Examining the Relationship Between Teachers' Classroom Management Competencies and Personality Traits

The main purpose of this quantitative study in the relational screening model is to examine the relationship between teachers' classroom management competencies and personality traits. The working population is 931 secondary school teachers working in Kırşehir province in Turkey in 2019-2020 academic year. The sample of study consists of 441 secondary school teachers seleceted by convenience sampling method. “Classroom Management Proficiency Scale” and “Adjectives Based Personality Scale” were used to collect data. In the research, it was determined that the classroom management proficiencies have a significant positive relationship with “extroversion,“ openness”,“ agreeableness” and “conscientiousness”, and a significant negative relationship with “neuroticism”. It was found that the “providing physical order”, iınstructional management”, “time management”, “organizing classroom relations” and “behaviour development and regulation” sub-proficiencies of classroom management have a significant positive relationship with “extroversion,“ openness”,“ agreeableness” and “conscientiousness”, and a significant negative relationship with “neuroticism”. In the research, it was determined that teachers' perceptions about classroom management competencies were “at a very high level” across the scale and all sub-factors. It was understood that the teachers were a little suitable for neuroticism very suitable for extroversion, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness. In addition, it was concluded that the variables of “perceptions regarding the facilities of the school teachers work at” and “professional broadcasting follow-up status” were variables that made a significant difference between the perceptions of teachers about their classroom management competencies and their perceptions of personality traits.

Keywords

Education Management, Classroom Management, Classroom Management Competencies, Personality Traits, Secondary School Teachers.