The effect of Enneagram personality types in-service training on teachers' student knowledge qualification

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of Enneagram personality types in-service training on teachers' competence to recognize students. Pre-test post-test control group experimental design was used in the study. The sample of the study consisted of 24 teachers working in public schools in Beylikdüzü district of Istanbul province who volunteered to participate in the in-service training. As data collection tools, "Teachers' Competence Scale for Recognizing Students", "Enneagram Personality Scale" developed and "Personal Information Form" created by the researcher to determine demographic characteristics were used. SPSS 22.00 for Windows package program was used for data analysis. Independent samples t-test was used to determine the equivalence of the experimental and control group participants. In order to measure the effect of the training on the student recognition competence of the experimental group participants, dependent groups t-test was used for the pre-test and post-test scores. At the end of the study, it was found that Enneagram in-service training had a positive, significant and significant effect on the student recognition competence of the experimental group participants. It was determined that there was no change in the student recognition competencies of the control group participants.