Experiences of Graduate Students in Turkish Education During the Covid-19 Pandemic Process

The aim of this study is to reveal the experiences of graduate students in the field of Turkish education during the pandemic process. Phenomenology design, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the research. The sample of the research consists of graduate and doctoral students studying at different universities. Easily accessible case sampling was used to determine the study group. The data of the study were collected with the interview guide prepared by the researchers and given the final shape after the expert opinion was taken. The study group was reached by using internet tools (Zoom) and data were collected. The content analysis of data was made. As a result of the research, it was seen that during the pandemic process graduate students experienced advantages such as increased technological opportunities, accessing to online materials easily, time saving and efficient studying opportunities. However, disadvantages such as inefficient lessons, lack of interaction, inability to focus on lessons, data collection problems, and inability to benefit from libraries were also revealed as problems experienced by graduate students. Students expect technological opportunities to continue, but to ensure normalization in some issues that cannot be resolved with these opportunities. They think that face-to-face education is more qualified, communication is better, and research can be done more effectively.

A review on the use of figurative language in the poems in Turkish course books

The research purpose is examining the poems in Turkish textbooks for 1st–8th grade in terms of figurative language usage. The data source used in this qualitative study was gathered from the Turkish textbooks for the 1st–8th grade which was published in 2015–2016. The data were collected through document analysis and analysed via content analysis. It is revealed by this study that mostly simile and least metonyms and metaphors have been used for the 1st–4th-grade poems. In the poems included in the 5th–6th-grade Turkish course books, trope and simile have been utilized the most and metonym and metaphor have been used the least. In the poems included in 7th- and 8th-grade Turkish course books, trope and simile have been used the most and metonym and metaphor have been utilized the least. Keywords: Figurative language, children’s poems, Turkish education, trope.

Establishing Football Vocational Schools: Perspective from Turkey

The aim of this study was to understand what principles should be used in the future when establishing Football Vocational Schools in Turkey in order to ensure that future Turkish football players are better trained, and that this occurs in economically viable ways. The study was conducted as a case study. The data were collected using the interview technique and then subject to content analysis. Converting the football academy units currently found in Turkish sports clubs into Football Vocational Schools will fill the current deficiencies in the Turkish education system and will provide the well-trained and elite football players increasingly required by professional clubs. These schools should focus on providing education and training in football, which should be complemented by the subjects in the national education curriculum. This will make it easier for talented young footballers to choose football as a profession from an early age. Such a training model will help create a new service area with high added value in a market in which there is strong international competition. Keywords: Vocational School, Syllabus, Football Training, Turkish Education, Football Economy

AN ANALYSIS OF EDUCATIONAL AIMS IN TURKEY: A SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONTEXT

Que tipo de modelo humano deve ser o objetivo da educação? Neste estudo, os significados atribuídos aos objetivos da educação e representações do modelo humano foram examinados com base em abordagens ontológicas, ideológicas e psicológicas, e a mudança histórica dos objetivos educacionais no sistema educacional turco. A Turquia, um país integrado aos sistemas internacionais, tem sido constantemente afetado pelas transformações mundiais ideológicas, econômicas e sociais e buscou adaptar-se a essas transformações com as regulamentações do sistema educacional. No âmbito deste estudo, os objetivos do sistema educacional turco e as representações do modelo humano juntamente com as transformações socioeconômicas e políticas foram analisados no processo histórico desde os anos de fundação da República. Neste contexto, os períodos de transformação foram determinados examinando-se as estruturas de pensamento dominantes no sistema educacional turco e a e discutindo-se a mudança nos objetivos educacionais nesses períodos. Abstract: What kind of a human model should be the aim of education? In this study, the meanings attributed to the aims of education and human model depictions were examined based on ontological, ideological and psychological approaches and the historical change of educational objectives in the Turkish education system. Turkey, a country integrated with international systems, has been constantly affected by the ideological, economic and social transformations in the world, and sought to adapt to this transformation with the regulations for the education system. Within the scope of this study, the aims of the Turkish education system and the human model depictions together with socio-economic and political transformations were analyzed in the historical process since the foundation years of the Republic. In this context, the periods of transformation were determined by examining the thinking structures dominant in the Turkish education system, and the change in educational aims in these periods were discussed.