An investigation on levels of the emphatic tendencies of classroom teachers

Abstract

The purpose of this reseach study is to investigate the empathic tendencies of classroom teachers according to some certain variables.  Total field under survey is 1257 classroom teachers working in Düzce Province in 2009-2010. Samples consist of 307 classroom teachers, gathered through basic random sampling in the field under survey. Personal Information Form and Empathic Tendency Scale is used in the research. .05 statistical significance level is observed in the analysis of the data. A t-test method is applied for independent samples in order to determine whether the empathic tendencies of primary school classroom tearchers change in relation to gender, civil status, willingness to chose to become classroom teacher, satisfaction from their job. One-Way Anova analysis is applied for independent samples in order to determine whether the empathic tendencies of primary school classroom tearchers change in relation to length of service, where they live. Results show that gender has a statistically significant effect on the empathic tendencies of primary school classroom tearchers. The average point of female classroom teachers' empathic tendencies is observed higher than male teachers' empathic tendencies. Results show that civil status, willingness to chose to become classroom teacher, satisfaction from their job, length of service and where they live have no statistically significant effect on the empathic tendencies of primary school classroom tearchers.