The aim this qualitative study is to determine current situation of policy on teacher employment model in Turkey from the perspectives of contracted t.
- Pub. date: November 15, 2019
- Pages: 671-682
- 639 Downloads
- 1186 Views
- 8 Citations
The aim this qualitative study is to determine current situation of policy on teacher employment model in Turkey from the perspectives of contracted teachers. The sample of the study consisted of 24 forms and branch teachers who were determined with the method of convenience sampling. The inclusion criterion for the sample was being contracted teachers who were employed in the provinces of Erzurum and Sanliurfa in Turkey in the academic year of 2017-2018. The data of the study was collected by using a semi-structured interview form consisting of open-ended questions. The data was analyzed by using the qualitative research method of content analysis. The findings of the study were discussed under the themes of the objective of contracted teaching, its negative aspects, and the future of the practice and solution recommendations. According to the results of the study, the vast majority of the participants were aware of the objectives of the practice of contracted teaching. The participants thought that the practice provided continuity in instruction-teaching and teachers at the schools they were appointed to. The vast majority of the participants were of the opinion that the practice of contracted teaching led to status discrimination as tenured-contracted teachers, and this reduced their motivations and organizational commitment. They stated that this practice carried negative aspects in terms of postgraduate education and being prospective teachers.
teacher employment models contracted teacher teacher rights teacher problems educational policy
Keywords: Teacher employment models, contracted teacher, teacher rights, teacher problems, educational policy.
References
Akar, H. (2018). The relationships between quality of work life, school alienation, burnout, affective commitment and organizational citizenship: A study on teachers. European Journal of Educational Research,7(2), 169-180.
Altinkurt, Y., & Yilmaz, K. (2012). Ortaogretim okullarinda degerlerle yonetim, orgutsel adalet ve is doyumu arasindaki iliski [The relationship between values and management, organizational justice and job satisfaction in secondary schools]. Sakarya University Journal of Education, 2(4), 50-68.
Arslan, H., Sabah, S., & Goksu, M. Z. (2006). Ilkogretim okullarinda calisan ucretli ogretmenlerin verimliliklerinin arastirilmasi [Investigating the productivity of substitute teachers working in primary schools]. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, (24), 33-43.
Bayram, G. (2010). Differences in teachers’ employment types and the problems it caused: A study based on the views of contracted and substitute teachers working in Ankara, Turkey. International Journal of Educational Policies, 4(2), 19-34.
Beard, K. M., & Edwards, J. R. (1995). Employees at risk: Contingent work and the psychological experience of contingent work. In C. L. Cooper & D. M. Rousseau (Eds.), Trends in organizational behavior (pp. 109-126). New York, NY: Wiley.
Bilir, A. (2011). Turkiye’de ogretmen yetistirmenin tarihsel evrimi ve istihdam politikalari [The historical evolution of teacher training and employment policies in Turkey]. Ankara University Journal of Faculty of Education, 44(2), 223-246.
Blau, P. (1964). Power and exchange in social life. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons.
Buyukozturk, S., Cakmak, E. K., Akgun, O. E., Karadeniz, S., & Demirel, F. (2012). Bilimsel arastirma yontemleri [Research methods] (11st ed.). Ankara, Turkey: Pegem Akademi.
Creswell, J. W. (2016). Nitel arastirma yontemleri: Bes yaklasima gore nitel arastirma ve arastirma deseni [Qualitative inquiry & research design: choosing among five approaches]. (M. Butun & S. B. Demir, Trans. Eds.). Ankara, Turkey: Siyasal.
Celik, Z., & Bozgeyikli, H. (2019). Dunyada ve Turkiye’de ogretmen yetistirme, istihdam ve mesleki gelisim politikalari [Teacher training, employment and professional development policies, in the world and Turkey]. Ankara, Turkey: EBSAM.
Colak Olmez, Z. (2009). Sozlesmeli ogretmenlik uygulamasinin ogretmenler uzerindeki etkilerinin degerlendirilmesi (Trabzon ili ornegi), [Evaluating the effects of contracted teacher employment practice on teachers (Trabzon city case)] (Unpublished master’s thesis). Ondokuzmayis University, Samsun, Turkey.
