Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research (EPASR - E-Journal)
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Interactive Metadiscourse Markers in the Turkish Articles on Science and Social Sciences
Get PDFThis study aims to identify the interactive metadiscourse markers in the main sections of the articles (introduction, method, findings, results, discussion and conclusion) in the fields of science and social sciences. Designed as a descriptive research, this study employs the survey model. The articles analyzed in this study are a total of 16 articles, 8 science and 8 social sciences articles selected from the science and social sciences journals at DergiPark. The study group of this paper includes 54,253 words, 16,301 of which are in the articles on science and 37,952 are in the articles on social sciences. To achieve, this study draws on Hyland and Tses framework of metadiscourse model. The data are analyzed through descriptive analysis method. A Mann-Whitney U test is performed to find out whether there is a significant difference in the use of metadiscourse markers identified in the descriptive analysis of the articles on science and social sciences. The analysis indicate that more interactive metadiscourse markers are used in the articles on social sciences compared to the articles on science%253B yet, this difference is not significant. Furthermore, the use of code glosses is significant for social sciences%253B nonetheless, there is no significant difference in the use of other interactive metadiscourse markers
An Analysis of the Content Knowledge Elective Courses of the ELT Departments%253A A Suggested Syllabus
Get PDFThis research study took its sprouts from the reform implemented by the Council of Higher Education (CoHE), Turkey in 2018. The recent update has focused not only on the deficiencies of the existing programme but also enhancing the number of the elective courses up to 25 per cent. Correspondingly, CoHe suggested thirteen Content Knowledge electives along with granting authorization to universities to add six more electives on demand. Originated with these decision-making exigencies, this two-phased study was planned to disclose the favoured elective of 1093 EFL teachers in the first phase while the focus on the second phase changed direction to a syllabus design on the relevant elective with the guidance of teacher educators. The first phase of the research exploits a mixed method sequential exploratory design involving qualitative and quantitative research paradigms revealing Current Trends in ELT as the most favoured elective course, consequently. In the following phase, a further step was taken, and 62 teacher educators were consulted regarding the content of the course. Having analysed the responses by open-coding technique, the theme lsquo%253Btechnology integration was found out to be teacher educators main concern. Based on this data, the targeted topic-based syllabus was designed around the suggested sub themes of technology integration and ultimately fine-tuned through the lenses of two experts. The study also presented a compilation of teacher educators responses which should carefully be scrutinized and utilized by the policy makers and decision-making parties
Pre-Service Science Teachers Images and Misconceptions About Chemical Equilibrium
Get PDFDetermining pre-service teachers images and removing their misconceptions with scientifically true ones are very important so that these teachers could bring up students without misconceptions. In the current study, it was aimed to highlight pre-service science teachers images and misconceptions about chemical equilibrium together and in detail. For this purpose, qualitative research was employed. The research was conducted on 20 pre-service science teachers educating at a university in middle Anatolia region. Worksheets were utilized as data collecting tools. In worksheets there was a question about making pre-service teachers draw four different scenarios for a given chemical equilibrium reaction at different times%253B at the beginning of the reaction, before the chemical equilibrium, at the chemical equilibrium, after the chemical equilibrium, but at a common temperature and then making them explain their drawings. Data was analysed through content analysis. The results lightened that pre-service science teachers chemical equilibrium concept images were inadequate since their mental images about the concept were scientifically wrong. On the other hand, the pre-service science teachers had different misconceptions. The most common misconceptions of pre-service science teachers were as Diatomic molecules form atoms and then these atoms form new chemicals (f%253A10)., There are only products or activated complexes in the tank during and%252For afterwards of the chemical equilibrium (f%253A15)., Atoms could disappear and%252For reappear (f%253A14)., and Products are formed at the chemical equilibrium (f%253A17)
The Relationships Between Global Citizenship, Multicultural Personality and Critical Thinking
