Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research (EPASR - E-Journal)
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Turkish and Syrian Students%252339%253B Perceptions of Peace through Metaphors
No full textThis study aimed to examine metaphorical perceptions of 4th-grade primary school students on the concept of quot%253Bpeacequot%253B. The study was conducted with Turkish and Syrian students who attend primary schools in Sanlıurfa, a city on the west eastern part of Turkey during the fall semester of 2019-2020 academic year. The results of the study showed that Turkish students produced a total of 39 valid metaphors clustered under seven conceptual categories and Syrian students produced a total of 34 valid metaphors clustered under seven conceptual categories. While five categories were common for both groups, two categories were different. The categories of unity and solidarity, tranquility and happiness, conditions for peace, peace as a valuable thing, freedom, possibility%252Fimpossibility were common for both groups. Therefore, the findings from Turkish and Syrian students%252339%253B metaphors were presented together with a comparative approach under these categories. The category of need%252Fnecessity for the metaphors by Turkish students and the category of symbols for peace for the metaphors by Syrian students were examined separately
Personal Traits and Levels of Class Engagement of Pre-Service Teachers
Get PDFIt is thought that determining the relationship between the personal traits of pre-service teachers and their level of class engagement will shed light on the development and implementation of the curricula in the faculties of education. From this point of view, it was aimed in this study to determine the personality traits of pre-service teachers according to the five-factor method of personality and to determine how they affect their level of class engagement. The personality traits and the level of class engagement of the pre-service teachers in the scope of this study are examined by gender, field of teaching, grade, whether or not they willingly study in their departments, and the settlement variables they grow in. Single and relational screening models have been utilized in this research. The study group of the research consists of 372 pre-service teachers studying in the 3rd and 4th grades of Trakya University. In the research, quot%253Bclass engagement scalequot%253B and quot%253Bbig five personality traits testquot%253B were used as data collection tools. As a result of the analysis, it was found that the pre-service teachers%252339%253B level of engagement in the class was quot%253Bmediumquot%253B and quot%253Bhighquot%253B. It was determined that pre-service teachers had the most Agreeableness trait of personality and the lowest rate as Neuroticism trait of personality. Pre-service teachers%252339%253B level of engagement in class did not differ significantly according to their personality traits
Investigation of the Responses of Children to Animated Film that They View
Get PDFChildren spend an important part of their time watching animated films on different platforms (cinema, television, internet). Box office figures indicate that this is true at the global level. However, it is not known how children react momentarily to the animated films they watch, and how these reactions fit the content of the film viewed. The purpose of this study is to determine the accuracy level of children responses to the content of the animated films that they view based on age, gender and different variables. The research was carried out with a mixed-method using both qualitative and quantitative methods. The study group consisted of 210 children between the ages of 3-9. An average of 30 children was included in each age group. In this way, it was aimed to examine the behaviour of the children in each age group while watching animated films, the way the content of the scenes affects the children during viewing, and the change that children undergo as age progresses. First, a film suitable for the research was selected and the film content was analysed on a scene and minute basis. The standard emotions to be given at every minute and scene were determined. Then Toy Story 3 film was shown to the children in the research group. During the viewing session, each child was recorded with a camera and the camera footage and film minutes were matched then. The children%252339%253Bs reactions observed on the camera footage caught while they are watching the film were compared to the content of the animated film. In the meantime, the parents of the children in the research group were given a demographic evaluation form developed by the researcher. As a result of the research, age was found to be a determining factor in the accuracy of children%252339%253Bs responses during movie viewing sessions. On the other hand, no significant difference was found between the groups based on gender. Other results are also included in the study
Turkish Language in the Perspective of Syrian Refugee Students%253A A Metaphor Study
