A Research On Analyzıng School Executıves' Inclinations Related To Movements of Education Philosophies

Ismail Eraslan

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Abstract: This study analyzes perspectives of primary, secondary and high school executives affiliated to Turkish Trabzon Directorate of National Education, on ideas of education philosophy. 100 school executives officiating in the province of Trabzon participated in the research. Data were collected through a scale involving a total of 40 principles related to philosophical movements of prennialism, essentialism, progressivisim and re-constructionism. The KMO (Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin) value of the scale has been determined as 0,87 and the Cronbach alpha, 0,73. In addition, the data acquired from the research concluded the reliability coefficient of the scale as 0,78. The data were analyzed using the SPSS computer program and their frequencies and percentages were analyzed. It has been observed in the research results, that school executives held a positive attribute towards the philosophical movements of prennialism, essentialism, progressivisim and re-constructionism.

Keywords: school executives' inclinations; prennialism; essentialism; progressivisim; re-constructionism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-02
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Published in International Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Research and Review 3.2(2014): pp. 203-224

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