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Turkish Journal of Teacher Education 2025, Vol. 14(2) 70-80
The Link Between the Need for Renewal and Shifting to a Learning Organization in Turkish Primary Schools
pp. 70 - 80
Publish Date: December 30, 2025 | Single/Total View: 0/0 | Single/Total Download: 0/0
Abstract
The study aims to examine the relationship between the need for innovation in schools and their ability to become learning organizations. The study's sample consists of 506 teachers working in primary schools in Kahramanmaraş province during the 2014-2015 academic year. Two different data collection tools were used in the study. The first one is the “Learning Organization Scale”. This scale was developed by Subaş in 2010. The other scale is the “Need for Renewal Scale”. This scale was developed by Inandı (1999) with 53 questions and later re-evaluated by Beycioglu (2004), resulting in a 40-item. The research data were analyzed with SPSS 23.0. The study is a quantitative study suitable for the relational screening model. When the research results are examined, it is seen that the need for innovation is “quite” high in all sub-dimensions. The relationship between being a learning organization and the need for renewal was negative and did not differ significantly across all sub-dimensions. The research is essential for determining the learning organization levels of institutions that need renewal and for revealing those levels.
Keywords: Innovation, need for innovation, learning organization
APA 7th edition
Kusmus, V., & Kuguoglu, I.H. (2025). The Link Between the Need for Renewal and Shifting to a Learning Organization in Turkish Primary Schools. Turkish Journal of Teacher Education, 14(2), 70-80.
Harvard
Kusmus, V. and Kuguoglu, I. (2025). The Link Between the Need for Renewal and Shifting to a Learning Organization in Turkish Primary Schools. Turkish Journal of Teacher Education, 14(2), pp. 70-80.
Chicago 16th edition
Kusmus, Volkan and Ibrahim Hayri Kuguoglu (2025). "The Link Between the Need for Renewal and Shifting to a Learning Organization in Turkish Primary Schools". Turkish Journal of Teacher Education 14 (2):70-80.
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