Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research (EPASR - E-Journal)
Not a member yet
418 research outputs found
Sort by
Global Literacy Skills in Picture Story Book Reading Activities Implemented to 48-66 Month-Old Children
Get PDFThis study aimed to identify how preschool teachers included the concepts of global literacy in picture story book reading activities they frequently perform in the flow of daily education programs. For this purpose, the relationship between global literacy and the achievements included in the Preschool Education Program (2013), picture story book reading processes and the listening and speaking processes in the preschool period was investigated. The research was designed as a case study, one of the qualitative research methods. One preschool teacher selected with the criterion sampling technique participated in the study. Semi-structured interview form, semi-structured observation form and documents were used as data collection techniques. Research data were analyzed by descriptive analysis and content analysis techniques. Based on the findings, it was concluded that very few of the picture story books selected by the teacher presented global literacy skills. In addition, the participating teacher was found to be inadequate in implementing picture story books activities during pre-reading and post-reading process and in associating global literacy skills with the language development process. Therefore, it is recommended that teachers are provided with professional training to increase their competence in relation to program and content adaptation, teaching process and global literacy skills
A Relational Research on Paternalist Leadership Behaviors Perceived by Teachers and Teachers%252339%253B Performance
No full textThe aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between school principals%252339%253B paternalist leadership behaviors perceived by teachers and teacher performances. In this context, 431 teachers (313 women), (118 men) working in different institutional types were included in the study using the predictive research design. Data were collected through the Paternalist Leadership Behaviors Scale (Dağlı and Ağalday 2017) and Teacher Performance Evaluation Scale (Ozgenel, 2019). Data were having been analyzed by t-test, ANOVA, correlation, and regression. As a result of the research, the moral, authoritarian and exploitative paternalistic leadership behaviors perceived by the teachers do not differ significantly according to the gender of the teachers, whereas male teachers have higher perceptions of benevolent paternalistic leadership. According to the seniority variable, benevolent, moral, authoritarian, exploitative fatherly leadership behaviors and paternalistic leadership total scores do not differ significantly. According to the schools where teachers work, the benevolent and moral paternalistic leadership behaviors and paternalistic leadership total scores do not differ significantly%253B However, teachers working in secondary schools see school principals more authoritative than teachers working in primary schools. Also, teachers working in high schools consider school principals more exploitative than teachers working in secondary school. As a result of the analysis of performance, female teachers %252339%253Bperformances are higher than male teachers, whereas teachers%252339%253B performances do not differ significantly according to their seniority and school levels. Paternalist leadership is a type of leadership with high potential and the existence of paternalist leadership behaviors in educational organizations can be explained better by researching new concepts and adding new variables
Writing a Folktale as an Activity of Written Expression%253A Digital Folktales with StoryJumper
Get PDFAdvances in technology lead to widespread use of the internet and computers. Communication that takes place in virtual environments brings the use of written expression to the fore. One of the technological tools utilized in written expression is digital storytelling. The purpose of the current study is to investigate digital folktale writing activities as a means of written expression on the basis of the opinions of pre-service teachers. The participants of the study employing the case study design, one of the qualitative research designs, are 92 pre-service elementary school teachers. The pre-service teachers divided into groups prepared 22 different digital folktales by using the StoryJumper website. The data of the study were collected through semi-structured interviews and documents. In the analysis of the interview data, the descriptive analysis technique was used. The folktales prepared were analyzed by means of document analysis on the basis of the pre-determined criteria. As a result of the analyses, the data collected from the interviews were gathered under 6 themes. The pre-service teachers stated positive opinions about the digital storytelling website they had used. In addition, it was concluded that digital storytelling activity improved the pre-service teachers written expression skills, contributed to their personal and professional development and that it was activity suitable for group work. In addition, it was revealed that the lowest scores were taken from the dimension of adding audio while they received better scores from the dimensions of originality of the topic and pictures used. And they received full points from the dimensions of the characters in the folktale and ending
Investigation of the Relationship Between Secondary School Students%252339%253B Physical Activity Attitudes and School Life Satisfaction
