scholarly journals History Teacher Candidates’ Evaluation of Their Undergraduate Programs

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Osman Akhan
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
State Universities ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Purposeful Sampling ◽  
History Teacher ◽  
Undergraduate Programs ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
E Mail

The aim of this research is to reveal the thoughts on the history program of the teacher candidates who have recently graduated from the history teaching undergraduate program. In this research, a case study model from qualitative research methods was adopted. The study group of this research consisted of 49 teacher candidates, 18 female and 31 male. The teacher candidates were senior students to graduate at the end of the 2019-2020 academic year, and they were selected from education faculties at three state universities. Within the framework of this study, an easily attainable method was adopted in the selection of universities and faculties, and the criterion sampling, a purposeful sampling method, was used while choosing the study group. The data of the study were collected via e-mail correspondence with a questionnaire consisting of open-ended questions created by the researcher. The data obtained from the study group were analyzed using descriptive analysis. When the results of the study are evaluated in general, it could be stated that the history teacher candidates in the study group mostly have positive opinions about their undergraduate education. However, teacher candidates expressed that the course contents were very theoretical and added that the number of practical courses should be increased.

scholarly journals A different Analysis with the Literature Circles: Teacher Candidates’ Perspectives on the Profession

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Fatih Çetin Çetinkaya ◽  
Abdurrahman Baki Topçam
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Specific Area ◽  
Literature Circles ◽  
Purposeful Sampling ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
Undergraduate Programs ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Positive Effect

This study aimed to determine the perceptions of teacher candidates and to use the literature circles method to help them to develop a positive attitude towards the profession. Given that the study of literature circles in the national literature is only for a specific area, this study is the first study in which the literature circles are used for a different purpose. The research was carried out with eight teacher candidates who were studying in two different undergraduate programs of a public university in the spring term of the 2018-2019 academic year. Participants were selected by using convenience sampling and purposeful sampling methods. In the study, which was formed by selecting the case study from qualitative research designs, data were analyzed by the content analysis method. Findings from the books and sessions performed within the literature circles show that the process has a positive effect on the teacher candidates’ perspectives.

scholarly journals History Teaching Approaches Preferred by Turkish and Russian History Teachers

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Osman Akhan
Keyword(s):  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Russian History ◽  
History Teachers ◽  
History Teaching ◽  
Classroom Activities ◽  
Questionnaire Form ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
E Mail

The purpose of this research is to determine the opinions of Turkish and Russian history teachers regarding teaching of history, and to present, on a comparative basis, the understanding of history in the two countries as well as the methods of history teaching preferred by the teachers there. The research was designed as a case study, which is one of the qualitative research methods. The sample consisted of 13 Turkish and 13 Russian teachers working as history teachers in Turkey and Russia in the 2020- 2021 academic year. The convenience sampling method was used in the study. The data of the study were collected by correspondence via e-mail with a questionnaire form consisting of open-ended questions created by the researchers. Descriptive analysis was used to analyze the data. When the results of the study are evaluated in general, it is observed that the Russian history teachers are more flexible in history teaching and attach more importance to innovative history teaching, while the Turkish teachers perform more curriculum-centered history teaching compared to their Russian colleagues. In addition, it can be said that Russian history teachers pay more attention to their professional development than Turkish history teachers, and they incorporate more historical thinking skills in classroom activities. It is possible to say that the results of the study originate from the objectives of history teaching in the two countries.

scholarly journals Examination of Semantic Structures Used by Teacher Candidates to Transform Algebraic Expressions into Verbal Problems

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayten Pinar Bal ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Algebraic Expression ◽  
Study Group ◽  
State University ◽  
Algebraic Expressions ◽  
Purposeful Sampling ◽  
Division Problems ◽  
Addition And Subtraction ◽  
Research Types

The aim of this study is to examine the semantic structures used by mathematics teacher candidates to transform algebraic expressions into verbal problems. The research is a descriptive study in the survey model, which is one of the quantitative research types. The study group of the research consists of 165 teacher candidates studying in the primary school mathematics teaching department of a state university in the south of Turkey in the 2019-2020 academic years. 73.2% of the teacher candidates in the study group are female and 26.8% are male. Criterion sampling method, one of the purposeful sampling methods, was used in the selection of teacher candidates in the study group. While the Algebraic Expression Questionnaire Form was used as the data collection tool, the evaluation rubric of verbal problems was used in the analysis of the data. As a result of the research, it has been revealed that pre-service teachers are more successful in transforming algebraic expressions into verbal problems, but they have problems in creating problems with algebraic expressions that make up systems of equations. Again in the study, it was concluded that pre-service teachers used addition and subtraction problems more than multiplication and division problems. On the other hand, when the problems in the type of addition and subtraction are examined in the study, in the type of combining and separating; It has been concluded that the category of equal groups is mostly used in the problems of multiplication and division.

