Abstract:

This research aims to determine whether the alienation perceptions of elementary school teachers changes according to some variables. The population of the research comprised 3326 teachers working in 76 state elementary schools in the central district of Malatya province. The sample of the research comprised a total number of 719 teachers working in 31 primary schools. “The Work Alienation Scale” for elementary school teachers developed by Elma (2003) was used to gather the research data.  The work alienation level of elementary schools’ teachers was  found on the “never” level with a mean score of : 1. 74. Results also showed that levels of work alienation were found higher in subject teachers, teachers working in big size schools, young teachers and teachers having a graduate education.

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