No full textIn this study, it is aimed to investigate the relationship between the attitudes of students studying in secondary school to physical activity and their school life satisfaction. The relationship between middle school students%252339%253B attitudes towards physical activity and school life satisfaction was tested by the structural equation model. A total of 299 students who study at secondary schools affiliated to Çanakkale central schools, 53.2%25 (n %253D 159) of whom are male and 46.8%25 (n %253D 140) of female, are the research group. Attitude scale to physical activity and school life satisfaction scales were used as data collection tool in secondary school students. It has been observed that socialization and Self-Trust dimensions, which are the sub-dimensions of attitude to physical activity, affect school satisfaction positively and significantly, and are statistically significant. As a result, physical activity environments affect students %252339%253Bfeelings of socialization and self-confidence positively, which is thought to affect students%252339%253B school life satisfaction positively. To gain the habit of doing physical activities in schools, it can be suggested to increase the physical education lesson hours and to direct them to extra sports activities
Learning How to Learn Scale%253A A Study of Validity and Reliability
No full textBu çalışmanın amacı, ortaöğretim öğrencilerinin öğrenme süreçlerinin araştırılmasında kullanılabilecek geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçek geliştirmektir. Araştırma 2018 yılında Mardin%252339%253Bde farklı ortaöğretim okullarına devam eden öğrenciler ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Anket yöntemi kullanılmış ve bu çalışmada basit rastgele örnekleme yöntemi ile örnekleme seçilmiştir. Bir madde havuzu oluşturmak için 10. sınıfta eğitim gören 26 öğrenciden öğrenmeyi öğrenme kavramı ve süreci hakkında bir deneme yazmaları istendi. Daha sonra literatür araştırılmış ve bu makaleden elde edilen verilerden 5%252339%253Bli likert tipi 66 maddelik bir taslak ölçek oluşturulmuştur. Taslak ölçek, uzman görüşleri doğrultusunda revize edilmiştir. Ölçeğin uygulanmasından sonra elde edilen veriler SPSS ve AMOS programları kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Analizde madde toplam korelasyonu, açımlayıcı ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizi ve güvenilirlik analizi tekniklerinden yararlanılmıştır. Yapılan analizlere göre ölçeğin 21 maddeden oluştuğu ve 5 faktörlü bir yapıya sahip olduğu ve açıkladığı varyant oranının%25 52.630 olduğu ve uyum indeksi değerlerinin kabul edilebilir olduğu ve mükemmel bir uyum düzeyinde olduğu görülmüştür. Tüm faktörler arasında pozitif yönde ve orta düzeyde bir ilişki olduğu gözlenmiştir. Ölçeğin Cronbach alfa iç tutarlık güvenirlik katsayısı 0.655 ile 0.864 arasında değişmektedir. Sonuç olarak, elde edilen bulgulara göre 5 Likert tipi olarak hazırlanan Öğrenme Nasıl Öğrenilir Ölçeğinin ortaokula devam eden öğrenciler için geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçme aracı olarak kullanılabileceği anlaşılmaktadır
The Mediating Role of Social Connectedness in the Relationship between University Students%252339%253B Parental Acceptance %252F Rejection Perceptions and Loneliness Perceptions%253A A Structural Equation Model Study
No full textThe aim of this research is to examine the mediating effect of social connectedness in the relationship between parental rejection%252Facceptance and loneliness of university students. A total of 387 university students of 271 women (70%25) and 116 men (30%25) constitute the sample of the study. The scales used are Adult Parental Acceptance-Rejection Scale - Short Form, Ucla Loneliness Scale and Social Connectedness Scale. In accordance with the main purpose of the study, the model proposed to explain loneliness theoretically was tested by the Structural Equation Model analysis. The findings obtained, indicate that the model has acceptable significance and that the model is statistically verified. According to the verified model%253B it is seen that the perception of adults%252339%253B parental acceptance%252Frejection in childhood has an effect on loneliness. When the mediating effect of social connectedness is examined, in the model%253B it appears that the mediation role of social connectedness is verified
The Opinions of Prospective Teachers on Using Folk Songs in Social Studies Teaching
Get PDFThe social studies course is one of the most appropriate courses for individuals to acquire social and cultural experiences and to have knowledge and experience in these subjects. The social studies course contains a lot of knowledge, skills, and values to enable the individual to know himself and gain a social identity. It is seen how a society expresses its feelings and emotions at different times, on sad or happy days through folk songs, which have an essential place among the literary products used in the course. This study, which aimed to determine the opinions of the prospective social studies teachers regarding the use of folk songs in social studies courses, was carried out with 16 prospective social studies teachers. In this study, a semi-structured interview form was used to collect data. Explanatory and inferential codes that emerged during the analysis were used to explain the qualitative data and relationships. In line with the data obtained, prospective teachers stated that they found the use of folk song-supported teaching activities in social studies teaching useful in ensuring permanence, drawing students%252339%253B attention, and being fun. They also expressed that it has benefits such as giving an idea about our national culture, presenting values to students, increasing intelligibility, ensuring that traditions and customs are conveyed from generation to generation, and providing students with different perspectives
