scholarly journals COVID-19 from the Perspective of Preschool Prospective Teachers: What Can We Do for Children?

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-94
Author(s):  
Derya Atabey
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Survey Form ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
Made In

The current study was carried out to determine the problems that preschool children experience during COVID-19 and also what could be done from perspectives of preschool prospective teachers. The working group of the study was made up of 45 projects prepared by 15 preschool prospective teachers attending to the midterm exam of lecture of “Practices of social service” in Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Faculty of Education, Department of Preschool Education.  As a data collection tool, the project preparation form (A unstructured survey form) that was prepared by the researcher was used.  The study was carried out qualitative research methods and the projects comprising the working group of the study were analyzed with content analysis technique. At the end of the study, the problems that preschool children might experience in the pandemic period, the purposes to decrease these problems to minimum, the concepts and values to be attained and recommendations for projects were determined. Various recommendations were made in line with the findings obtained.

scholarly journals Cartoons: A Profound Outlook within the Scope of Children and Media

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Derya Atabey
Keyword(s):  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Survey Form ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Subliminal Messages ◽  
Faculty Of Education

The current study was carried out to evaluate cartoons from the perspective of preschool prospective teachers within the scope of Child and Media Lecture in Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Faculty of Education, Department of Preschool Education. The working group of the study consisted of 46 cartoon parts evaluated by 24 preschool prospective teachers attending to the lecture of “Child and Media” in the content of final assignments. As a data collection tool, cartoon evaluation form (an unstructured survey form) that was prepared by the researcher was used. The study was conducted following qualitative research method, and it was analyzed with the content analysis technique. At the end of the research, the positive and negative features of protagonist, the positive and negative features of other heroes, the positive and negative effects of cartoon on children, subliminal messages, the personal views and recommendations of the prospective teachers with regard to the cartoons they analyzed were determined. Depending on the results obtained, various recommendations were provided.

scholarly journals Öğretmen Adaylarının “Demokrasi” Kavramına Yönelik Metafor Algıları / Perceptions of Prospective Teachers About the Concept of "Democracy"

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bilgin Ünal İbret ◽  
Ergün Recepoğlu ◽  
Emine Karasu Avcı ◽  
Serpil Recepoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Survey Form ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
Academic Year

