Özet:

The aim of this research is to discover the relationship among the motivation levels of teachers who worked in elementary schools by determining their participation in the decisions made in their schools and their desire to participate in decision-making. The population of the study was 2043 teachers who were working in primary schools in the Odunpazarı district of Eskişehir in the 2010-2011 educational year. Data were collected from 353 of those 2043 teachers who were selected using the simple random sampling method. The "Teachers’ Participation in Decisions and Desire for Participation" scale, "Motivation” scale, and "Personal Information Form" developed respectively by Köklü (2010), Yıldırım (2006) and the researcher were used as the data collec tion tools. Relational Scanning Model was used in this research. According to the results of the research, teachers wanted to participate in decision-making “more” ( x:3,57) though in actuality they were participating “a little” ( x :2,56), their motivation level was “a lot” ( x=3,73) and the relation between motivation and participation in decision making level was linear, positive and related at high level.