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 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 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 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 An Analysis of the Speaking Anxiety of Turkish Teacher Candidates

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kürşad Çağrı Bozkirli
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Software Package ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Public Speaking ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Speaking Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety Levels ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
Academic Year

The aim of this study is to analyse the speaking anxiety of Turkish teacher candidates studying in Kafkas University. The sample group of the research designed in the survey model consists of 181 Turkish teacher candidates studying in Kafkas University Faculty of Education in fall term of the 2018-2019 Academic Year, who are selected by the random sampling method. The “Speaking Anxiety Scale for the Teacher Candidates” consisting of three sub-dimensions, namely the “physiological symptoms”, “skill-related anxiety” and “psychological state” and 40 items developed by Kinay and Ozkan (2014) has been used in the study as the data collection tool. The findings of the study where the SPSS 17.0 software package is used for data analysis have revealed that; while the speaking anxiety levels of Turkish teacher candidates are not high and do not change depending on their gender or their willingness to become a teacher, they change significantly depending on their grade and public speaking experience.

scholarly journals Examination of Expection and Anxiety States in the Science Laboratory in Science Education

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 537
Author(s):  
Elvan INCE AKA
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Science Laboratory ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
Anxiety States ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Grade 3 ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
Academic Year

<em>In this research, it is aimed to study the expectations and anxiety states of students, studying Science Education,</em><em> </em><em>during the course of science education laboratory practices. Screening model was used in this research. The research was carried out with the participation of 83 students, who took the course of Science Education Laboratory Practice and who were studying in 3rd Grade (3 branches) in the Department of Science Education, Department of Mathematics and Sciences, Faculty of Education, public university in the spring semester of 2016</em><em>-</em><em>2017 academic year. We used the following open-ended research question; “What are your expectations from the course of Science education laboratory practices as a data collection tool?”, and we also used “Science Laboratory Anxiety Scale” which was developed by U?akl? and Akp?nar (2015). Descriptive analysis technique was used during the analysis of qualitative data. SPSS 18.0 package statistics program was used during the analysis of quantitative data. In line with the research results, it is observed that the expectations and anxieties of students related with science laboratory are focused mostly on the level of success.</em>

scholarly journals Perceptions of Pre-service Teachers Regarding Entrepreneurship Education: A Metaphoric Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-75
Author(s):  
Murat TARHAN
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Abstract Concepts ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
Academic Year

Without being aware of it, metaphorical concepts reveal their expressions word for word in our social life. It is the expression of thoughts using concrete and abstract concepts. The aim of this study is to reveal the mental perceptions of teacher candidates about entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurship skills by using metaphors. The participants of the study are teacher candidates studying in ten different branches at the Faculty of Education in Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University in the 2019-2020 academic year. In the research, as a data collection tool, a form that includes the expression "Entrepreneurship education / entrepreneurship skill…… because……" was used to identify metaphors for entrepreneurship education. The data obtained from the data collection tool were analyzed using qualitative data analysis techniques. Content analysis and metaphor analysis were used in the analysis of the data. According to the findings obtained from the study, pre-service teachers produced a total of 100 metaphors for entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurship skills. These metaphors have been classified into three categories in total, without metaphors for the theoretical framework of entrepreneurship education, metaphors for the values of entrepreneurship education, and metaphors for skills of entrepreneurship education.

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.

TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION OF NARRATIVE TEXT TO THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emi Br Bukit ◽  
Berlin Sibarani ◽  
Rika Rika
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Narrative Text ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Academic Year

This study aims at describing how the teachers teach reading comprehension of narrative text to the tenth grade students in Sibolangit and revealing the underlying reasons of why do they do that way. This study was conducted by using qualitative research design. The subject of this study were two english teachers who taught at tenth grade students of two SMA in Sibolangit they are : SMA Negeri  1 Sibolangit  and SMA RK Deli Murni Bandar Baru in academic year 2016/ 2017. The data were analyzed by using Miles and Huberman data analysis technique. The  technique of collecting the data was recorded from the classroom process in teaching reading comprehension of narrative text. The findings of the study show that most of teachers’ ways are not yet focusing on teaching reading comprehension but rather focusing teaching the knowledge of genre. The underlying reason of the teachers’ ways in teaching reading comprehension did not facilitate reading comprehension. It was due to the misperception of the concept of teaching reading comprehension.  Keywords : Teaching,Reading Comprehension,Narrative Text.

scholarly journals Transition to Distance Education in COVID-19 Period: Turkish Pre-Service Teachers’ E-Learning Attitudes and Readiness Levels

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 296
Author(s):  
Tarık Balcı ◽  
Ceren Nur Temiz ◽  
Ahmet Haktan Sivrikaya
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Learning Readiness ◽  
Learning Attitudes ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
Teachers Attitudes ◽  
Online Learning Readiness ◽  
Academic Year

In this study, pre-service teachers’ attitudes and readiness towards e-learning during the COVID-19 pandemic were examined. This research was carried out in the Fall Semester of the 2020-2021 Academic Year, with the participation of 519 pre-service teachers from Balıkesir University Necatibey Faculty of Education and Faculty of Sport Sciences, Department of Physical Education and Sports Education. In the collection of data, the General Attitude Scale towards e-learning developed by Haznedar and Baran (2012) and the Online Learning Readiness Scale adapted to Turkish Culture by İlhan and Çetin (2013), were used. In this study, it was found that pre-service teachers had a negative attitude towards e-learning and that they considered themselves competent in terms of e-learning readiness. There was no difference in terms of e-learning attitudes and readiness of the teacher candidates according to the department they studied. In addition, it was found that there was a significant relationship between pre-service teachers’ attitudes towards e-learning and their readiness, and that e-learning readiness was an effective factor in the adoption of the e-learning process.

scholarly journals PENGARUH ADVERSITY QUOTIENT DAN IKLIM KELAS TERHADAP PRESTASI BELAJAR EKONOMI SISWA KELAS X SMAN 3 PARIAMAN

Jurnal Ecogen ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 812
Author(s):  
Wildanul Husna
Keyword(s):  
Random Sampling ◽  
Classroom Climate ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Significant Positive Effect ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Economic Achievement ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Positive Effect

Abstract: This research aims to determine the influence of adversity quotient and classroom climate on students' economic achievement. The type of this research are descriptive and associative. The population of this research are the tenth grade students of SMAN 3 Pariaman who study economic subjects and enrolled in academic year 2017-2018 which amounted to 192 students, the sample of this reasearch are 129 students. The sampling technique is done by Proportional Random Sampling. Questionnaire is used as a data collection tool. Data analysis technique used is multiple linear regression. The results showed that there was a significant positive effect between adversity quotient and classroom climate on students' economic achievement. Based on the results of the research, it was suggested for students to further increase adversity quotient and form a good classroom climate in learning in order to get a more optimal achievement. For the teachers, they are expected to pay more attention to the condition of students in learning, and for parents, they are expected to pay attention to the development of their children, so they can provide encouragement to students to remain eager in learning in order to get better learning achievement.Keyword: adversity quotient, classroom climate, learning achievement

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