scholarly journals AN ACTIVITY TO INCREASE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT AWARENESS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER CANDIDATES: EDUCATIONAL DRAMA

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamdi Karakaş
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Primary Teacher ◽  
Primary School Teacher ◽  
Educational Drama ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Difference

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of educational drama practices on the ecological footprint awareness of the primary school teachers. In this research, pre-post test single-group quasi-experimental design was used and Ecological Footprint Scale was applied as pre-test and post-test to measure the ecological footprint awareness of primary teacher candidates before and after educational drama practices. Primary school teacher candidates conducted research on environmental issues for ten weeks, wrote a scenario about these issues, staged and watched their scenario. As a result of the study, it was found that the difference between the average scores of the ecological footprint awareness before and after the educational drama studies and the difference between the mean scores of all sub-dimensions were statistically significant (p<0.05). The difference between the average scores is calculated as a big effect[ή2] and it was interpreted that educational drama studies increased the ecological footprint awareness of primary school teacher candidates with a great effect and their sub-dimensions with a medium and large effect. The learner center, which can be used in educational processes, can be effective in providing different activities, information and can enable the acquisition of different behavior and habits with active participation.

scholarly journals Adjusting 1st year students' teaching practice to the online environment

Educatia 21 ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 97-106
Author(s):  
Luciana Truța ◽  
◽  
Olga Chiș ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Student Interaction ◽  
Primary Teacher ◽  
Primary School Teacher ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Student’S Performance ◽  
Analysis Of Results

The current study aimed to collect relevant feedback on teaching practice effectiveness in relation to the tutors, students’ engagement in teaching practice, as well as self-reflection regarding necessary competences for a primary school teacher. Pedagogical activities within the teaching practice have considered: students’ online attendance to the classes held by the primary teacher, filling in an observation form regarding the lessons taught, mentorship session for analyzing the lessons along with the teachers, drafting a psycho-pedagogical record for a pupil, filling a form on reviewing the student’s performance and implication in the teaching practice. Having concluded the study’s results, we can now state that the teaching practice’s way of planning in the second school semester has proven efficient. The mentor-student / inter-student interaction has contributed to developing competences that a primary school teacher does require, through the feedback provided by the observation forms, as well as by involving students directly in the didactic activities, encouraging initiative and self-reflection. Objective analysis of results, suggestions, proposals, as well as difficulties encountered has made it possible to build a solid reference for future teaching practice – both online and in the classroom – and working towards improving it and all its partakers.

scholarly journals Perceptions of Primary School Teacher Candidates towards the Turkish Education System, School, Teacher, and Student: A Metaphor Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 239
Author(s):  
Emel Tüzel İşeri ◽  
Uğur Akin
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Education System ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Study Data ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Primary School Teacher ◽  
Black Sea Region ◽  
School Concept ◽  
Turkish Education

This study aimed to determine the perceptions of primary school teacher candidates about the Turkish education system, school, teacher, and student concepts by means of metaphors. The study group consisted of 82 primary school teacher candidates enrolled in the senior class of a university in the Black Sea Region in Turkey in 2018. The study data were collected using a questionnaire which involved gap filling questions aiming to determine the metaphors for the Turkish education system, school, teacher, and student. Findings indicated that the majority of the primary school teacher candidates had a negative perception of the Turkish education system. More than half of the negative metaphors that the participants used were about the unceasing change of the system. Primary school teacher candidates' perceptions of the school concept were mostly positive. The participants saw school as a home that educates and shapes people. Nevertheless, a considerable number of the participants considered school like an oppressive and uniformizing prison, where they would not like to be. Majority of the primary school teacher candidates had positive perceptions of the teacher concept. Nonetheless, there were neutral and negative perceptions as well. The participants mostly emphasized the educating and shaping characteristics of the teacher concept in their descriptions. Although primary school teacher candidates’ perceptions of student were generally positive, a student description, in which student was seen passive in the learning process and highlighted as an entity that can be shaped, stood out.

scholarly journals The Relation between Self-Efficacy Beliefs towards Science Teaching and Learning Strategies of Primary School Teacher Candidates

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 347
Author(s):  
Nevin Kozcu Çakır
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Science Teaching ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Primary School Teacher ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Efficacy Belief

In this research, the relation between primary school teacher candidates' self-efficacy beliefs towards science teaching and learning strategies was investigated. The research group consisted of 314 primary school teacher candidates who are studying in the faculty of education in a public university. “The Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument” was used to determine the self-efficacy of primary school teacher candidates for science teaching; and in order to determine their learning strategies, part of the Learning Strategies Scale (LSS) was used. The data were analyzed with canonical correlation analysis using CANCORR syntax in PASW 21 software. According to the results of the analysis, it was determined that there was a significant  relation between the personal self-efficacy belief in science teaching variable in self-efficacy belief in science teaching data set and elaboration strategy (ES), metacognitive self-regulation (MC), effort regulation (ER) and time and study environment management (TSEM) variables in the learning strategies data set.

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