Academic Entitlement Expectations of Preservice Primary School Teachers.

The aim of this study is to examine whether the academic entitlement expectations of preservice teachers studying at primary school level differ according to their gender, grade level and the type of university they attend (public or foundation). The sample consists of a total of 397 preservice primary school teachers in one foundation and one public university. The data were collected with the "Academic Entitlement Expectation Scale", after assessing the validity and reliability of the instrument. The independent samples t-test was performed to analyze whether the preservice primary school teachers' academic entitlement expectations differed according to the variables of gender and type of university; while one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to determine whether they differed according to the grade level variable. In the study, it was found that academic entitlement expectations of male students compared to female students; students attending the foundation university compared to those at the public university, and students in the first grade compared to those in the fourth grade were higher. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]