Abstract:

The teaching styles that teachers have are, influence the modes of presentation of information, the communication of students, and the way in which classroom and classroom activities are arranged. In this context, it is thought that the examination of teaching styles of teachers regarding various variables will contribute to the field. From this point of view, it was aimed to determine whether the teaching styles of teachers differ according to gender, branch, educational status, type of school, place of school, professional seniority and average classroom size of the teachers in this study. In the study, a simple case causal-comparative pattern was used from quantitative research designs. The data were obtained from 248 teachers working in the province of Kırklareli in the academic year of 2016-2017. "CORD Teaching Styles Inventory" was used as data collection tool in the research. As a result of the research, it was concluded that the teaching styles of the teachers did not make a meaningful difference compared to the gender, branch, educational status, the type of school, the settlement where the school was located, professional seniority and classroom size are variables that make a difference in teaching style preferences of teachers.

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