scholarly journals Preschool Teachers’ Views on Schools’ Indoor and Outdoor Environment Safety

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Tugba Konakli ◽  
Esra Ulcetin
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Preschool Teachers ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Outdoor Environment ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Purposeful Sampling ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Indoor And Outdoor

<p class="apa">The aim of this research is to analyze opinions of teachers who work in preschool education institutions concerning precautions that should be taken for indoor and outdoor security. Study group of this research is determined by criterion sampling from purposeful sampling techniques. The study group of this research is consist of eight preschool teachers who work in four private and four public schools in Kocaeli İzmit district in the fall semester of 2013-2014 Academic Year. For the purpose of the research, data are collected with semi-structured interview technique. During the research, the interviews are recorded with tape recorder and the interviews are put down on paper then analyzed. After the recorded data are submitted to approval of participants, the analysis of the data has started. Date are analyzed with descriptive analysis method and coded then interpreted. In order to ensure validity of the research, the data are tried to be analyzed with direct quotes of the participants. Research findings show that the most important risk factors are caused by defective design of schools. Research results also show that schools have not only indoor security problems such as stairs and door but also external security problems such as garden and playgrounds.</p>

scholarly journals Teacher candidates attitudes towards the stem and sub-dimensions of stem

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 322-344
Author(s):  
Ezgi Pelin Yıldız ◽  
Ayşe Alkan ◽  
Metin Cengel
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
One Way Anova

The developments in science and technology have led to changes in the expectations of countries from the future and the individuals. In the 21st century, focusing on innovative approaches in the education system has become compulsory to raise individuals who question, find rapid and effective solutions to problems and who could think scientifically. One of these approaches is Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) training. The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between STEM and STEM sub-dimensions. The study group consists of 204 teacher candidates from different departments of the Faculty of Education of Sakarya University during the academic year 2018/2019. To collect data, the attitude scale for STEM and the sub-dimensions of STEM were used in the study. One-way ANOVA was used in this correlation for parametric tests. According to the results of the study, there is a positive and significant relationship between STEM and all STEM sub-dimensions based on the data collected from teacher candidates. Keywords: STEM, sub-dimensions, teacher candidates.  

scholarly journals What Is Efficient Social Studies Instruction?

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Çiğdem Kan
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Social Studies Instruction ◽  
Academic Year

Effective social studies instruction should intend to train young individuals who are interested, are capable of participating in the learning process, are capable of utilizing technology, have a good memory, look forward to the future with confidence, and transfer the knowledge they acquire at school to daily life. The aim of the present research is to determine the problems experienced in the instruction of social studies course based on teacher views and the means for an efficient social studies instruction. Thus, the case study method, a qualitative research design, was employed in the present study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 teachers, employed in five middle schools in Elazığ province urban center, during the 2016-2017 academic year, and the data were analyzed with descriptive analysis. Thus, it was determined that the inadequacy of course hours and the redundancy and complexity of the topics were the main problems experienced in social studies courses and these were identified as the factors that led to the lack of student interest. According to the views of the teachers, efficient social studies instruction requires a focus on current issues, requires employment of available technologies, and should allow the individuals to transfer content knowledge to life. It is concluded that an efficient social studies instruction would be possible through the transfer of knowledge to real-life situations, the employment of technological tools, active student participation, the simplification and the elimination the discontinuities between textbook content.

scholarly journals Communication Barriers in the Context of School-Parents Cooperation

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-96
Author(s):  
Serkan Gokalp ◽  
Sait Akbasli ◽  
Okan Dis
Keyword(s):  
School Administrators ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Communication Barriers ◽  
The Other ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Research Results

<p style="text-align: justify;">The purpose of the present study was to determine the communication barriers, the reasons and results of these barriers, and solution proposals for communication barriers faced in the context of school-parents cooperation. The case study was used in this study. The data obtained from the interview forms were analysed according to the method of descriptive analysis. The findings were presented in the form of themes and subthemes. The study group consisted of 42 teachers working in the central districts of Erzurum in the 2019-2020 academic years. According to the research results, the participants think that communication barriers in the context of school-parents cooperation are related to parents and to teachers. Most of the participants express the reasons for communication barriers resulting from parents while some of the participants express the reasons for communication barriers resulting from teachers. Participants think that the results of communication barriers faced in the context of school-parents cooperation are related to students, school administrators, parents and teacher. Most of the participants think that results of communication barriers in the context of school-parents cooperation are related to students while the other participants think that results of communication barriers in the context of school-parents cooperation are related to school administrators, parents and teachers. Most of the participants propose solutions for communication barriers related to teachers while other participants propose solutions for communication barriers related to school administrators and parents.</p>

scholarly journals The relation between employment hope and emotional expression levels of music teacher candidates

