Investigation of the Accountability of Special Education Teachers

Abstract

The general purpose of this research is; The aim of this study is to determine the perceptions of the special education teachers in the Istanbul province of Europe in relation to special education classes, special education application centers, special education business application schools and guidance research centers. The universe of the research consists of special education classes, special education application centers, special education business application schools and special education teachers working in guidance research centers in the province of Istanbul in 2017-2018 academic year. The sample is 377 teachers working in a randomly selected special education field working in Istanbul province near Europe. Teachers will be selected from volunteers who want to participate. The screening model was used in the study. The data collection tool of the study consists of two parts. In the first part, questionnaires were used to obtain personal information of the teachers. In the second part, the Accountability Scale was used to determine perceptions of teachers' accountability levels. In the accountability dimension, there are four sub-dimensions: duty and responsibility, communication, anticipation and obstacle. The study data were analyzed by using SPSS package program. Percentage, frequency, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, Mann Whitney U test, Kruskal Walles analysis and Pearson correlation analysis were used in the analysis of the data. It is concluded that the perceptions of women working in private education institutions are higher than they are about accountability. In the subscale of tasks and responsibilities with employment, subscale of communication and subscale of expectants, the average score of the paid teachers was higher than that of the permanent teachers. A statistically significant difference was found between teachers' level of education variables and communication. This difference was found to be among teachers with associate - undergraduate education level. The communication average scores of the associate degree teachers were found higher.