Examining Philosophy of Education and Lifelong Learning Tendencies in Future Educators

Authors : Meltem İpek Oner

Pages : 1-33

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Publication Date : 2023-12-27

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The purpose of this study is to determine the correlations between prospective teachers’ educational philosophy and lifelong learning tendencies. It is also to find out if such properties differed significantly in terms of gender, year of study, field of study, the will to pursue post-graduate education, the willingness to participate in activities such as courses, seminars, symposiums, related to personal and professional development, following research and articles related to the field and the beliefs regarding the suitability for teaching profession. Participants in this study were 116 prospective teachers from a private university in İstanbul, Turkey. Data were gathered through Lifelong Learning Tendency Scale (Diker-Coskun,2009) and Educational Philosophy Tendency Scale (Aytaç& Uyangör, 2020). The collected data were analyzed with the 22.0 software package of the SPSS program. The results of the study were discussed within the scope of the relevant literature. Key words: Lifelong learning, lifelong learning tendency, educational philosophy, perennialism, essentialism, progressivism, reconstructionism
Keywords : Lifelong learning, lifelong learning tendency, educational philosophy, perennialism, essentialism, progressivism, reconstructionism