Scaling of Ideal Teachers Characteristics with Pairwise Comparison Judgments According to Pre-service Teachers Opinions

Authors : Metin YAŞAR

Pages : 130-145

Doi:10.21449/ijate.369233

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Publication Date : 2018-01-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :In this study, scaling the characteristics that should be found in an ideal teacher according to the pre-service teachers by using the pairwise comparison method was aimed. Thirteen characteristics that an ideal teacher should have were given to 211 pre-service teachers in the working group, and these 13 properties were first asked to be considered as a whole, and then each property was asked to be compared to another property, one by one, to prefer one property to another. The research data were obtained from 211 pre-service teachers in fall semester of the 2015-2016 academic year. The data were scaled according to the pairwise comparison method. According to the findings obtained, when the characteristics were aligned from the most important characteristic that an ideal teacher should have according to the pre-service teachers to the most unimportant one, it was determined that; he/she should have an intellectual personality insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(U10); should have a sense of humor insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(U7);, should be open to being criticized insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(U2);, should be motivating insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(U1);, should have a smiling expression insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(U5);, should have a good usage of diction insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(U8);, should be trustworthy insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(U3);, should be creative insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(U6);, should be a researcher insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(U9);, should use teaching techniques well insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(U10);, should give importance to the students insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(U4);, should have good communication skills insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(U9);, should keep the distance with the students insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(U12);.
Keywords : Scaling, Pairwise Comparison, Teacher Characteristics