Abstract:

The aim of this study is to examine the preferences of the pre-school and primary school teachers according to their individual innovativeness levels. In this research, descriptive survey method that is one of the quantitative research models is used. The population of interest is 7644 teachers who work in preschool and primary schools of İstanbul. The sample of the study is composed of 384 teachers. Individual Innovativeness Scale, Demographic Information Form and Informal Learning Preferences Form that had been developed by the researcher were used as data collection instruments. Chi-square relationship test was used to analyze the data. According to the findings of the research, the teachers were the most Inquisitive (38.3 %), then the Leader (36.8 %), then Innovative (14.2%), Skeptic 7.8%) and Traditionalist (2.9%). In the inquisitive and the leader categories, the proportion of pre-school teachers is higher than that of classroom teachers. In the traditionalist category, the proportion of men is higher and the rate of women in the skeptic category is higher. The innovativeness levels of teachers did not differ according to age, education and working time variables. There is no difference in terms of preference among the ones with different levels of innovation

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