The Role of Moral Attitude, Goal Commitment, and Cheating Tendency in Academic Achievement
Get PDFThis study aims to examine the effects of cheating tendency, academic goal commitment, and moral attitude toward cheating on academic achievements of teacher candidates. 486 teacher candidates were recruited. The moral attitude toward cheating was measured with the Moral Attitude subscale of the Scale for Attitude Towards Cheating. The cheating tendency was measured with the Cheating subscale of the Academic Dishonesty Scale. The academic goal commitment was measured with the KUT scale. Academic achievement was measured with the GPA. The data were analyzed with the independent t-test, Pearson Correlation test, and path analysis. While moral attitude positively and directly affected academic goal commitment, it negatively and directly influenced cheating tendency negatively. Academic goal commitment predicted cheating tendency negatively and GPA positively. The cheating tendency had a negative impact on GPA. Academic goal commitment positively affected GPA via cheating tendency%253B however, the direct effect of academic goal commitment on GPA was higher than the indirect effect. Moral attitude negatively predicted cheating tendency via academic goal commitment while it affected GPA positively. Moral attitude positively predicted GPA via cheating tendency. Consequently, cheating tendency affected academic achievement negatively. Moral attitude toward cheating and the high level of academic goal commitment reduced cheating tendency and increased academic achievement
A Case Study on the Competencies of the Teachers Assigned Abroad by the Ministry of National Education to Teach Turkish to Foreigners
Get PDFThe profession of teaching is defined in Article 43 of the Fundamental Law of National Education no. 1739 as a specialized profession that undertakes education, training and other related administrative duties of the state, and the qualifications of teachers are evaluated under two sections as general qualifications and special field qualifications. Teacher qualifications are competencies that are required to be possessed by all teachers under training to achieve national education goals. In addition to this, teaching one%252339%253Bs native language as a foreign language is a task that requires an additional area of expertise. The increasing interest in Turkish, escalating immigration rates and other reasons have caused the importance of teaching Turkish as a foreign language to increase. This growing interest caused certain problems. The lack of expert educators in terms of quality and quantity is one of the main problems. The Ministry of National Education assigns lecturers and teachers every year in order to meet the demand for Turkish educators from abroad. The aim of this study is to determine the field qualifications of teachers who are awaiting assignment after having passed the exam held by the Ministry of National Education to be assigned abroad. The study was designed as a case study. The random purposeful (purposive) sampling method and the purposive criterion sampling method were used to determine the study group. The study group consists of 10 teachers and lecturers awaiting assignment after having passed the foreign lecturing exam held by the Ministry of National Education. The data collection phase of the study was carried out using the interview method. Therefore, an eleven-question interview form was prepared, including questions on the awareness of teachers toward teaching Turkish to foreigners, their educational background and the educational process of teaching Turkish to foreigners. The data were transferred to the MAXQDA 12 qualitative data analysis program and the content analysis technique was used in the analysis of the data. Study results showed that most of the teachers in the study group had low awareness toward their assignment and a lack of knowledge on methods-techniques, material and planning, and that most of the participants lacked training in their fields
Development of the Perceived Middle School Teacher Behavior Scale
Get PDFThe present study aimed to develop a measurement instrument to determine the perceptions of middle school students on their teachers%252339%253B behavior. The draft scale, developed as a result of the review of the relevant literature, collection of expert views and a pilot scheme, was applied to the students attending different grades in state middle schools under Malatya Provincial Directorate of National Education during the second semester of the 2014-2015 academic year. It was considered that middle school students possessed the ability to make selections, could distinguish good and bad and right and wrong due to their age group. To determine the scale content and face validity, expert views were obtained and for construct validity, Exploratory Factor Analysis (AFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (DFA) were conducted. Teacher behavior were categorized as indifferent teacher and authoritative teacher behavior based on the revealed factors. Findings obtained with the implementation of CFA revealed that the perceived teacher behavior scale (PTBS) construct had adequate fitness indices. It was found that the Pearson Correlation Coefficient between the scores obtained with the test-retest method was 0.86. Thus, it was observed that PTBS was a measurement tool that produced valid and reliable measurements and it was adequate to use the scale with middle school students to measure their perceptions on teacher behavior