Regression Analysis of Value Preferences for Liking Children Attitude of Primary and Secondary Education Teacher Candidates

Abstract

The main purpose of the research is to determine the degree to which the value preferences of the teacher candidates predicts their liking children attitudes. In this research, "Dilmaç and Arıcak Values Scale" developed by Dilmaç and Arıcak (2012) was used to determine the value orientations of teacher candidates and "Barnett Liking of Children Scale (BLOCS)" developed by Barnett and Sinisi (1990) was used to determine liking children attitudes. The study group of the research which is in the screening model constitutes 264 teacher candidates who are studying at Ahmet Keleşoğlu Education Faculty of Necmettin Erbakan University in 2012-2013 school year. The data were analyzed by SPSS 18.0 statistical package program.

According to the findings of the research, it is found that there are significant differences in social, career and intellectual values according to gender; in the values of spiritual, materialistic, human dignity, romance, freedom, futuwwa and the scores obtained from Barnett Children's Love Scale show no significant differences according to gender. It is found that there is no significant difference according to the department in the values of social, career, intellectual, spiritual, materialistic, romantic, freedom, futuwwa values and the scores obtained from Barnett Child Love Scale but only in the human dignity value there is a significant difference. According to age variable; there is a negative meaningful relationship between age and social, career values sub-dimensions and positive meaningful relationship between age and romantic values sub-dimension. Regression analysis revealed that subscales of social, career, intellectual, spiritual, human dignity, freedom, and futuwwa values are found to be important predictors of children liking attitudes of teacher candidates.

Keywords: Children Liking, Value