<p><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></p><p>In this study, it is aimed to reveal the perceptions of 4th grade prospective teachers studying in Kastamonu University with respect to the concept of democracy through metaphors. By giving emphasis on common objectives in line with the metaphors students produced, the inferences were made about what they understand from the democracy and direction of their perceptions. In accordance with the nature of the research, qualitative research design "phenomenological pattern" was used. The study group includes a total of 297 prospective teachers who voluntarily participate the study, including 76 men and 221 women girls studying in the fourth class in Kastamonu University Faculty of Education in the 2016-2017 academic year. A survey form, consisted of 1 open-ended question, was used as data collection tool to set students’ perceptions. The participants were asked to fulfil the “Democracy is like …… because …..” expressions featured in the survey form. Data were analyzed with content analysis technique. The data were analyzed by descriptive analysis. In the study, prospective teachers developed 149 different metaphors about the concept of democracy. According to the results obtained in this study, prospective teachers focused on most freedom sun, seesaw, water, balance, tree, equality, bird, life, justice, father, rainbow, sky, shield, breath, train and conscience metaphors. Teacher candidates see the concept of democracy with metaphors that they develop as a factor changing from the point of view. In the study, it was determined that the perception of democracy changed according to gender. In addition, it is seen that prospective teachers perceive democracy as different from each other according to their branches.</p><p><strong>Öz</strong></p><p>Bu çalışmada, Kastamonu Üniversitesi’nde öğrenim görmekte olan çeşitli branşlara sahip dördüncü sınıf öğretmen adaylarının demokrasi kavramına ilişkin sahip oldukları algıları metaforlar aracılığıyla ortaya çıkarmak amaçlanmaktadır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda oluşturulan metaforların ortak özellikleri üzerinde durularak, yükseköğretimde öğrenim gören öğrencilerin demokrasi hakkındaki algılarının ne yönde olduğu ve demokrasiden ne anladıkları hakkında çıkarımlar yapılmıştır. Çalışmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden birisi olan olgubilim deseni kullanılmıştır. Çalışma grubu, 2016-2017 eğitim öğretim dönemi bahar yarıyılında araştırmaya gönüllü olarak katılmayı kabul eden 221’i kız 76’sı erkek olmak 297 öğretmen adayından oluşmaktadır. Öğretmen adaylarının belirlenen kavramlarla ilgili algılarının ortaya koyulması amacıyla veri toplama aracı olarak, bir adet açık uçlu sorudan oluşan form kullanılmıştır. Çalışmada öğretmen adaylarından “Demokrasi … gibidir; çünkü … .” ifadesini tamamlamaları istenerek veriler elde edilmiştir. Elde edilen veriler betimsel analiz yoluyla çözümlenmiştir. Çalışmada öğretmen adayları demokrasi kavramına yönelik 149 farklı metafor geliştirmişlerdir. Bu çalışmada öğretmen adayları bu metaforlardan en fazla özgürlük, güneş, tahterevalli, su, terazi, ağaç, eşitlik, kuş, hayat, adalet, baba, gökkuşağı, gökyüzü, kalkan, nefes, tren ve vicdan metaforları üzerinde durmuşlardır. Öğretmen adayları geliştirdikleri metaforlarla demokrasi kavramını daha çok bakış açısına göre değişen bir unsur olarak görmektedirler. Çalışmada demokrasiyi algılama biçiminin cinsiyete göre değiştiği tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca öğretmen adaylarının demokrasiyi branşlarına göre birbirlerinden farklı olarak algıladıkları görülmektedir. </p>

scholarly journals Digital Reading and the Concept of Ebook: Metaphorical Analysis of Preservice Teachers’ Perceptions Regarding the Concept of Ebook

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 215824402110168
Author(s):  
Başak Karakoç Öztürk
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Information Source ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Accessible Categories ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
Metaphorical Analysis

The aim of this study was to determine the metaphorical perceptions of preservice Turkish teachers (PTTs) regarding the concept of ebook. In accordance with this aim, answers to the questions of “What are the metaphors used by PTTs for the concept of e-book?” and “Under which categories could the metaphors used by PTTs for the concept of e-book be collected?” were sought. A total of 150 preservice teachers studying in the Faculty of Education, Turkish Education Department at Çukurova University, constituted the participants of the research designed according to the phenomenology design, one of the qualitative research methods. A semi-structured interview form was used as data collection tool. Data were analyzed using the content analysis technique. As a result of the study, it was determined that eight categories emerged from the metaphors produced by PTTs for ebook and that they mostly had positive meanings. These categories are, namely, facilitating, information source, accessible, portable, requirement, inadequate, attractive, and harmful. PTTs mostly produced metaphors for ebook in the facilitating category. It was followed by the information source and accessible categories. It was determined that some PTTs produced negative metaphors for ebooks, and these negative metaphors were collected under the inadequate and harmful categories.

scholarly journals A study on conceptual associations of colors in preschool children

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 729-764
Author(s):  
Özge Mazlum ◽  
Fehmi Soner Mazlum
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Preliminary Review ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Context Analysis ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Descriptive Survey

In this study, the conceptual associations of colors in preschool children were examined with an interdisciplinary perspective. Designed as a preliminary review, this study provides insights and suggestions about how conceptual associations of colors can be used for developing products and services for kids and improving the effectiveness of learning activities in education. This study was designed as descriptive survey because it describes an existing situation. This research’s working group was chosen through a purposive sampling method. The study also includes interpreted components. Two-stage interviews were made with 204 children aged between 60 and 72 months in pre-school education in Ankara with active participation of their form teachers, and the data were collected using the context analysis technique. The study found that children show dominant preference for certain colors in connection with certain concepts and they made consistent spectrum preference for certain concepts. These preferences indicate that the children aged between 60 and 72 months are able to make associations between concepts and colors and attribute meanings to colors in the background, with important hints for the use of colors in designing products and planning learning activities for children.

