An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Committees of Teachers According to the Teachers’ Views, Ankara Province Sample

Abstract

AbstractAchieving the required success in the education is possible by conducting the educational processes with a participant and common endeavor more than an individual effort. On this account, it is important to drive the committees of teachers effectively for the efficiency of the educational activities implemented at the schools. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the committees of teachers, hold in Ankara, based on the views of the teachers and to identify the basic problems with solution recommendations. 1549 teachers, work in 25 different districts of Ankara, were the sample of the study. The views of the participant teachers about committees of teachers were modified by the survey method. A 5-point likert scale was used as a data collection tool. Also 3 open ended items were added to the survey form in order to determine the original ideas of the teachers and the answers of these questions were evaluated by the content analysis method.Considering the findings of the study, it was come to a conclusion that, the committees of teachers were hold actively according to the related by-laws; however the problem-focused atmospheres of the committees overshadows the effectiveness of the committees. Participant teachers also declared that the waving aside the results of the committees by the concerned authorized units, the existence of some shortages in the educational processes as the main reasons that frustrate the reflection of the resolutions brought up in the committees.