International Journal of Educational Research Review

Abstract

Teaching is a very important profession that touches the lives of all students, and therefore all people, and shapes their behaviors at every stage of life and at all levels of education, both inside and outside the school. However, especially in Turkey and in the Turkish education system, not enough care is taken in the selection of both the teachers who undertake such an important task and the prospective teachers who are placed in education faculties for pre-service training, and merit, ability and aptitude for the profession are largely ignored. Both YGS, which selects and places candidates, and KPSS, which is the basis for teacher appointments, are based on the measurement of only certain cognitive behaviors. Attitude, interest, ability, skill, talent, aptitude, understanding, predisposition, etc., which constitute the essence of the teaching profession and make its performance successful, are not taken into account. This situation causes individuals who are unqualified, incompetent, incompetent, who do not like people, who do not find their profession valuable, to unconsciously turn to the teaching profession and cause state resources and efforts to be wasted and wasted. The result of this is an undeveloped society with low national income that is not equipped with the desired behaviors. Therefore, the main purpose of this research is to prepare a valid and reliable measurement tool based on adjectives to determine the predisposition of individuals to the teaching profession, and in this way, to contribute both to the conscious choice of individuals to the teaching profession and to the authority to make purchases from the right sources. The study population of the research consisted of 467 faculty members with a doctorate degree or higher in the field of educational sciences working in a total of 115 universities in Turkey, including state and foundation universities that train teachers. While content, face and construct validity (EFA and CFA) were examined in the context of validity study, Cronbach alpha and Spearman Brown internal consistency calculations were made in the context of reliability study. The measurement tool, which was designed with 63 adjective expressions in the first stage, was finalized as 15 adjective expressions with a single factor as a result of the analyzes, and the model created was tested with CFA and it was confirmed that it showed good fit indices. The Cronbach's Alpha reliability coefficient was found to be 0.98 and the Split Test reliability coefficient was 0.97. The results of the study show that the scale is appropriate, valid and reliable for use in determining the predisposition of individuals to the teaching profession. It is recommended to be used by all stakeholders of education (individuals, counselors, schools, faculties, institutions/MEB, YÖK, etc.) when necessary.