scholarly journals Opinions of Social Studies Teacher Candidates Prepared for KPSS Regarding the Effect of the Pandemic Period on Their Course Studies

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Mehmet ORAN
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Personnel Selection ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Depth Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Normal Period ◽  
Social Studies Teacher

This study aims to reveal the opinions of social studies teacher candidates who are prepared for KPSS on the effects of the pandemic period on their studies. KPSS: It is the shortening of the Public Personnel Selection Exam. These exams determine people to work in public institutions and organizations in Turkey. The phenomenology model, one of the qualitative research techniques, was used in the study. The study group of the research consists of 34 teacher candidates (male = 19, female = 15) graduated from Usak University, Department of Social Studies. In the collection of data in the research, firstly review of literature about the subject was done, and then a semi-structured interview form was used to apply to social studies teacher candidates. Some questions are standardized, some questions are prepared open-ended. In this type of interview, it is possible to obtain in-depth information. The data collected within the scope of the research were transferred to a word file in computer- mediated and subjected to content analysis. At the end of the research, the most frequently applied sources of candidate teachers preparing for KPSS during the pandemic period is that; videos, books, online lessons, articles and lesson notes. The teacher candidates stated that their families’ attitudes towards them were generally positive during the pandemic period. The advantages of the pandemic period was revealed that candidate teachers studied more than usual, the disadvantages of the pandemic periodwas that there was no activity, anxiety and stress increased, and the fear of getting sick came out. In addition, it was emphasized in the study that preparing for KPSS during the pandemic period is more difficult than preparing for it in the normal period.

scholarly journals Social Studies Teacher Candidates’ Views About Information Technologies and Material Used in Social Studies Lesson

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Mehmet ORAN ◽  
Mehmet Akif KARALI
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Classroom Environment ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Study Group ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
Social Studies Teacher

The research was prepared in order to reveal the opinions of social studies teacher candidates on the use of information technologies and materials in social studies lessons. The study group of the research consists of teacher candidates studying in the department of social studies teaching at Cukurova University in Turkey. The research was prepared in accordance with phenomenology, one of the qualitative research designs. A structured interview form, which was previously created by taking expert opinion, was used to collect data. There are 5 questions that complement each other in the interview form. The data obtained from the interview form were subjected to content analysis. The reliability of the study was calculated as 95.5% according to the reliability formula of Miles and Huberman (1994). It was concluded that the prospective teachers who participated in the research supported the use of information technologies in the social studies course. It was seen that the tools in the classroom environment as technology and material were expressed by the majority of the participants.

scholarly journals Opinions of Social Studies Teacher Candidates About Smoking Addiction

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-36
Author(s):  
Kamil Uygun ◽  
Ahmet Durmaz
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Expert Opinions ◽  
Social Studies Teacher ◽  
Smoking Addiction ◽  
Phenomenological Research Design ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
Academic Year

The aim of this study is to examine the opinions of social studies teacher candidates about smoking addiction. For the purpose of the study, phenomenological research design, which is one of the designs of qualitative research method, was used. The study group consisted of 20 volunteer teacher candidates (10 male and 10 female) who have been studying at Usak University Faculty of Education in the 2019-2020 academic year and who have been smoking for the last year. Data were collected with a semi-structured interview form. The interview form, which is a data collection tool, was prepared based on the opinions of three experts. 6 open-ended questions were asked to the participants according to expert opinions. The data was analyzed by content analysis.

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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