An examination of the relationship between the counselling qualifications and the classroom management skills of pre-school teachers

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between the counselling qualifications and the classroom management skills of pre-school teachers. The relational screening model has been used in the design of the research. The research has been conducted with a total of 170 pre-school teachers serving in Istanbul in the 2018 academic year, of whom 159 are women and 11 are men. Measurement tools used in the research are the Scale for the Counselling Qualifications of Pre-School Teachers and the Scale for the Classroom Management of Pre-School Teachers. The Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient and the Simple Linear Regression have been used in the analysis of the data. According to the obtained results, it was observed that a meaningful relationship exists between the counselling qualifications and the classroom management skills of pre-school teachers. In addition, a meaningful relationship also exists with respect to the sub dimensions of both scales. As a result of the simple linear regression analysis, it was seen that the counselling qualifications of the pre-school teachers accounted for 38% of the change in the classroom management skills of the pre-school teachers. In addition, it was determined that the counselling qualifications of pre-school teachers constituted a meaningful precursor to their classroom management skills.

Keywords

• Okul öncesi öğretmeni
• Rehberlik yeterlilikleri
• Sınıf yönetimi