摘要：Education has an inevitable effect on character formation and through this process, teachers’
role is crucial. Therefore, the aim of the study was analyzing the views of primary school teachers
concerning the qualities teachers should have and their self-efficacy perceptions as character educators.
This was a descriptive survey study with 301 primary school teachers from schools at different socioeconomical
level. Within the study, The Qualities and Efficacies of Teacher in Character Education Scale
(QETCES) developed within the study was used and statistical analyses (Mann Whitney U, Kruskall
Wallis H, Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Tests) were conducted. The findings showed that women teachers had
higher scores regarding both importance level and self-efficacy perception of character education;
experienced teachers’ self-efficacy perceptions were higher compared to less experienced and teachers
graduated from bachelor completion program, educational institution and high school of education felt
more efficient through character education compared to graduates of the other programs.
关键词：character education; primary school teacher; teacher qualities; self;efficacy perception
