scholarly journals Examination of the relationship between social studies teacher candidates of pre-service teacher identity levels and possible self-esteem levels

2019 ◽  
pp. 578-590
Author(s):  
Kamil UYGUN ◽  
Mehmet Akif Karalı
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Teacher Identity ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Social Studies Teacher ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Pre Service Teacher

scholarly journals The Relationship Between the Lifelong Learning Tendencies and Teacher Self-Efficacy Levels of Social Studies Teacher Candidates

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-84
Author(s):  
Kubilay Yazıcı ◽  
Ebru Ay ◽  
Salih Uslu ◽  
Soner Arık
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Sense Of Efficacy ◽  
Social Studies Teacher ◽  
Teacher Self Efficacy ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Lifelong learning emerges as an important dimension in the implementation of sustainable education policies of countries. The conception of developing citizenship competencies, which is at the centre of social studies, plays an important role in shaping the lifelong learning process. The purpose of this study is to analyse the lifelong learning tendencies and teacher self-efficacy levels of social studies teacher candidates in terms of different variables and to determine the relationship between social studies teacher candidates’ lifelong learning tendencies and teacher self-efficacy levels. The study group of the research consists of 307 social studies teacher candidates studying at the education faculty of a public university in the 2016–2017 academic years. The data collection tools used in the research, which was designed in relational survey model, are “Lifelong Learning Tendency Scale” developed by Diker Coşkun (2009), “Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale” adapted into Turkish by Çapa, Çakıroğlu and Sarıkaya (2005) and a Personal Information Form prepared by the researchers. The data of the study are analysed using SPSS 24 statistical software. As a result of the research, it is found that the lifelong learning tendency levels of the social studies teacher candidates are high and their teacher self-efficacy levels are very high. Lifelong learning tendencies and teacher self-efficacy levels of teacher candidates show statistically significant differences in terms of grade level, and taking education for personal and professional development. It is concluded that teacher self-efficacy levels of teacher candidates are a significant predictor of their lifelong learning tendencies.

scholarly journals THE SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER CANDIDATES' ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE TEACHING PROFESSION AND THEIR VOCATIONAL SELF-ESTEEMS

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-155
Author(s):  
Furkan ALTUNAY ◽  
Kubilay YAZICI
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Social Studies Teacher ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Professional Self

With this research, it is aimed to examine the attitudes of social studies teacher candidates towards the teaching profession and their professional self-esteem in terms of various variables. In this context, the gender, class, age, type of high school graduated from social studies teacher candidates, whether you chose the teaching profession, the status of being a teacher of social studies and their attitudes towards teaching profession and their professional self-esteem. It is tried to determine whether or not it has effect. The study group of the research consisted of 200 social studies teacher candidates studying at Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University. The data of the study were collected, with the "Occupational Self-Esteem Scale" developed by Arıcak (1999) and the "Teaching Profession Attitude Scale" developed by Çetin (2006), in the 2017-2018 academic year . The obtained data were tabulated and interpreted by performing the necessary statistical analysis via IBM SPSS 24.0 program. In the study, there is a positive, low-level and significant relationship between teacher candidates' attitudes towards the teaching profession and their professional self-esteem, It has been determined that teacher candidates who willingly chose teaching profession have higher professional self-esteem. At the end of the study, various suggestions were presented in the light of research findings. Keywords: Attitude, Social Studies, Teaching, Vocational Self-Esteem.

scholarly journals Investigating Prospective Social Studies Teachers’ Perceptions of European Union through Metaphor Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
İsmail Hakan Akgün
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Religious Community ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Metaphor Analysis ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Social Studies Teacher ◽  
The Eu

The purpose of this study is to investigate metaphors developed by social studies teacher candidates about the European Union. 185 second, third and fourth year social studies teacher candidates participated in the study. This study was designed as a phenomenological study and matephor analysis was conducted. At the end of the study, the students developed 168 metaphors about the European Union. The metaphors developed by the students were grouped into 4 categories after coding and extracting phases. The categories were (1) a religious community, (2) a seemingly powerful but decadent formation, (3) a powerful formation and (4) does anything for its own interest. It was determined in the study that the students perceived the EU mostly as a powerful formation (36.14%), followed by a religious community (34.33%), does anything for its own interest (20.48%) and a seemingly powerful but decadent formation (8.43%).

scholarly journals Teacher Candidates’ Opinions about the Use of Museums as Educational Environments in Social Studies Lessons

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Salih Uslu
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Social Studies Teacher ◽  
Question Form

The aim of this study is to determine the opinions of teacher candidates regarding the use of museums in social studies lessons as an educational environment. The study group of the research was determined through purposeful sampling method. The study group consists of 114 teacher candidates studying in the social sciences teaching department at the education faculty of a public university during the 2019-2020 academic year. In this case study, a personal information form and an open-ended question form developed by the researcher were used as data collection tools. The data obtained from the answers given by teacher candidates to the data collection tools were analysed by using content analysis method. When the research results were examined in general, it was seen that Social Studies Teacher Candidates mostly explained the benefits that using museums as an educational environment were “ensuring permanent learning”, “enabling students to learn better by seeing/living” and “providing information about the past”. According to another result obtained from the research, Social Studies Teacher Candidates based the problems that they might face while using museums as an educational environment on “the possibility that students may give harm to historical documents and objects”, “financial impossibilities” and “difficult to control the classroom”.

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