scholarly journals Examination of Turkish Language Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Perceptions of Teaching Thinking Skills in Terms of Various Variables

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 303-316
Author(s):  
Zeynep Cin Seker

The aim of this study was to examine Turkish Language teachers’ self-efficacy perceptions of teaching thinking skills in terms of the variables of age, professional experience, educational status, and taking course on thinking skills. The screening model was used in the study. The current pandemic process was taken into account and the convenience sampling method was used while determining the study group. Turkish Language teachers forming the study group consisted of 109 females and 68 males. “Teachers’ Self-efficacy towards teaching thinking scale” was used as the data collection tool. The data of the study were analyzed using the statistical package program. In conclusion, no significant difference was found between the Turkish Language teachers’ self-efficacy perceptions of teaching thinking skills and gender. It was concluded that Turkish Language teachers’ self-efficacy perceptions of teaching thinking skills differed according to professional experience. It was concluded that there was no significant difference between Turkish Language teachers’ self-efficacy perceptions of teaching thinking skills and their educational status. It was concluded that there was a significant difference between Turkish Language teachers’ self-efficacy perceptions of teaching thinking skills and taking course on thinking skills.

Author(s):  
Oğuzhan Kuru

Human beings are social creatures by nature and one of their most important characteristics is the multifaceted communication they establish with their environment. There are numerous ways of establishing communication. However, the most preferred manner has always been speech. For the speaking skill to be used effectively, the individual should have self-confidence. Educational institutions are the places where the foundations of self-confidence are laid. In educational institutions where self-confidence is taught, it is fundamental that the educators have self-confidence themselves. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the self-efficacy levels of classroom teacher candidates, who will be teaching in primary schools where the basic characteristics of the speaking skill are taught, display any differences in terms of different variables. The study group of the study consists of students receiving education at the Department of Primary School Teaching, Faculty of Education in a state university in the 2016-2017 academic year. The study group consists of 225 students who were selected through the typical case sampling method, which is one of the purposeful sampling types. With the purpose of collecting data, the ‘Speaking Self-Efficacy Scale (SSES)’ developed by Aydın (2013) consisting of four sub-dimensions with a Cronbach Alpha value of 0.95 was used. SPSS software program (Version 22) was used in the analysis of numeric data. The data was analyzed with the Independent Sample t-test, One Way ANOVA and Kruskal-Wallis tests. According to the results of the study, a significant difference has been determined in the speaking process and listener factor sub-dimensions of the students in favor of the male students. Regarding the grade levels, it was concluded that the upper grade levels regarded themselves as more self-sufficient in the skill of speaking in all of the sub-dimensions.


2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 541
Author(s):  
Nooshin Azin ◽  
Hossein Heidari Tabrizi

The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between critical thinking and translation ability of Iranian English translation students. Moreover, the difference between critical thinking skills of males and females was explored. The participants of this study were 86 Iranian senior English translation students of Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr branch. For gathering data two kinds of instruments were used: a critical thinking questionnaire (The Persian version of CCTST- form B) and English to Persian translation test. The findings revealed no significant difference between critical thinking abilities of females and males. Thus it can be concluded that gender has no role in critical thinking abilities of the Iranian EFL learners.  Furthermore, the results of this study indicated that learners with more critical abilities were more successful in translation performance. These findings highlight the importance of teaching thinking skills to our learners and Integrating problem solving activities that need critical thinking in our teaching and learning process.


2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yalçın Dilekli ◽  
Erdoğan Tezci

Teaching thinking skills is core of the curriculum in many cultures. Although curricula have mutual points, the results were different from each other. Having different results of teaching thinking curriculums applied in different countries indicates importance of personal differences of teachers. Defining level of teacher’s self-efficacy makes a contribution to determining success level of curriculum. Developing a global scale contributes both researchers and practitioner while teaching thinking. The aim of this study is to adapt Teachers’ Self-efficacy towards Teaching Thinking Skills Scale (TSTS), developed in Turkish, into English. The scale consists of 20 items. Each item has 5 point Likert type. It has 3 factors as Design, Practice and Academic Competence. For this purpose, firstly linguistic equivalence was analyzed. For linguistic equivalence, both versions of the scale were applied to 28 candidate teachers of English with 20 day intervals. In the second step, Confirmatory Factor Analyses was administrated to data taken from 144 native English teachers. After the analysis, good level fitting indices were found. Cronbach Alpha coefficient value is .94. Construct validity (Convergence and Discriminating validity) study on correlations between sub-dimensions and average explained variance value has good sufficient level. Scale items were found discriminating. Results showed that English version of the scale was statistically valid and reliable.