Get PDFThe purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between global citizenship, multicultural personality and critical thinking in preservice teachers. The study group consisted of 363 preservice teachers who attend different departments of Faculty of Education in Kutahya. Data collection was done through Scale Universal Citizenship, Multicultural Personality Questionnaire and Critical Thinking Disposition Scale. Because the data exhibited a normal distribution because of preliminary analysis, Pearson product-moment correlation analysis of parametric tests and multiple regression analysis were used for data analysis. According to the findings, there is positive relationship between critical thinking and multicultural personality trends and global citizenship. In other words, as multicultural personality scores increased, level of global citizenship also increased. Or as critical thinking tendencies decreased, the level of universal citizenship decreased. In a society where people adopt universal values and can think critically, democracy, justice and tolerance become dominant. And in a globalized world where there is no critical thinking, consequences of wrong thinking and wrong decisions will end up with global violence, intolerance, injustice, and war that has high destructive power
Disciplinary Power in The School%253A Panoptic Surveillance
No full textThe curiosity on how disciplinary power operates in a secondary school in the context of Panoptic surveillance became our motive. We designed the study as a single case study in qualitative approach to grasp the holistic understanding of disciplinary power, surveillance, and resistance to it in a secondary school. The data were obtained by a set of data collection techniques including a focus group interview, semi-structured interviews, observation and document analysis. The content analysis method was employed to analyze the collected data. In the analysis, we identified the themes of forced docility, norm provider, and reflection on discipline. To the findings, the main disciplinary power practice in this school is surveillance on appearances, behaviors, and exams, and the students prefer reacting to surveillance practices in two ways%253A either normalizing their behaviors or displaying resistance and insisting on the undesired behaviors. For further research, the relation between power, surveillance, and resistance can be analyzed as multiple case study to compare the findings at different types of school
Yunus Emre Institute Students%252339%253B Views on the Distance Turkish Learning Portal
No full textOnly a few applications to teach Turkish as a foreign language through remote or distance learning platforms have been developed in recent years in Turkey. Distance Turkish Learning Portal (DTLP), developed by Yunus Emre Institute to teach Turkish remotely, is one of these applications. An unexpected interest in this practice was observed after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the portal is still in the trial phase. For this reason, although user feedback is vital in order to improve the portal, no academic research on this issue has been conducted yet. In this context, the researcher aims to evaluate the Distance Turkish Learning Portal as regards students%252339%253B opinions. For this purpose, a qualitative research model, which is frequently used in educational sciences, was used to collect data, and a subsequent case study was carried out for an in-depth evaluation of their beliefs. The methods were employed to effectively and reliably collect data on learners beliefs on the issue in question. Data was collected through a Google form that was shared with the participants. As a result of the research, it is understood that the participants enjoyed using the portal in that, firstly, it is free%253B secondly, it provides the opportunity to get to know Turkish culture, and finally, it also supports autonomous and self-learning. On the other hand, the technical infrastructure of the portal is insufficient, and there is no instructional or tutorial support, lack of interactive speaking features, besides the number of videos have been found to be inadequate by the users. At the end of the study, based on the findings, some suggestions were offered by the researchers to improve the Distance Turkish Learning Portal
Teacher Candidates Value Perceptions and Their Opinions on the Acquisition of Values in Education Faculties
Get PDFThis research aims to determine teacher candidates value perceptions and their opinions on the acquisition of values to teacher candidates, in education faculties. In the research, a survey model was used to describe an existing situation. In this context, a questionnaire was applied to 2274 teacher candidates. Research results show that the value perceptions of male teacher candidates are lower than female teacher candidates. The value perceptions of teacher candidates who chose the teaching profession because they had to, were lower than those who preferred it because they loved it. Perceptions of teacher candidates about the acquisition of values are low in the sub-dimensions of understanding and empathy, and medium in the other sub-dimensions. Teacher candidates perceptions of the values that teachers should have are quite high in all sub-dimensions. Despite this, the scores regarding the acquisition of the same values in education faculties are statistically significantly lower and middle levels. These results indicate that the values cannot be gained enough in education faculties. Various suggestions were made in line with the research findings and results, and recommendations were made for future research
