A comparison of Turkish and german mathematics Teachers’ Values: A gender perspective

Bu çalışma, “Türkiye ve Almanya’da Matematik Öğretiminde Değerler" adlı projeden elde edilen verilere dayanmaktadır ve matematik öğretmenlerinin değerlerinin üzerinde cinsiyetin ve milliyetin etkisinin olup olmadığını incelemiştir. Çalışma, nicel yönteme dayalı betimsel bir çalışmadır. Çalışmanın katılımcıları, 33 Türk ve 27 Alman matematik öğretmenidir. Analizler, betimsel ve yordayıcı istatistikleri içermektedir. Etki büyüklüğü değerleri de hesaplanmıştır. Sonuçlar, (1) cinsiyet ve milliyet grupları arasındaki etkileşim etkisinin anlamlı olmadığını; (2) cinsiyet için temel etkinin istatistiksel olarak anlamlı olmadığını ve (3) milliyet için temel etkinin istatistiksel olarak anlamlı olduğunu göstermiştir.

Türk ve Alman matematik öğretmenlerinin değerlerinin karşılaştırılması: Cinsiyet perspektifi

This research was based on the data obtained from “Values in Mathematics Teaching in Turkey and Germany” [VMTG] project and it has examined whether gender and nationality influence values of mathematics teachers. The methodology used in this research was a descriptive quantitative method. The participants of the study were twenty-seven German and thirty-three Turkish mathematics teachers. Data analysis involved both descriptive and inferential statistics. Effect sizes were also calculated. The findings revealed that: (1) the interaction effect between nationality and gender group was not statistically significant; (2) the main effect for gender did not reach statistical significance; and (3) there was a statistically significant main effect for nationality.

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