Author(s):  
İzzet Şeref

<p><span>This study aimed to reveal preservice Turkish Language teachers' attitudes toward the use of Anatolian dialects in education in terms of their genders and years at university. The participants of the study are 201 preservice teachers who are 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th-year students studying at Turkish Language Teaching undergraduate program at Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University in the 2017-2018 academic year. The study is a correlational survey employing a descriptive research method. The data of the study were collected employing a scale named Attitude Scale Toward Anatolian Dialects. Using SPSS 22.0, t-Test for independent samples and One-Way ANOVA for independent samples were employed to analyze the data.  As a result of the study, it is found out that there is a significant difference between the attitudes toward Anatolian dialects in favor of males; and being only between 2nd and 4th-year students, there is a significant difference between the attitudes in favor of 2nd-year students.</span></p>


2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 1177-1203
Author(s):  
Hüseyin Aslan ◽  
Semanur Alpaslan

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the coping strategies used by the class teachers and the self-efficacy perceptions. The research has been conducted in relational survey method. The universe of the research is composed of class teachers working in the primary schools in the provincial centers of Samsun in the academic year of 2018- 2019. In the study, has been used ”the scale of determining strategies used by pre-school teachers against undesired behaviors in classroom management, developed by Keleş (2015) and teacher self-efficacy scale prepared by Çapa, Çakıroğlu and Sarıkaya (2005). The research was carried out with the participation of 528 classroom teachers. The data collection tool consists of three parts. For statistical analysis, ”SPSS 24.0 for Windows“ was used. Descriptive statistics, mann whitney u test, kruskal wallis h test and correlation analysis has been used to analyze the data. As a result of the study, it is found that classroom teachers are generally “indecisive” in coping with unwanted behaviors, and self-efficacy belief levels11 were “quite sufficient” for the whole scale. In addition, it was determined that teachers with high self-efficacy mostly used reality therapy / control model in coping with undesirable behaviors, and at least the safest discipline model and social discipline model were used. Therefore, there is a significant relationship between classroom teachers' self-efficacy beliefs and methods used to deal with unwanted behaviors. Methods used by teachers to deal with unwanted behaviors; There were significant differences between marital status, educational status, professional seniority and service duration in the institution. On the other hand, it was concluded that there was no significant difference according to gender variable. While teachers' self-efficacy beliefs differed significantly according to gender, professional seniority; It was concluded that there was no significant difference between marital status, educational status and service duration variables in the institution. ​Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file.   Özet Bu araştırma, sınıf öğretmenlerinin karşılaştıkları istenmeyen öğrenci davranışlarına karşı kullandıkları baş etme yöntemleri ile öz yeterlilik algıları arasındaki ilişkiyi belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Araştırma ilişkisel tarama modelinde gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmanın evrenini, 2018-2019 eğitim-öğretim yılında, Samsun ili merkez ilçelerindeki ilkokullarda görev yapan 1481 sınıf öğretmeni oluşturmaktadır Araştırmanın örneklemini ise evren içerisinden rastgele örnekleme yöntemiyle seçilmiş olan 528 sınıf öğretmeninden meydana gelmektedir. Araştırmada veri toplama amacıyla Keleş (2015) tarafından geliştirilen “Okul Öncesi Öğretmenlerinin Sınıf Yönetiminde İstenmeyen Davranışlara Karşı Kullandığı Stratejileri Belirleme Ölçeği” ve Türkçe için geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışması Çapa, Çakıroğlu ve Sarıkaya  (2005)  tarafından yapılan  “Öğretmen Öz Yeterlilik Ölçeği” kullanılmıştır. İstatistiksel çözümlemelerde “SPSS 24.0 for Windows” paket programı kullanılmıştır. Araştırma verilerinin analizinde betimsel istatistikler, Mann-Whitney-U testi ve Kruskal Wallis testi ile korelasyon analizleri kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda, sınıf öğretmenlerinin istenmeyen davranışlarla  orta  düzeyde başettikleri, öz yeterlilik inanç boyutu bakımından ise öğretmenler kendilerini “oldukça” düzeyinde başarılı görmüşlerdir. Ayrıca öz yeterliliği yüksek olan öğretmenlerin istenmeyen davranışlarla baş etmede en çok gerçeklik terapisi/kontrol modelini kullandıkları, en az ise güvengen disiplin modelini ve sosyal disiplin modelini kullandıkları belirlenmiştir. Dolayısıyla sınıf öğretmenlerinin istenmeyen davranışlarla baş etmede kullandıkları yöntemler ile öz yeterlilik inançları arasında anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu görülmüştür. Öğretmenlerin istenmeyen davranışlarla baş etmede kullandıkları yöntemler; medeni durum, eğitim durumu, mesleki kıdem ve kurumdaki hizmet süresine göre anlamlı farklılık gösterirken; cinsiyet değişkenine göre anlamlı bir farklılık göstermediği sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Öğretmenlerin öz yeterlilik inançları; cinsiyet, mesleki kıdeme göre anlamlı farklılık gösterirken; medeni durum, eğitim durumu ve kurumdaki hizmet süresi değişkenlerine göre anlamlı bir farklılık göstermediği sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.


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