An International Student Learning Turkish Through Cultural Interaction%253A A Narrative Research
Get PDFThis study aims to determine the relationship between cultural interaction and language in teaching Turkish as a foreign language and reveal its contribution to the learning process. Therefore, in this study, the cultural exchange of a Lebanese international student studying at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University was evaluated in the context of language learning performance. The narrative research design, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the study. The primary purpose of narrative research is to examine individuals%252339%253B lifestyles through the stories they produce. In this study, the student%252339%253Bs social environment, school, and friendship relations were taken into account. His daily life%252339%253Bs contributions to language skills, academic life, and social relations were tried to be measured. The target language has been observed in the cultural life experienced by the international student. Thus, through narrative research, the student%252339%253Bs cultural world was entered as a language learning experience. In the study, the student%252339%253Bs vocabulary learning, communication skills, and the ability to use language in academic life were emphasized. The semi-structured interview method was used as a data collection tool in the study. After deciphering each interview, attention was paid to ensure that the data obtained were sufficiently clear. The descriptive analysis method was applied to the collected data. As a result, it has been observed that international students who learn Turkish as a foreign language hugely benefits from cultural interaction in their foreign language proficiency, communication skills, and non-verbal behavior. It has been determined that international students behave pragmatically while communicating and classify words semantically in this process. It has been remarked that vocabulary learning, and pronunciation skills develop faster in cultural life, and their anxiety states decrease as they move away from the classroom setting. It was also understood in the study that different language families affect language acquisition. Besides, it has been determined that students who have difficulties comprehending language logic experience some degree of delay in their speaking skills
Investigation of Project-Based Learning Method in Teaching Programming in terms of Academic Achievement, Cognitive Load and Behavior Change
Get PDFThis study aims to reveal how project-based teaching method affects students%252339%253B achievement, cognitive load and behaviors in programming teaching. In the study, the pretest-posttest, unequaled control group quasi-experimental model, which is one of the experimental models, was used. The participants of the study were sixth grade students who take the elementary school Information Technologies and Software lesson (N %253D 55). Achievement test, cognitive load scale and behavior management tool ClassDojo were used as data collection tools in the study. In the experimental group, the subjects were taught with project-based teaching method (student-centered and with teacher guidance). Besides, subjects in the control group were taught with traditional teaching method (teacher-centered). The implementation process took six weeks. Two-Factor ANOVA for Mixed Measures was used to examine the difference between the achievement of the groups. At the end of each lesson, the cognitive load scale was applied to the groups and the data obtained was analyzed by using the Cramer V Coefficient. During the study, the students got positive and negative scores according to their behaviors in the classroom, and the significance of the difference between the two percentages was tested according to their positive behavior percentages. As a result of the study, it was found that the academic achievement and in-class behavior scores of students who learned programming with project-based teaching method differed significantly from those who learned with the traditional method. In addition, it was concluded that project-based teaching method used in programming education did not make a significant difference on students%252339%253B cognitive load
Social Skills Scale Development Study
Get PDFThe aim of this study is to develop a scale for assessing teachers%252339%253B social skill levels. A total of 1064 teachers, including 243 kindergarten teachers, 465 primary school, 67 social studies, 113 Turkish teachers, 80 science teachers, 96 mathematics teachers, participated in the research voluntarily. quot%253BSocial Skills Scale (SSS)quot%253B consists of a 5-point Likert type consisting of 36 items. As a result of the factor analysis varimax transformation, the scale items are collected under seven sub-dimensions and explain 54.73%25 of the total variance. The sub-dimensions determined are named as%253A 1) Social cohesion 2) Self-control 3) Verbal communication 4) Cooperation 5) Participation 6) Nonverbal communication 7) Conflict resolution