ERIC Number: EJ1273288
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 16
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ISSN: EISSN-1554-5210
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Exploring Pre-Service Teachers' Perceptions about Professional Ethics in Teaching: Do Gender, Major, and Academic Achievement Matter?
International Journal of Progressive Education, v16 n4 p213-228 2020
This study aims to explore whether there is a statistically significant difference in pre-service teachers' perceptions of professional ethics in teaching according to gender, major and academic achievement. The data was collected from 541 conveniently sampled pre-service teachers from seven different majors and four state universities using a 43-item scale developed by the researchers. The data was analyzed using Linear Regression Analysis in R. The results indicated that gender was a significant predictor of pre-service teachers' perceptions of professional ethics in teaching, and that females held significantly more ethical perceptions about the teaching profession compared to the males. The results also indicated that pre-service teachers' majors did not seem to have a significant effect on their ethical perceptions about the teaching profession with the sole exception of classroom teaching. The results further revealed that academic achievement was not a significant predictor of pre-service teachers' perceptions about their profession. However, when gender was used as a covariate, the analysis indicated that teachers' majors were a significant predictor of pre-service teachers' perceptions of professional ethics in teaching. The results further indicated that academic achievement was not a significant predictor of pre-service teachers' perceptions about their profession even when the pre-service teachers' gender and major were controlled.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, College Seniors, Student Attitudes, Professionalism, Ethics, Moral Values, Gender Differences, Majors (Students), Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables, Public Colleges, Foreign Countries, Teaching (Occupation)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey (Ankara)
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