An Investigation of the Relationship Between Social Entrepreneurship Levels of Pre-Service Primary School Teachers and Their Social Values

Abstract

This study seeks to investigate the relationship between social entrepreneurship levels of pre-service primary school teachers and their social values. The research was designed in descriptive survey model. The research was conducted with the participation of 488 pre-service primary school teachers. “Social Entrepreneurship Scale” developed by Konaklı and Göğüş (2013) and “Multi-dimensional Social Values Scale” developed by Bolat (2013) were used as the data collection tools. The data were analyzed through descriptive statistics and t-test while the unrelated samples were analyzed through one-way analysis of variance. Also, the relationship between the variables was analyzed by using regression analysis. The results of the analyses reveal that there is a statistically significant difference among the pre-service primary school teachers’ social entrepreneurship and social values scale scores in terms of the variables of gender and class. When the rest of the variables are considered, there is a statistically insignificant difference among the scores.  The relationship between social entrepreneurship levels of the participants and their social values scores is statistically significant. The social entrepreneurship score of an individual and their social values score are correlated. As the social entrepreneurship score increases, so does the score of social values. When one analyzes – by using regression coefficient – the level of impact social entrepreneurship creates on the variable of social values; in other words, how definable the social values become by means of social entrepreneurship, it can be observed that there is a medium-level variability, i.e., social entrepreneurship is a medium-level significant predictor of social values.

Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship, Social Values, Primary School Teachers, Pre-Service Teachers