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 451
Author(s):  
Mürvet Nevra Küpana
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Emotional Expression ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Fine Arts ◽  
Music Teacher ◽  
Emotional Expressivity ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Academic Year

The objective of this research is to present the relation between employment hope levels and emotional expressivity levels of music teacher candidates. A total of 226 music teacher candidates studying Music Education in Faculties of Fine Arts in Marmara University, Trakya University, Karadeniz Technical University and Necmettin Erbakan University in 2015-2016 academic year constituted the study group of the research. Employment Hope Scale, Berkeley Expressivity Scale and Personal Information Form were used as data collection tool. Data acquired through these scales were analyzed through Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. In this study, a significantly relation was found between employment hope levels and emotional expressivity levels of music teacher candidates.

scholarly journals Multidimensional Analysis of the Teaching Process of the Critical Thinking Skills

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-157
Author(s):  
Seyat Polat
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Multidimensional Analysis ◽  
Relational Model ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Qualitative Part ◽  
Academic Year

This study aims to evaluate critical thinking skills in a multidimensional way. Based on this objective, the level of teachers’ critical thinking skills, how they conceptualize critical thinking, their practices of critical thinking in the classroom, and if the critical thinking is referred enough in the curriculum are analyzed in this research. In terms of the research objective, this study is mixed-method: The relational model was used for the quantitative part of the research, and the case study method was used for the qualitative part. The research data was collected in the academic year 2013-2014. The study group from which quantitative data was collected consists of 323 males and 377 females, totaling 700 teachers, and the other study group from which the qualitative data was collected involves 16 teachers working at two primary and two elementary schools.

scholarly journals The Use of Guided Inquiry Approach to Improve Class X Students’ Physics Problem Solving Skills at SMA 1 Watampone Kabupaten Bone

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-196
Author(s):  
A. Muafiah Nur
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Guided Inquiry ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Inquiry Approach ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
Academic Year

This research is a pre-experimental that aims to know: 1) measuring students’ ability of tenth grade SMA Negeri 1 Watampone in solving physics problem that is taught by using guided inquiry approach, 2) measuring the students’ ability in solving physics problem through guided inquiry approach achieve the level of Minimum Passing Standard. The population and all at once as sample in this research is 36 or all of student at tenth grade SMA Negeri 1 Watampone in 2016/2017 academic year. The research design used in this research is One Shot Case Study. The research instrument is the description test in solving physics problem. The result of descriptive analysis shows that the average score of students’ physics achievement after taugh by using guided inquiry approach is 108 and 12 for standard deviation. While the result of inferential analysis shows that students’ ability achieve the minimum passing standard at significance level α = 0,05.Keywords: guided approach; problem solving skills; Descriptive statistics; inferential statisticsPenelitian ini adalah penelitian pra eksprimen yang bertujuan untuk: (1) mengetahui besarnya kemampuan siswa kelas X SMA Negeri 1 Watampone dalam memecahkan masalah fisika yang diajar dengan menggunakan pendekatan inkuiri terbimbing, (2) mengetahui kemampuan siswa kelas X SMA Negeri 1 Watampone dalam memecahkan masalah fisika melalui pendekatan inkuiri terbimbing mencapai tingkat Kriteria Ketuntasan Minimal. Subjek populasi sekaligus sebagai sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah seluruh siswa kelas X SMA Negeri 1 Watampone tahun pelajaran 2016/2017 sebanyak 36 siswa. Desain Penelitian yang digunakan adalah One Shot Case Study. Instrumen penelitian yang digunakan adalah tes kemampuan memecahkan masalah fisika dalam bentuk tes uraian. Hasil analisis deskriptif menunjukkan skor rata-rata hasil belajar fisika siswa kelas X SMA Negeri 1 Watampone setelah diajar dengan pendekatan inkuiri terbimbing sebesar 108 dan standar deviasi 12. Hasil analisis inferensial menunjukkan bahwa kemampuan siswa kelas X SMA Negeri 1 Watampone dalam memecahkan masalah fisika setelah diajar dengan pendekatan inkuiri terbimbing pada pembelajaran fisika mencapai tingkat Kriteria Ketuntasan Minimal pada taraf nyata α = 0,05.Kata kunci: pendekatan ikuiri terbimbing; kemampuan memecahkan masalah; statistik deskriptif; statistik inferensial

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