Comparison of the level of motivation and depression of the students within for improving professional and technical training

In this thesis, what is aimed is the comparison of the level of motivation and depression of the students within the project for improving professional and technical training , which was put into practice in our country in 2002, with the level of motivation and depression of the students who were not included in the project.The study was carried out in Istanbul with the participation of 270 students. 180 of them were the 11th class students, some of whom were excluded from the MEGEP project in the 2nd term of 2006-2007 academic year, and 90 of them were the 10th class students who were included in the MEGEP project. In the study, scanning method was used and an anticipation scale of the MEGEP project was developed in the three pilot schools which practised the MEGEP project. In the very beginning while the scale was being developed a pool of questions was formed. Secondly, with the aid of instructors all of these questions were turned into a questionnaire that was considered to serve the purpose of the scale the best. After that, the effectiveness of the scale was tested on 249 students. Consequently, for the test after test method the effectiveness and reliability of the scale was performed together with 200 participant students.Then, totally 270 students , who were randomly chosen in the schools where the anticipation scale of the MEGEP project was developed , were asked the questions in the questionnaire in order to determine their socio-economic and socio-cultural way of life. This process was followed by another one in which Beck Depression Inventory, Academic Motivation Scale and the anticipation scale of the MEGEP project were all applied to the students to observe how new projects in education would affect the level of motivation and depression of students. Using the 12.0 version of SPSS programme the data which was attained was analysed by T Test, One Way Variance Analysis and Pearson Correlation Coefficient. The whole data was presented in tables in accordance with the purpose of this study and it was aimed to explain the effects of new projects in education on the level of morale motivation and depression of students.Key Words: MEGEP, professional training, technical training, motivation, depression