Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
International Journal of Research in Education and Science, cilt.5, sa.2, ss.709-721, 2019 (Hakemli Dergi)
In this study, it was aimed explore the relationship between primary school
teachers’ sense of self-efficacy, autonomy, job satisfaction, teacher
engagement, and burnout variables. The study was conducted using a
quantitative research design and a correlational model. The data were
collected at three different levels. In the first level, during the adaptation of
Teacher Autonomy Scale to Turkish the data were obtained from 146 teachers;
in the second level, for the linguistic equivalence, data were collected from 32
teachers; and the third level was conducted to test the relationship between the
variables of the study through a model by collecting, the data from 716
teachers. The analysis of data was done using SPSS 18 package program and
LISREL 8.8 program. A model showing the relationships between the
variables of the study, self-efficacy, autonomy, job satisfaction, teacher
engagement, and burnout were tested. These relationships were tested by the
path analysis. At the end of analyses, it was found out that teaching selfefficacy predicted teacher engagement, job satisfaction, and autonomy
positively while it predicted burnout negatively at significant levels. As for
teacher autonomy, it predicted teacher engagement positively. The results of
the study revealed that the fit goodness between the theoretical model and the
data was high