Examination of preschool teachers' critical thinking attitudes and locus of control

The main purpose of the study is to examine preschool teachers' attitudes towards critical thinking and locus of control. For this purpose, the differences between teachers' critical thinking attitudes and locus of control according to demographic factors (age, gender, tenure, education level) and the relationship between critical thinking attitudes and locus of control were also investigated. The study group of the research consists of 224 preschool teachers. The Critical Thinking Attitude Scale used in the study was developed by Yılmaz Özelçi (2012), and the Locus of Control Scale was developed by Dağ (2002). Personal Information Form was used to determine the demographic characteristics of preschool teachers. Preschool teachers' critical thinking attitudes and locus of control; showed significant differences according to age, tenure and educational status variables.