No full textOne of the biggest obstacles to learning a language as a foreign language is the perception developed against that language. The obligation to learn the foreign language to be learned determines how the perception towards language is. In this context, Syrian refugees, who took refuge in Turkey leaving their country due to war and especially wish to continue their education in Turkey, had to learn Turkish. In this sense, knowing the perceptions of the relevant audience towards Turkish will directly affect many issues from developing a language education program to preparing books, from teacher training to redesigning methods and techniques to be used in lessons. In this connection, Turkish perceptions of Syrian refugees were tried to be determined through metaphors with this study. The study group of the study consists of 235 Syrian students who learn Turkish at Aydın TÖMER, Istanbul Aydın University. While collecting the data of the study using phenomenology approach, one of the qualitative research methods, students were asked to complete the sentence Turkish is like ..............., because ................ Based on the findings obtained in the research, it was determined that 46%25 of Syrian students learning Turkish consider Turkish as a need, 25%25 have a positive feeling towards Turkish, 8%25 find it confusing, 7%25 find it easy, 6%25 find it difficult and 5%25 find a similarity between another language and Turkish. When the themes are examined in terms of their effect on the Turkish learning process, it is possible to say that the themes of need, positive feeling, finding it easy and similarity between languages have a supportive effect on students%252339%253B motivation to learn Turkish, whereas the themes of finding it difficult and finding it confusing have an inhibitory effect on the learning process. When an evaluation is made in this respect, it is possible to say that nearly 90%25 of the students have a supportive perception of their own learning processes
Characteristics of Childrens Oral Texts in terms of Coherence and Cohesion
Get PDFThe purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of coherence and cohesion in the oral texts of children between the ages of 60 to 72 months. In the study, a survey method in a quantitative research approach was adopted, and a total of 110 preschoolers were included as participants. The data of the study were obtained from the oral texts taken from the conversations during the interviews with the children. Oral texts consisting of at least eight sentences were analyzed by using the Text Evaluation Form and a rubric. The coherence- and cohesion-related qualities of the spoken texts were evaluated by two experts. The quantitative data were analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics. Descriptive statistics were calculated as frequencies and percentages to present the levels of the oral texts in terms of cohesion and coherence. In addition, independent sample t-test and one-way analysis of variance were computed as inferential statistics to determine whether scores for cohesion and coherence differed significantly based on the childs gender, socioeconomic status, and the duration of the early childhood education. First, the results of the analyses revealed that the oral texts were acceptable and sufficient with respect to the means of cohesion, whereas they were inadequate and unacceptable in terms of coherence. Second, it was found that the cohesion device that children were the most successful was the ellipsis. Third, the results also indicated that the levels of cohesion of the oral texts displayed a significant difference regarding gender and SES, while they did not differ depending on the duration of preschool education. Moreover, the levels of coherence showed no significant difference in terms of gender, SES, and the duration of early childhood education. In conclusion, in the study, it was determined that the oral texts of the children were more appropriate to the standard language in terms of cohesion compared to coherence
School Happiness%253A A Grounded Theory
No full textBu çalışmada, öğretmenlerin, okul yöneticilerinin, velilerin ve öğrencilerin görüşlerine dayalı bir okul mutluluğu teorisi geliştirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu çalışma nitel temelli bir teori modelinde tasarlanmıştır. Çalışma grupları 18 öğretmen, 14 okul yöneticisi, 13 ebeveyn ve 20 öğrenci idi. Çalışma gruplarını belirlemek için kartopu örnekleme yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Okulun mutluluğu ile ilgili on iki ana nitelik belirlenmiştir. Bu temel nitelikler fiziksel donanım, okul ortamı, öğrenme ortamı, iletişim ve işbirliği, eğitim politikası, sosyal etkinlikler, okul yönetimi, öğretmen nitelikleri, okulda farklı, öğrenci merkezli olma, öğrenme etkinlikleri ve öğrenci nitelikleriydi. Sonuçlar, ana niteliklerin öncelik seviyesinin bir katılımcı gruptan diğerine değiştiğini göstermiştir. Öğretmenler öncelikli okul ortamı, okul yönetimi ve fiziksel ekipman verir. Öte yandan okul yöneticileri okul ortamına, fiziksel ekipmana ve okul mutluluğu için eğitim politikasına öncelik vermektedir. Ebeveynler okul mutluluğu için fiziksel donanıma, okul ortamına, işbirliğine ve iletişime öncelik verir. Ek olarak, öğrenciler öğrenme ortamına, okul ortamına ve fiziksel donanıma daha fazla öncelik verirler. Bu sonuçlara göre, okul toplumunun etkili okul ortamı için işbirliği ve iletişim içinde olması, yetenek eğitimi için fiziksel ekipmanın koordine edilmesi, okul mutluluğunu artırmak için öğrencilerin çok yönlü gelişimi göz önünde bulundurularak öğrenme ortamının düzenlenmesi gerektiği önerilebilir
Teacher Candidates Perspectives about Applied Basic Science in Primary Education Course
