Thinking Style Inventory (TSI) which consists of 94 items were prepared base of five type likert scale adapted from Sünbül (2004) and Five Factor Personality Inventory (PI) which consists of 42 items were prepared base of five type likert scale. The data obtained from 120 student teachers Bulent Ecevit University Eregli Faculty of Education, deparment of primary education mathematic, preschool, class and science and technology teacher at autumn term 2011-2012. SPSS. statistical program was used to data analysis. The collected data were evaluated by frequency, percentage, t-test, ANOVA and Pearson moments multiplication correlation analysis. As a result of the research to determine that students teachers’ thinking styles and personality traits did not differ from for age, gender and deparment. However, it was found out relationship between student teachers’ thinking styles and personality several subdimensions.