Examination of Primary School and Middle School Teachers’ Lifelong Learning Tendencies Based on Various Variables

The purpose of this study is to determinewhether or not teachers’ lifelong learning tendencies vary by gender,professional field, educational level of service, professional seniority, andfrequency of reading a book, magazine, and newspaper. The study employs adescriptive research model. Its population consists of primary teachers andfield teachers working in the central district of Kayseri province, located inthe middle part of Turkey, in the 2015-2016 academic year. The study groupconsists of 380 teachers chosen from this population through stratifiedsampling. The data were collected through Personal Information Form andLifelong Learning Tendency Scale developed by Diker-Coskun. The obtained datawere analyzed via SPSS 20.00 at 0.05 significance level. The study revealedthat the teachers working in the middle part of Turkey have low lifelonglearning tendencies. Also, the study determined that the teachers’ lifelonglearning tendencies significantly vary by gender, professional field,educational level of service, and frequency of reading a book, magazine, andnewspaper, but professional seniority is not a factor that leads to asignificant difference in lifelong learning tendency.