İlköğretim okulu öğretmenlerinin okulun değişime açıklığı ile değişim kapasitesi algıları arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi

Bu çalışmanın amacı, ilköğretim okullarında görev yapan öğretmenlerin algılarına göre okulun değişime açıklığı ile değişim kapasitesi arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesidir. Araştırma, ilişkisel tarama modelinde desenlenmiş betimsel bir çalışmadır. Araştırmaya, Samsun ilinde bulunan ilköğretim okullarında görev yapan öğretmenlerden oluşan 599 kişilik bir grup katılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda, okul müdürlerinin ve öğretmenlerin değişime açıklığının, okulun değişim kapasitesinin bütün alt boyutlarının anlamlı yordayıcıları olduğu görülmüştür. Okul değişim kapasitesinin alt boyutlarından paylaşılan vizyonun en güçlü yordayıcısı okul müdürünün değişime açıklığı; iş birliği ve kişisel ustalığın en güçlü yordayıcısı ise öğretmenlerin değişime açıklığıdır. Araştırma sonucunda okullarda değişimin sürdürülebilir bir şekilde ele alınmasını sağlamak açısından, okulun vizyon geliştirme süreçlerinde öğretmenlerin etkin katılımını sağlayan, öğretmenler arasında iş birliğini artıran ve öğretmenlerin mesleki gelişimlerine olanak tanıyan bir yapıya kavuşmasının önemli olduğu belirtilmiştir.

Examining the relationships between primary school teachers perceptions on school openness to change and school change capacity

This study seeks to explore the relationships between primary school teachers’ perceptions on school openness to change and school change capacity. A total of 599 teachers employed in 20 primary schools in central districts of Samsun participated in this correlational study designed in survey model. Results demonstrated that school principals’ and teachers’ openness to change were significant predictors of all sub-scales of change capacity. School principals’ openness to change was the strongest predictor of shared vision while teachers’ openness to change was the strongest predictor of collaboration and personal mastery. Some suggestions such as encouraging teachers on participating school’s vision building, improving collaboration and making teachers professional development enable in order to create sustainable change capacity in schools were presented in the light of research results.

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