- Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi Ereğli Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi
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Personality traits, communication skills and science teaching self-efficacy beliefs of preservice primary school teachers
Authors : Yasemin BÜYÜKŞAHİN
Pages : 59-72
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Publication Date : 2023-06-24
Article Type : Research Article
Abstract :An effective curriculum requires teachers, as practitioners, to have field competencies, effective communication skills, positive beliefs, attitudes and personality traits. Accordingly, it was aimed in this study to identify the personality traits, communication skills and science teaching self-efficacy beliefs of preservice primary school teachers and to reveal their relationships with each other. For this purpose, the correlational research model was preferred among the quantitative research methods, and the bivariate spearmen test was used in the data analysis. The study sample consisted of 234 preservice primary school teachers. The research findings have revealed significant and moderate positive correlations between communication skills and the sub-dimensions of personality traits including extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience, and a significant weak negative correlation between communication skills and the neuroticism sub-dimension of personality traits. Moreover, it has been observed that communication skills have positive correlations with science teaching self-efficacy beliefs as well as its sub-dimensions, self-efficacy and outcome expectancy. The significant correlations with science teaching self-efficacy beliefs and self-efficacy are moderate, whereas the one with outcome expectancy is weak. Furthermore, science teaching self-efficacy belief has a significant weak positive relationship with personality traits including extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience, yet an insignificant negative relationship with neuroticism. As a result of the findings, it is recommended that practices to enhance communication skills should be integrated into the primary school teacher training program for teachers with high science self-efficacy perception, and personality traits should be identified while selecting a department.Keywords : sınıf öğretmeni adayları, fen öz yeterlik algısı, iletişim becerileri, kişilik özellikleri