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PERCEIVED QUALITY OF TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN TURKEY: BASIC ISSUES AND THEIR APPLICATION TO TURKISH PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

Gok, Enes (2013) PERCEIVED QUALITY OF TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN TURKEY: BASIC ISSUES AND THEIR APPLICATION TO TURKISH PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)

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The Turkish education system has confronted radical changes over the last few years, as well as problems associated with it. In this context, the Turkish teacher education system attracts a lot of attention due to its role as the main teacher provider. Specifically, the quality of the teachers and the programs used to train them are being questioned. The biggest barrier to resolve these questions is a lack of consensus on the definition of "quality," and the purpose of the general research design is to bring together various perspectives and examine them individually in relation to the quality of Teacher Education Programs (TEPs). Due to time limitations, this dissertation examines only the embedded perceptions of key academic stakeholders regarding academic quality.
A survey was administered to 31 academic administrators, 80 faculty members and 569 students, and 14 follow-up interviews were conducted. The main research method is quantitative, and uses the Multinomial Probit and Ordered Probit models discussed by Long and Freese (2006) for analysis. Qualitative data from the interviews is then used to provide detail. Using Harvey and Green typology (1993), a stakeholder model was created, and perspectives on quality were categorized into three general quality views associated with stakeholder groups: the Public View, the Management View and the Academic View.
In phase 1, findings revealed that while key academic stakeholders generally agreed on the importance of these three perspectives with high ratings, on their number one choice 75% considered the Academic View the most important. There was no significant difference between administrators and students, or between faculty and students. Phase 2 revealed some statistically significant relationships between the participants' academic positions —academic administrator, faculty member or student — and their level of agreement with the three academic quality components: Student Quality, Faculty Quality, and Curriculum Quality. Findings also revealed some significant relationships between participants’ academic positions and their number one choice among the three academic quality components. Follow-up interviews revealed that participants had varying explanations for their number one choices.


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Item Type: University of Pittsburgh ETD
Status: Unpublished
Creators/Authors:
CreatorsEmailPitt UsernameORCID
Gok, Enesenesgok@gmail.com
ETD Committee:
TitleMemberEmail AddressPitt UsernameORCID
Committee ChairWeidman, John Cweidman@pitt.eduWEIDMAN
Committee MemberJacob, W. Jameswjacob@pitt.eduWJACOB
Committee MemberShafiq, M. Najeebmnshafiq@pitt.eduMNSHAFIQ
Committee MemberMyers, John jpmyers@fsu.edu
Date: 30 August 2013
Date Type: Publication
Defense Date: 16 April 2013
Approval Date: 30 August 2013
Submission Date: 31 July 2013
Access Restriction: No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately.
Number of Pages: 160
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Schools and Programs: School of Education > Administrative and Policy Studies
Degree: EdD - Doctor of Education
Thesis Type: Doctoral Dissertation
Refereed: Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords: Teacher Education, Quality, Academic Quality,Higher Education, Turkey, General Stakeholder Model, Relative Scale Model, Ordered Probit, Multinomial Probit, Stata, Survey, Quantitative, Qualitative
Date Deposited: 30 Aug 2013 18:59
Last Modified: 15 Nov 2016 14:14
URI: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/19530

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