Get PDFThis study aimed to investigate teacher candidates perspectives about the lsquo%253BBasic Science in Primary Education course which adopted inquiry-based instruction approach. The participants of this study consisted of 87 teacher candidates (18 males, 69 females) who continued their education in the Department of Primary School Teaching at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University in the 2019-2020 academic year. A form which consisted of 5 questions was used to investigate the perspectives of the primary school teacher candidates about the science course called lsquo%253BBasic Science in Primary Education and to understand their opinions about the process of designing a course and applying course plans using an inquiry-based instruction. Descriptive codes were used to find out the opinions of the teacher candidates, which also helped analyse the data obtained from the form and interpret the results of the study. The results of the study showed that the teacher candidates shared their awareness and knowledge about teaching science effectively, which changed with this course. The teacher candidates also revealed that they learned the qualifications of teaching science effectively. In addition, despite the awareness that the teacher candidates gained about inquiry-based instruction approach, they shared that they struggled with planning and applying designed course plans. The study suggests that courses aiming to focus on science education ought to have applied practices beyond giving theoretical knowledge
The Effect of Coding Education on 5th, 6th and 7th Grade Students%252339%253B programming Self-Efficacy and Attitudes About Technology
No full textThis study aimed to determine the effect of teaching model developed on coding education on students%252339%253B self-efficacy and attitude towards technology. The research was conducted on 64 students who were the 5th, 6th and 7th grades of a secondary school during the fall semester of 2018-2019 academic years. The research was designed in accordance with the exploratory sequential design from mixed research designs. The data were collected through the programming self-efficacy scale, the technology attitude scale and semi-structured interview form. The results of the analysis of quantitative data indicated that the model developed for coding education had a positive effect on students%252339%253B programming self-efficacy and attitudes towards technology. It was found that the students expressed positive opinions about coding education. The students think that coding education facilitates the teaching of many different subjects such as mathematics and science. The students also think that they can do many activities such as code%252Fprogram writing, designing games and robots, and solving problems with their coding education
Activities Conducted in Primary School through the Eyes of Fourth Graders
Get PDFIt can be said that activities form the basis for active learning, but teachers determine which activity is effective for the development of students. One of the criteria in this determination is the student, which is the basic input of education. Therefore, the aim of the study is to determine the opinions of primary school students about the activities based on their observations. To this end, variables such as the scope, type, location and frequency of the activities, the feelings and thoughts of the children about these activities were determined. The study employed the case study design, one of the qualitative research designs. The study group was comprised of 20 fourth grade students attending primary education in the city of Muğla in the spring term of the 2017-2018 school year. The data were collected by using a semi-structured interview form developed by the researchers. In order for the children to remember the activity types, the activities were introduced to the children one by one before initiating the data collection process. In order to eliminate peer effect in the data collection process, the interviews were individually conducted with each participant and each one lasted 5-10 minutes. In the analysis, content analysis was used. As a result, it was found that the activities most liked by the children are game-based and writing-based activities. Moreover, the students stated that activities are generally conducted inside the class and that they would like to conduct more activities in out-of-class environments
Motivation in Higher Instrumental Education%253A A Survey with Music Teacher Candidates in Turkey
Get PDFActual research show that more systematic studies are needed on how or why motivation phenomenon occurs in musical contexts. All research with different socio-economic and socio-cultural characteristics in different countries and geographical regions may provide important information to help explain the relationship between instrument training and motivation. In this context, the aim of the study is to examined the motivation of a group of music teacher candidates and relationship with various variables. The study was carried out in Turkey, at a public university and in a city that differs according to many cities in terms of socio-economic structure and dynamics. The study group consisted of students (N%253D86) enrolled in Music Teacher Training Bachelor Program of the University. The data were collected with advisor database, demographic data form and lsquo%253BThe Motivation Scale for Individual Instrument Course developed by Girgin (2015). To analyze the data, frequency and percentage distribution, t-test, Mann-Whitney U, ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis and Spearmans Correlation were used. The results showed that the students motivation levels of the individual instrument lesson were high-level in the dimensions of amotivation and success motivation and medium-level in the dimension of study motivation. The general motivation was high-level. There was no significant difference between general motivation level and gender, grade level and graduated high school. On the other hand, it was determined that the motivation scores differed significantly in favor of the groups that chosing the instrument voluntarily and devoted more time to practice the instrument. It was found that there was a positive correlation between motivation and course success. The results were discussed within the framework of the corporate culture and the socio-economic and socio-cultural characteristics of the city and the students