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International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications 2021, Vol. 12(1) 41-54

Education Unions Through the Eyes of Teachers

Mehmet GÖKÇEBEY, Neslişah ORAL TOYTOK, Muhammet KÖŞKER, Ayşe Hümeyra FIRAT

pp. 41 - 54

Publish Date: July 31, 2021  |   Single/Total View: 0/0   |   Single/Total Download: 0/0


Abstract

The purpose of this research is to reveal the problems experienced by education union managers and to develop solutions for these problems according to the opinions of unionized and non-unionized education workers. The research was designed in the screening model and was carried out using the qualitative research method. The research was carried out with 40 participants, 20 of whom were union members and 20 were non-union members, working in 10 primary, secondary and high schools in KahramanmaraÅŸ in the 2019-2020 academic year. In this research, a semi-structured interview form titled "Problems Experienced by Education Unions" was used as a data collection tool. The data were analyzed by using content analysis technique, which is one of the qualitative data analysis techniques. The results showed unionized teachers are the most important problems faced by education union in Turkey, They stated that economic difficulties, not finding enough members, not helping teachers enough, introducing themselves enough, not dealing with teachers' problems in real sense, not being taken seriously by the government, not being afraid of political pressure and not being against anyone.

Keywords: Union, organization, education union.


How to Cite this Article?

APA 7th edition
GOKCEBEY, M., TOYTOK, Â.O., KOSKER, Â., & FIRAT, A.H. (2021). Education Unions Through the Eyes of Teachers. International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications, 12(1), 41-54.

Harvard
GOKCEBEY, M., TOYTOK, Â., KOSKER, Â. and FIRAT, A. (2021). Education Unions Through the Eyes of Teachers. International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications, 12(1), pp. 41-54.

Chicago 16th edition
GOKCEBEY, Mehmet,  Neslisah ORAL TOYTOK,  Muhammet KOSKER and Ayse Humeyra FIRAT (2021). "Education Unions Through the Eyes of Teachers". International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications 12 (1):41-54.