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A STUDY TO DEVELOP A SCALE FOR PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS’ DEMOCRATIC TENDENCY
Authors: Sait AKBAŞLI, Tuğba YANPAR YELKEN, Önder SÜNBÜL
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The purpose of this study is develop a scale to determine the democratic tendency of
prospective teachers. To achieve this aim, various theoretical sources were analysed by
consulting the experts in the field and the items of the scale were formed. The study group
consists of 537 prospective teachers of 3rd
and 4 th
grade, attending the Faculty of Education,
Mersin University. Upon the analysis, it was seen that the scale had a structure of one
dimension with four components. The components are the democratic level of prospective
teachers, the democratic approach to students, Class management and freedom of expression.
The Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient is .74 for the scale and the reliability coefficients for
the components are .83, .76, .61 and .62 respectively. These results indicate that the scale has
sufficient validity and reliability