Abstract:

The purpose of the present study is to examine the relationship between teachers’ levels of believe in education and work engagement. The study, designed as a correlational research, has a total of 220 teachers working in various public schools.  The participants were surveyed by the “Teachers’ Levels of Believe in Education Scale” developed by Akın and Yıldırım (2015) and “Work Engagement Scale” developed by Schaufeli, Salanova, González-Romá and Bakker (2002) originally and translated into Turkish by Atilla-Bal (2008). The data were collected through spring semester of 2015-2016 academic years. The data were analyzed by conducting t test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation, and multiple linear regression. In the study it was observed that teachers’ levels of believe in education were medium level and their work engagement perceptions were slightly above the middle level. Furthermore it was concluded that there was a low, positive and statistically significant relationship between teachers’ levels of believe in education and work engagement. In addition, it was also founded that teachers’ levels of believe in education was a significant predictor of work engagement perceptions of teachers.  

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