Research Article

An Analysis of Student Loyalty Among Undergraduates at the Faculty of Education

Volume: 11 Number: 2 June 30, 2022
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An Analysis of Student Loyalty Among Undergraduates at the Faculty of Education

Abstract

This study is a survey research aiming at revealing the level of loyalty among pre-service teachers and at identifying the effects of several factors on their loyalty. The participants of the study included 348 pre-service teachers studying at the Faculty of Education of Afyon Kocatepe University. In order to analyse the loyalty of the participants to their university the scale developed by Helgesen ve Nesset (2007a) and adopted by Korumaz ve Tekel (2017) into Turkish entitled “Student Loyalty Scale” was employed. In this study in order to establish the construct validity of the student loyalty scale confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used. It is found that model is an acceptable model. The findings indicate that the participants are generally pleased with the university. On the other hand, female participants are found to be much more satisfied with the opportunities offered in the faculty and the image of their field of study in comparison to male participants. It is also found that social studies pre-service teachers are less satisfied with their field of study in comparison to the other participants. In addition, elementary mathematics pre-service teachers are the most satisfied group with their field of study.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 30, 2022

Submission Date

October 8, 2021

Acceptance Date

March 3, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 11 Number: 2

APA
Yıldırım, N. (2022). An Analysis of Student Loyalty Among Undergraduates at the Faculty of Education. Cumhuriyet Uluslararası Eğitim Dergisi, 11(2), 337-347. https://doi.org/10.30703/cije.1006422

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