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Makale Özeti:
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The aim of the study is to examine the personal epistemology and self-perception of the international college
students who receive education in Turkey. The participants of the study included 180 international students
attending either public or private universities in Turkey during the academic year of 2012-2013. Of them five
were females (2,78%) and the remaining were 175 males (97,22%). The data of the study were collected
using three tools, namely epistemological beliefs survey questionnaire (Chan & Elliot, 2002, 2004), basic
self-evaluation scale (Judge, Erez, Bono & Thoresen, 2003) and personal information form developed by the
authors. The data obtained were analysed through the Kuruskal Wallis H test, one-way analysis of variance,
correlation analysis and regression analysis. The findings of the study indicated that personal epistemology of
the participants significantly varies based on the variables of “perceptions about the sufficiency of high
school education”, “orientation to education”, and “academic achievement”. It was also found that their self-
perception is significantly affected by the variables of “perceptions about the sufficiency of high school
education”, “orientation to education”, “grade level”, and “academic achievement”. In addition, a positive
medium level correlation was found between personal epistemology and self-perception. The findings are
discussed and several suggestions are developed.
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