scholarly journals Teachers’ Views on the Availability of Web 2.0 Tools in Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (22) ◽  
pp. 70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Semih Caliskan ◽  
Zafer Guney ◽  
Regina G. Sakhieva ◽  
Dinara G. Vasbieva ◽  
Natalia A. Zaitseva
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Web 2.0 Tools ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
Faculties Of Education

Abstract—This research was conducted in 2018 to determine the opinions of prospective teachers about the usability of Web 2.0 tools in education. Quantitative research method was used in the research. The research was conducted in the spring term of 2018–2019. The study group consisted of prospective teachers studying at the faculties of education of the foundation university. 114 prospective teachers participated in the study. The data collection tool called Son The Problems of the Last Year Students of the Faculty of Education and Their Problems in Teaching Practice gelistiril developed by Aylin Demirhan and Meryem Yakut was applied to the teacher candidates. The data were collected by the researchers. The collected data were analysed using the SPSS program. To analyse the data obtained from the data collection tool, frequency, percentage, average, standard deviation, minimum and maximum values, T-test and analysis of variance applied. According to the results of the study, prospective teachers’ opinions about the use of Web 2.0 tools are highly positive. It is thought that the students' ability to create content with active participation, support social interaction, and creativity in educational environments, and it is seen in the results of the research that the prospective teachers reported positive opinions. Web 2.0 tools are thought to have a positive effect on learning due to their rich content and may be useful in increasing the prospective teachers' communicative abilities with their common workspaces. Therefore, it is predicted that teachers' use of Web 2.0 tools in their courses will contribute to the development of prospective teachers. In addition, it is thought that the training to be provided by educators who have an important role in guiding prospective teachers and guiding them for a better education will enable prospective teachers to use Web 2.0 tools more frequently and efficiently.

scholarly journals The Metaphoric Perceptions of the Prospective Turkish Language and Literature Teachers, Taking Pedagogical Formation Education about “Bilingualism”

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-85
Author(s):  
Yusuf Günaydın
Keyword(s):  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Guidance Note ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Language And Literature ◽  
Educational Sciences ◽  
Turkish Language

The concept of bilingualism is gaining prominence in our daily lives due to political and social reasons. The fact that bilingualism has become an undeniable fact requires investigation of it in educational sciences. How prospective teachers perceive the concept of bilingualism will fill a gap in the literature in terms of understanding educational practices. In this context, the purpose of this study is to determine the perceptions of the Turkish language and literature teacher candidates who have received formation education about the concept of "bilingualism" through metaphors. About 92 Turkish language and literature teacher candidates, studying at Çukurova University, form the research group of the study, for which qualitative research design is adopted. As a data collection tool, each student was given a guidance note with the expression of “bilingualism is like… because…” and the blanks in this guidance note were asked to be filled in. The metaphors obtained in the study were collected in different categories. Content analysis technique was used to analyze the data. According to the results of the research, it was determined that Turkish language and literature teacher candidates who received formation education had positive perceptions about the concept of bilingualism in a total of 12 concept categories.

scholarly journals The Metaphorical Perceptions of Prospective Turkish Teachers’ Related to the Concept of “Language”

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 231
Author(s):  
Serdar Derman
Keyword(s):  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Common Features ◽  
Development Change ◽  
The Common ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Turkish Language ◽  
Academic Year

