The Relationship between Competencies of Teachers Towards Students with Learning Disabilities, Their Resources of Self-Efficacy and Positive Teaching Skills Cover Image

Öğretmenlerin Öğrenme Güçlüğü Yaşayan Öğrencilere Yönelik Yeterlikleri, Öz Yeterlik Kaynakları ve Pozitif Öğretmenlik Becerileri Arasındaki İlişki
The Relationship between Competencies of Teachers Towards Students with Learning Disabilities, Their Resources of Self-Efficacy and Positive Teaching Skills

Author(s): Emre Oğuz, Ayşegül Ulutas, Ramazan İnci, Burcu Coşanay, Mine Ayanoğlu, Cihangir Kaçmaz, Mehmet Akif Kay
Subject(s): Psychology, School education, Educational Psychology, Inclusive Education / Inclusion, Sociology of Education
Published by: Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü
Keywords: Learning disability; Self-efficacy; Positive teaching; Teacher;

Summary/Abstract: Today, the education of children with learning disabilities has become a social issue. There are few studies on this subject in Turkey. This study aims to investigate the relationship between competencies of teachers towards students with learning disabilities, their self-efficacy resources of and positive teaching skills. The study group of the research, which is designed as quantitative research, consists of 317 teachers working in 25 official primary schools and 10 private primary schools. The Teacher Competencies towards Students with Learning Disabilities Scale, the Positive Teacher Scale and Self- Efficacy Resources Scale were used for data collection. Descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation coefficients were used to analyze the data. As a result, a positive, moderate and significant relationship was found between the teachers' positive attitudes and creating a flow during the course, consideration, motivation, focus on the lesson, and attention gathering.

  • Issue Year: 18/2020
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 205-218
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Turkish