Demir, S. (2018). Structural capital’s contribution to teacher’s job satisfaction: the mediating role of organizational commitment. International Journal of Educational Methodology , 4(4) , 195-203 . doi: 10.12973/ijem.4.4.195
De Witte, H. (2005). Job insecurity: Review of the international literature on definitions, prevalence, antecedents and consequences. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 31(4), 1-6.
Eun-sook J., Soung-ho, C., & Gyung-eun, L. (2017). Effect of neoliberal education policy on the appointment system of teachers -Focusing on the growth of contracted teachers. Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial Cooperation Society, 18(2), 465-471.
Feather, N. T., & Rauter, K. A. (2004). Organizational citizenship behaviours in relation to job status, job insecurity, organizational commitment and identification, job satisfaction and work values. Journal of occupational and organizational psychology, 77(1), 81-94.
Hoy, W. K., & Miskel, C. G. (2015). Egitim yonetimi [Educational administration]. (Trans. Ed. S. Turan). Ankara, Turkey: Nobel.
Gonulacar, S. (2016). Turkiye’de ogretmen imaji ve itibari uzerine bir inceleme [Examination of the image and reputation of teachers in Turkey]. Ankara, Turkey: Academia.
Gunduz, H. B. (2008). Ogretmenlerin sozlesmeli istihdami ve durumlarina iliskin sozlesmeli ogretmenlerin gorusleri [The opinions of teachers on the contracted employment and status of teachers]. Sakarya Universitesi Egitim Fakultesi Dergisi, 16, 40-60.
Karadeniz, Y., & Demir, S. B. (2011). Sozlesmeli ogretmenlik uygulamasinin degerlendirilmesi [A general assessment of contract teacher application]. Ondokuz Mayis University Journal of Faculty of Education, 29(2), 55-77.
Kim, J. I. (2001). Determinants of contingent workers’ employment: Labor demand approach. Korean Journal of Business, 2(1), 57-76.
Laoire, C. N., & Shelton, N. J. (2003). ‘Contracted out’: Some implications of the casualization of academic labour in geography. Area, 35(1), 92-100. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-4762.00114
Lunenburg, F. C., & Ornstein, A. C. (2013). Egitim yonetimi [Educational administration]. (G. Arastaman, Trans. Ed.). Ankara, Turkey: Nobel.
Mete, Y. A. (2009). Firsat esitligi temelinde ogretmen atama politikalari - nesnel cozumleme / oznel tanikliklar [Teacher assignment policies on the basis of equal opportunity - objective analysis / subjective testimonies] (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey.
Ministry of Development (2018). Kalkinmada oncelikli yoreler [Priority regions in development]. Retrieved from http://www3.kalkinma.gov.tr/PortalDesign/PortalControls/WebContentGosterim.aspx?Enc=51C9D1B02086EAFB7DB6305A3D29BD9B
Ministry of National Education. (2016, August 3). Sozlesmeli ogretmen istihdamina iliskin yonetmelik [Regulation on the employment of contracted teachers]. Retrieved from http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2016/08/20160803-22.htm.
Nar, B. (2008). Gocun egitime ve egitim yonetimine etkileri (Dilovasi ornegi) [The effects of migration on education and educational administration (Dilovasi case)] (Unpublisshed master’s thesis). Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey.
Official Gazette (2019, July 5). 30822 numbered official gazette. Retrieved from http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2019/07/20190705-1.htm.
Olebe, M. (2010). Helping new teachers enter and stay in the profession. The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 78(4), 158-163.
Organ, D. W. (1988). Organizational citizenship behavior: The good soldier syndrome. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books.
Patton, M. Q. (2014). Nitel arastirma ve degerlendirme yontemleri [Qualitative evaluation and research methods]. (M. Butun & S. B. Demir, Trans. Eds.) Ankara, Turkey: Pegem Akademi.
