Investigation on pre-school teachers'learned resourcefulness and problem solving skills from different institutuions

This study aims to determine the relationship between problem solving skills and the level of learned resourcefulness of pre-primary school teachers and also to find out whether the problem solving skills and learned resourcefulness levels are changing in accordance with demographic variables or not. This study has been conducted in relational survey model and the study group was consisted of 308 pre-primary school teachers who work in Beşiktaş, Güngören, Gaziosmanpaşa, Avcılar, Beylikdüzü, Sarıyer, Zeytinburnu, Bakırköy, Küçükçekmece, Şişli, Bağcılar, Esenler, Bahçelievler, Esenyurt and Kağıthane in 2013-2014 education and training year. Data were collected with "Personal Form" "Problem Solving Inventory" and "Learned Resourcefulness Scale". In the data analysis, t-test, ANOVA, pearson correlation and multiple regression techniques were used. The results showed that there is a significant difference only in the planning approach of problem solving skills according to gender. There is a significant difference only in the impetuous approach of problem solving skills according to age, graduation and tenure. On the other hand there is a significant difference only in the self-confident approach of problem solving skills according to school type. Lastly, there is a significant difference only in the avoidance approach of problem solving skills according to marital status. There is no significant difference in the levels of learned resourcefulness according to gender, age, tenure, graduation, school type and marital status. There is a negative significant relationship between problem solving skills and learned resourcefulness levels of pre-primary school teachers. Problem solving skills, with all sub dimensions, explain ten percent of learned resourcefulness. Key Words: 1. Pre-primary Education 2. Problem Solving Skills 3. Teacher 4. Learned resourcefulness