The causes of resistance to changes by teachers in schools

Authors

  • Gizem Gürses Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı
  • Mehmet Akif Helvacı Uşak University

Keywords:

Teacher, school administrator, change, resistance to change, maniging change

Abstract

This study aims to determine the causes of resistance to changes by teachers who work at state elementary schools of Directorate of National Education in İzmir according to the views of teachers. This study was conducted as a survey and it is a descriptive study. The population of this study consists of 18770 teachers who work in 796 elementary schools in İzmir, districts and villages of İzmir during 2009-2010 education periods. The sample of this study consists of 750 teachers who work in 96 elementary schools chosen randomly in the same city center, districts and villages in İzmir. Research findings indicate that of the causes of resistance in elementary schools lack of knowledge about the process of change and unwillingness to get new duties, roles and responsibilities by the teachers is “moderate”. In addition, the research indicates that the resistance is “high” when it is related to the capacity deficiencies of the school and the resistance level is “low” when it is related to the fear of suffering from change and the schools administrators’ inability to manage the change.

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Author Biographies

Gizem Gürses, Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı

Gradute: Uşak University Education Faculty Turkish Language Dep.

Master:  Uşak University Social Science Inst. Primary Education Dep.

 

Mehmet Akif Helvacı, Uşak University

Gradute: Ankara University Eductaional Science Dpt. Educational Administration Branche

Master: Afyon Kocatepe Unv. Social Science Institute

PhD : Ankara University Eductaional Science Institute. Educational Administration Branche

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Published

2011-05-04

How to Cite

Gürses, G., & Helvacı, M. A. (2011). The causes of resistance to changes by teachers in schools. Journal of Human Sciences, 8(1), 1540–1563. Retrieved from https://www.j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/1798

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2011)

Section

Educational Administration and Management

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Uluslararası İnsan Bilimleri Dergisi ISSN:1303-5134
International Journal of Human Sciences ISSN:2458-9489
 
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