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ABSTRACT
ANALYSIS OF THE EMPATHY AND THE CRITICAL THINKING
DISPOSITION OF THE TEACHER CANDIDATES
Öznur EKİNCİ
MA Thesis, Department of Educational Sciences
Supervisor: Dr. Birsel AYBEK
June 2009, 79 pages
In this research, It is examined that whether there is a significant difference
between the dependent variations, like teacher candidates’ critical thinking and
empathy inclinations and the independent variations, like their branches, years, genders,
parents’ educational levels and percieved socio-economic status .
The Pupils from the Faculty of Education in Cukurova University consist the
universe of this study. 671 teacher candidates were selected randomly to participate in
the examination. California Critical Thinking Inclination (CCTDI), which is invented
by Kökdemir in 2003 and The Scale of Educational Empathy (EEÖ), which is invented
by Dökmen in 1988 are used in this study. Furthermore, an “Individual Information
Form”, which consists of questions related to the teacher candidates’ branches, years,
genders, percieved socio-economic status and the educational level of their parents, is
prepared and conducted by the researcher.
This study reveals a positive and lowly significant correlation between the
critical thinking inclination and the empathy disposition of the teacher candidates.
It is also found that the critical thinking inclination of the teacher candidates
does not differantiate according to their branches, years, genders, percieved socio-
economic status and the educational levels of their parents.
The difference between the empathy disposition and all the independent
variations in the research is significant and is mentioned in the following lines:
- There is a significant difference between the empathy dispositions and the
branches of the teacher candidates. This difference, in terms of mean scores, is higher in
Preschool Teaching, German Tutoring and Psychological Counseling and Guidance
Programs than in Social Sciences Instructing, BÖTE, Philosophy Group Teaching and
English Tutoring. Additionally, the mean scores of Preschool Teaching and
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