scholarly journals Perceptions and attitudes of preschool teacher candidates towards mathematics

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 01 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarem Özdemir ◽  
Azize Ummanel
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Preschool Teacher ◽  
American University ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
Content Analyses ◽  
International University

This study aims to explore perceptions and attitudes of pre school teacher candidates towards mathematics. 200 students who are studying in Cyprus International University, Girne American University and Near East University have participated in this research. Data gathering tool was developed by inspiring Macnab and Payne’s scale, that was developed in 2003.  SPSS 18.0 statistical programme and content analyses methods were used to analyze the data. Results were evaluated under different headings and disscussed. Keywords: Mathematics teaching, pre school, perception and attitude

Promoting Equity in Elementary School Mathematics

2022 ◽  
pp. 213-232
Author(s):  
Drew Polly ◽  
Madelyn Colonnese ◽  
Julie Bacak ◽  
Kaitlyn O. Holshouser ◽  
Wendy Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Elementary School Mathematics ◽  
Mathematics Tasks ◽  
Elementary School Learners ◽  
Mathematics Teaching Practices

This chapter describes the frameworks of mathematics tasks, equity-based mathematics teaching practices, technological pedagogical and content knowledge (TPACK), and how they relate to teaching for equity in virtual learning environments (VLE). The frameworks are used to describe vignettes from VLEs with elementary school learners and elementary school teacher candidates (future teachers). Implications of these vignettes include a need for an empirically based trajectory related to equity-based teaching practices as well as a need to consider which technologies in a VLE can be used to effectively promote equity-based mathematics teaching practices.

scholarly journals Quality of Distance Education in Turkey: Preschool Teacher Training Case

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Gultekin
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Preschool Teacher ◽  
Television Programs ◽  
Teacher Training Program ◽  
Education In Turkey

Distance education is used for teacher training at different levels and fields in Turkey. Launched in the 2000-2001 academic year and still applied by Anadolu University, the Pre-School Teacher Training Program is one of those programs offered by distance education. This study aims to evaluate Anadolu University’s Preschool Teacher Training Program in Turkey by obtaining student opinions. A total of 1,026 senior students enrolled in the Preschool Education major at the Open Education Faculty of Anadolu University participated in the survey. A questionnaire to determine the opinions of students on the program was used as a means of data collection. Means (X) and standard deviations (SD) were employed to analyze the survey data. The results showed that although the teacher candidates study at a good level, they do not have a good record of watching the television programs. The results also revealed that the opinions of teacher candidates about the textbooks, television programs, teaching practices, and academic assistance services are positive.

scholarly journals The Effect of Museum Education Practices Integrated with Virtual Teaching Environments on Achievement Levels of Preschool Teacher Candidates during the Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 133-153
Author(s):  
Didem ISLEK
Keyword(s):  
Second Life ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Museum Education ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Preschool Teacher ◽  
Art Nouveau ◽  
Active Teaching ◽  
Virtual Teaching ◽  
Qualitative Dimension ◽  
Achievement Levels

In this study, the effectiveness of museum education practices integrated with virtual teaching environments during the pandemic on the achievement levels of pre-school teacher candidates was evaluated. The research was carried out using a mixed method. In the quantitative dimension, the success levels of teacher candidates for museum education practices were evaluated with the achievement test, and the data related to the qualitative dimension were evaluated with content analysis. Preschool teacher candidates (n = 30) participated in the study. In the research, for 5 weeks, museum education activities were carried out using virtual tour and second life museum applications in Vordun, Louvre and Art Nouveau virtual museums with the teacher candidates. The results obtained revealed that these activities increased the success level of teacher candidates regarding the practices. In addition, the results showed that the teacher candidates found the museum education practices integrated with virtual teaching environments highly effective. In addition, teacher candidates stated that an active teaching process can be created with virtual museum applications in museum education practices, and that learning can be embodied more easily.

What Does Culture of Higher Education Mean for Teacher Candidates?

