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This study aims to determine level of professional attitudes of teachers in primary schools which are located in Adana central province and to reveal whether these differ significantly with respect to socio demographic variables Quantitative research methods have been utilized in the present study 414 volunteer teachers in 15 primary schools located in the province at stake paritcipated the study T Test analysis of variance and LSD Test have been employed as well as descriptive statistics in analyzing data collected through the Professional Attitude Scale PAS administered to the teachers The study indicates that teachers’ professional attitude in general is over Bu araştırma 19 Ulusal Eğitim Bilimleri Kongresi’nde sözlü bildiri olarak sunulmuştur 16 18 Eylül 2010 Lefkoşa KKTC average and positive and that male teachers have significantly more positive attitude than female teachers with respect to “Spiritual Humanistic Approach” and that teachers aged 40 are professionally more responsible and remain less indifferent to discrimination It also indicates that teachers completing an undergraduate programme are professionally more responsible and less indifferent to discrimination than those graduating from the institutes of education and that the latter than those graduating from other faculties Teachers in schools of high socio economic level have more positive attitude towards students and learning than their collegues in schools of low socioeconomic level Keywords: Teaching Profession Attitude Proffessonal Attitude

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