Podsakoff, P. M., Ahearne, M., & MacKenzie, S. B. (1997). Organizational citizenship behavior and the quantity and quality of work group performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 82(2), 262.
Reupert, A., Wilkinson, J., & Galloway, L. (2010). Neither fish nor fowl: Exploring seconded and contracted teachers’ experiences of the university sector. The Australian Educational Researcher, 37(3), 39-55.
Richard, V., & Belanger, M. (2018). Accepting research: teachers' representations of participation in educational research projects. International Journal of Educational Methodology, 4(2), 61-73. https://doi.org/10.12973/ijem.4.2.61
Sezgin, F., Kosar, D., Kosar, S., & Er, E. (2016). Liselerde akademik basarisizlik: Nedenleri ve onlenmesine iliskin ogretmen ve okul yoneticilerinin gorusleri. [Teachers’ and school administrators’ views on reasons and prevention of academic failure in high schools]. Inonu University Journal of Faculty of Education, 17(1), 95-111.
Sezgin Nartgun, S. (2008). Aday ogretmenlerin gozuyle millî egitim bakanligina bagli egitim kurumlarina ogretmen atama esaslari [Candidate teachers’ views on the criteria of appointment to ministry of national education institutions]. Abant Izzet Baysal University Journal of Faculty of Education, 8(2), 47-58.
Sezgin Nartgun, S., & Menep, I. (2010). Ilkogretim okullarinda gorev yapan ogretmenlerin orgutsel bagliliga iliskin algi duzeylerinin incelenmesi: Sirnak/Idil ornegi [The analysis of perception levels of elementary school teachers with regard to organizational commitment]. International Journal of Humanities, ,7(1), 288-316.
Soydan, T. (2012). Egitimin yapisal donusumu baglaminda ogretmenlerin istihdami: istihdam bicimi farkliliklari uzerine ogretmen ve yonetici goruslerine dayali bir arastirma [Teachers’ employment in the context of the structural transformation of education: a research based on the teachers’ and managers’ views about the employment type differences]. Trakya University Journal of Faculty of Education 2(2), 1-13.
Strauss, A., & Corbin, J. (1998). Basics of qualitative research: Techniques and procedures for developing grounded theory (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Sahin, I. (2011). Ogretmen adaylarinin ogretmen istihdami ve mesleki geleceklerine iliskin gorusleri [Prospective teachers’ ideas about teacher recruitment and their professional future]. Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice/ Kuram ve Uygulamada Egitim Bilimleri, 11(3), 1167-1184.
Taskaya, S, M., Turhan, M., & Yetkin, R. (2015). Kirsal kesimde gorev yapan sinif ogretmenlerinin sorunlari (Agri ili ornegi). [Problems of primary school teachers working in rural areas (Agri city case)]. International Journal Of Eurasia Social Sciences, 6(18), 198-210.
Tuncer, M. (2012). Turkiye’deki kadrosuz ogretmen istihdaminin kadrosuz istihdam edilen ogretmen goruslerine gore degerlendirilmesi [According to the views of non-contracted teachers' evaluation of the employment of noncontracted employed in Turkey]. Gaziantep University Journal of Social Siences, 11(3), 797-818.
Uygun, S. (2005). Turkiye’de gecici ogretmen istihdami sorunu [Temporary teacher employment problem in Turkey]. XIV. International Conference on Educational Sciences, Pamukkale University Journal of Faculty of Education (pp. 589-595). Denizli, Turkey: Ani.
Van Dyne, L., & Ang, S. (1998). Organizational citizenship behavior of contingent workers in Singapore. Academy of management Journal, 41(6), 692-703.
Yahaya, M. (2018). Bazi gelismis ulkeler ile Nijer’de sinif ogretmenlerinin egitimi ve istihdami konusunda karsilastirmali bir analiz [A comparative analysis of the education and employment of primary school teachers in some developed countries and in Niger] (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Yildirim, A. & Simsek, H. (2008). Sosyal bilimlerde nitel arastirma yontemleri [Qualitative research methods in social sciences] (7th ed.). Ankara, Turkey: Seckin.