2017 ◽  
pp. 752-767
Author(s):  
Belgin Arslan-Cansever ◽  
Gamze Bilir Seyhan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Primary School Teacher ◽  
Higher Education Culture ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
Education Culture

When a university is considered as an organization, the meaning of culture to students should be investigated to have knowledge of its organizational culture. In this qualitative study, it is aimed to examine university students' perceptions of higher education culture via metaphors. Participants were 230 primary school teacher candidates enrolled in Faculty of Education, Ege University in Turkey. Researchers prepared a form to use as data gathering tool including the prompt “Higher education culture is like ... because ...”. In the study, the 5 common metaphors generated by four grades and these metaphors were freedom, youth, library, sea, and sun. Moreover, all participants generated 101 original metaphors. At the end of the analysis, metaphors were grouped into seven different categories; information environment, shaping the future, pathfinder, free, perpetual adapting itself, multi-cultural, exciting. To conclude, it could be said that most of teacher candidates have a positive perception about higher education.

scholarly journals Investigation of the Preschool Teacher Candidates’ Philosophical Views on the Nature of Mathematics

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 185
Author(s):  
Meryem Çelik
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Grade Level ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Preschool Teacher ◽  
Crucial Effect ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Male Teacher ◽  
Nature Of Mathematics

Teachers’ views on the nature of maths have a crucial effect on their interactions with children, their choice of method and technique to be used while preparing the curriculum, their decision on the type and frequency of activities to be applied, their behaviors in the classroom, children’s attitudes towards maths and their achievement. With this research, it is aimed to examine teacher candidates’ philosophical views on the nature of maths. The research is in relational scanning model. “The Scale of Philosophical Thoughts on the Nature of Mathematics” was implemented to 141 pre-school teacher candidates studying in 2019-2020, which constitute the sample of the study. As a result of the analysis, it has been found that 52.5% of teacher candidates have an absolutist view, the views of female and male teacher candidates support each other and there is a significant difference between the grade level in they study.

What Does Culture of Higher Education Mean for Teacher Candidates?

2016 ◽  
pp. 383-398
Author(s):  
Belgin Arslan-Cansever ◽  
Gamze Bilir Seyhan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Primary School Teacher ◽  
Higher Education Culture ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
Education Culture

When a university is considered as an organization, the meaning of culture to students should be investigated to have knowledge of its organizational culture. In this qualitative study, it is aimed to examine university students' perceptions of higher education culture via metaphors. Participants were 230 primary school teacher candidates enrolled in Faculty of Education, Ege University in Turkey. Researchers prepared a form to use as data gathering tool including the prompt “Higher education culture is like ... because ...”. In the study, the 5 common metaphors generated by four grades and these metaphors were freedom, youth, library, sea, and sun. Moreover, all participants generated 101 original metaphors. At the end of the analysis, metaphors were grouped into seven different categories; information environment, shaping the future, pathfinder, free, perpetual adapting itself, multi-cultural, exciting. To conclude, it could be said that most of teacher candidates have a positive perception about higher education.

Beliefs of preschool teacher candidates about the nature of science

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 774-783
Author(s):  
Güzin Özyılmaz ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Nature Of Science ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Preschool Teacher ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
Aim Of Science ◽  
Academic Year

The aim of science education is to enable children to become “science-literate.” Science literacy is defined as taking responsibility for and making decisions about situations requiring scientific understanding and having sufficient knowledge, skills, attitudes and understanding of values to put their decisions into practice. Revealing teachers’ beliefs can help to understand the types of experiences presented by teachers in their classrooms. Inadequate understandings and misbeliefs of teachers shape the first perceptions of children about the NOS when they are formally introduced with science education in their early childhood. Most of the studies were also performed with science teachers and there have been few studies conducted with preschool teachers. Therefore, the present study was directed towards determining NOS beliefs of preschool teacher candidates. To achieve this aim, Nature of Science Beliefs Scale (NOSBS), developed by Özcan and Turgut (2014), was administered to the preschool teacher candidates studying in Preschool Education Department of Buca Education Faculty at Dokuz Eylül University in the spring semester of the 2018-2019 academic year. In the study, the NOS beliefs of the teacher candidates were found to be acceptable in general. While the findings of this study are consistent with those revealed in several relevant studies in the literature

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