Analysis of the branch teachers' empathic tendency levels in terms of different variables (Avcılar sample)

This research was written in order to analyze the branch teachers' empathic tendency levels in terms of different variables.. As is known, people are trained to have a terminal behavioral change. It is of vital importance that people are trained to move along the way opened by the life itself successfully, and to become individuals that are beneficial to themselves and to the society. When receiving this training, the most important resource they benefit from, particularly in primary and secondary education, is teachers that are the cornerstones of education. While giving education, teachers motivate their students; organize the environmental factors, determine the level of readiness, confront their students with the proper instruments, and tutor them by various educational methods and techniques. However, most importantly, they communicate with them. A teacher's professional success not only depends on his/her expression skill, but also on his/her communication and empathy skill. Teachers' empathic tendencies will eventually reveal the communication status realized by them inside and outside the organization. These status show us the quality of communication realized by them in their professional and daily lives. With this study, it has been aimed to determine according to which variables teachers' empathic tendency levels differ. Research Objective People have an emotional aspect along with the mental one. Just as they cannot give up their minds, they also cannot give up their emotions. They just try to control some emotions. Alongside their fund of knowledge, emotional aspects of teachers that train and shape others, must be analyzed and investigated. In this thesis, an answer will be sought for the issue that, as a result of which variables teacher's emotional aspects are shaped. To this end, the relationship between the teachers' sociodemographic characteristics (gender, age, marital status), their characteristics related to the professional life (educational status, seniority, branch and professional satisfaction) were compared in terms of their empathic tendency levels. Sub-Problems Sub-problems of this research consist of 8 articles in total. The research was created by the data acquired from the personal information form. Population and Sampling Population of this research, consists of all the teachers working in the official schools affiliated to The Ministry of Education located in Avcılar District of Istanbul Province within 2015-2016 academic year. The sampling involves 3 secondary schools selected from Avcılar District of Istanbul Province, by simple random sampling method. Surveys were delivered to the teachers working in the schools, and necessary explanations were made. Data Collection Conceptual framework of this research was created by the literature review acquired from domestic and foreign resources. In order to acquire data, a demographic information form and an Empathic Tendency Scale were used. Demographic information form consists of 8 questions (ANNEX-I). These questions are related to gender, age, marital status, educational status, seniority, branch, and professional satisfaction. Another scale is Empathic tendency scale and it consists of 20 articles.(ANNEX-II) Findings 57 (57%) out of 100 teachers included in the research sample, was comprised of female teachers, and 43 (43%) was male teachers. 29 (29%) out of 100 teachers was in the age range of 20-30; 50 (50%) was in the age range of 31-40; 16 (16%) was in the age range of 41-40; and 5 (5%) was in the age range of 51-60. 77 (77%) out of 100 teachers included in the research sample was married, and 23 (23%) was single. While 92 (92%) out of 100 teachers included in the research sample had bachelor's degree, the remaining 8 (8%) had master's degree. Teachers who had the doctoral degree, were not included in the research sample. It was observed that; 56 (56%) out of 100 teachers included in the research sample has 1-10 years of seniority, 30 (30%) had 11-20 years of seniority, 14 (14%) had 21 over 21 years of seniority. It was found out that 7 (7%) out of 100 teachers included in the research sample was Gym Teacher, 6 (6%) was Religious Culture and Moral Knowledge Teacher, 11 (11%) was Science and Technology Teacher, 6 (6%) was Visual Arts Teacher, 14 (14%) was English Teacher, 18 (18%) was Math Teacher, 3 (3%) was Music Teacher, 2 (2%) was Guidance Counselor, 12 (12%) was Social Sciences Teacher, 4 (4%) was Technology and Design Teacher, and 17 (17%) was Turkish Teacher. . It was found out that; while 85 (85%) out of 100 teachers included in the research sample was satisfied with teaching profession, 15 (15%) was not. 87 (87%) out of 100 teachers included in the research sample had chosen the teaching profession willingly. And 13 (13%) had chosen it unwillingly.