The purpose of the present study is to reveal the metaphorical perceptions of prospective Turkish teachers’ related to the concept of “language”. The study was carried out with 158 prospective Turkish teachers’ ongoing Gaziantep University, Faculty of Education, Department of Turkish Language Teaching in 2014-2015 academic year. To reveal the perceptions of the prospective teachers related to “language” concepts  through metaphors they were asked to complete one of the following prompt “Language likes …..; because….” and “Language likes to ….; because….” within about a course period (45 minutes). Metaphor eliciation method was employed in the present study and content analysis was used for data analysis. Prospective Turkish Teachers produced seventy five different metaphors for the concept of "language". Seventy five metaphors were categorized according to the common features presented in the justifications. Six categories that were structured in this way are as follows “1.Multiple manners, Flexibility, Layering 2. Origin and oldness 3. Being alive, development, change 4. Culture Carrying, Cultural Transporter 5. Communication and Socialization Tool 6. Tool of Expressing Status and Accumulations”. The findings were compared with related studies and suggestions were made for effective use of metaphors in language teaching.

scholarly journals An Analysis of Prospective Teachers’ Curriculum Literacy Levels in Terms of Various Variables

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hikmet Zelyurt ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
University Education ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Education Faculty ◽  
Significant Difference

This study aims to examine the curriculum literacy levels of prospective teachers in terms of various variables. The research sample consists of 469 teacher candidates, including 253 students from the 3rd grade and 216 students from the 4th grade, studying in Primary School Education, Preschool Education, Turkish Education, and Social Studies Education Departments of Inonu University Education Faculty. Curriculum Literacy Scale was used as a data collection tool in the study. In the findings of the study, it was observed that there was a significant difference in various sub-dimensions of the curriculum literacy of prospective teachers by different variables.

scholarly journals Investigation of the Prospective Teachers’ Research and Reporting Capabilities of the Written Resources According to Their Branches

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 215
Author(s):  
Kamil Akbayır
Keyword(s):  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Prospective Teacher ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Primary School Teacher ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
Fourth Grade Students ◽  
Teacher Education Department ◽  
Primary School Teacher Education ◽  
Faculty Of Education

The purpose of this study is to examine whether the prospective teachers' researching and reporting capabilities of the written resources varies from branch to branch. The present study is a descriptive study since an existing situation has been exhibited. A total of 97 fourth grade students consisiting of 21 prospective science teacher, 25 mathematic prospective teacher, 24 Turkish prospective teacher and 27 social studies prospective teacher from the Yüzüncü Yıl University Faculty of Education Primary School Teacher Education Department have been taken into the sample group during the 2017-2018 spring semester. For the data of this study, a 25-question questionnaire has been developed. The frequencies and the percentages of the data obtained from the questionnaire have been recorded. According to the findings obtained from the study, 75% of Turkish prospective teachers who participated in our survey had time to study extracurricularly, while 20.8% became those who spent the most time to study after class by stating that they had sometimes found time, 52% of mathematic prospective teachers found time to study extracurricularly, 32% of them sometimes found time to be found among the prospective teachers who participated in our study with the phrase that the least extracurricular teachers have been found. On the other hand, 64% of mathematic prospective teachers found time to read textbooks, 32% of them were time to read textbooks with their expressions as sometimes they found time. 41.7% of Turkish prospective teachers had time to read textbooks, 37.5% of them sometimes found time, and it was seen that among prospective teachers, it was the branch that found the least time to read textbooks.

scholarly journals An Analysis of Prospective Teachers’ Curriculum Literacy Levels in Terms of Various Variables

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hikmet Zelyurt
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
University Education ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Education Faculty ◽  
Significant Difference

This study aims to examine the curriculum literacy levels of prospective teachers in terms of various variables. The research sample consists of 469 teacher candidates, including 253 students from the 3rd grade and 216 students from the 4th grade, studying in Primary School Education, Preschool Education, Turkish Education, and Social Studies Education Departments of Inonu University Education Faculty. Curriculum Literacy Scale was used as a data collection tool in the study. In the findings of the study, it was observed that there was a significant difference in various sub-dimensions of the curriculum literacy of prospective teachers by different variables.

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