INVESTIGATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS AND EXPECTATIONS ABOUT IN-SERVICE EDUCATION

The purpose of this study was to investigate elementary school teachers' perceptions and expectations about in-service education organized by the Ministry of Education. The inventory was design to measure teachers' in-service educational perceptions and expectations based on two components of the in-service education: participated in-service education and will participate in service education. Data were obtained from 301 elementary school teachers working at K-8 schools in Denizli. The results of the study demonstrated that all elementary school teachers participated in this study have similar expectations about the in-service education that are going to participate in their future professional life. On the other hand, "male" and "classroom" teachers' perceptions about in-service education that were participated in their past professional life were different and more positive than the "female" and "subject" teachers.