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Examination of Secondary School Students%252339%253B Ability to Transform among Chemistry Representation Levels Related to Stoichiometry
No full textThe aim of this qualitative case study was to explore secondary students ability to transfer among representation levels in relation to stoichiometry. In the study, 40 students in the 11th grade from two classes of an Anatolian high school in the east part of Turkey were selected as sample group. The data were collected by using a questionnaire consists of ten questions designed specifically target the transformation from macroscopic to symbolic, from symbolic to submicroscopic, and from submicroscopic to symbolic level. The analysis of the data was carried out both deductively and inductively by content analysis method. The results indicate that many students were unable to establish an appropriate link among chemical representation levels regarding stoichiometry
Gender Gap and Career Choices in STEM Education%253A Turkey Sample
No full textThis study aims to explore middle school students%252339%253B attitudes towards STEM fields and their interest in STEM careers in terms of gender. Furthermore, this study examines the relationship between middle school students attitudes towards STEM fields and their interest in STEM careers. Seven hundred and seventy four students from 10 cities located in 6 geographical regions of Turkey completed the STEM Attitude Scale and STEM Career Interest Survey. It was determined that middle school students attitudes towards STEM were not statistically significant in terms of gender. In addition, it was found that students interest in STEM careers differed in terms of gender. When the scores of attitudes towards engineering and technology fields and the interest in careers in these fields were compared in terms of gender, significant difference in favor of male students was found. Furthermore, a positive correlation between the middle school students%252339%253B attitudes towards STEM fields and their interest towards STEM careers was determined. Results indicate that approximately 43%25 of the total variance of interest towards STEM careers stems from attitudes towards STEM fields. The results obtained from this study will give an insight into how to shape the aims and applications of the future STEM education programs
Global Citizenship%253A From the Lens of the Education Faculty Instructors
No full textStudy objective%253A This research attempts to reveal the education faculty instructors views on the concept of global citizenship. Method%253A The research utilized a phenomenological design, one of the qualitative research designs. The participants of the research consisted of seven education faculty instructors who work at a higher institution in Turkey during the 2019-2020 academic year and who were selected by the convenience sampling method. This research employed a semi-structured interview method. Thus, a semi-structured individual interview form was prepared by the researchers as a data collection tool. The first part of the form includes questions related to the participants demographic information and the second part holds five questions regarding their views on global citizenship. The open-ended questions were prepared in line with the research questions by taking into consideration the relevant literature and two experts opinions to ensure scope validity. Content analysis was used during data analysis. Result%253A Research findings revealed that the instructors mostly focus on values and attitudes dimension of the global citizenship including respect for differences and values, sense of belonging, tolerance, concern for global issues, dedication to equal rights and sensitivity to global issues. Besides, all instructors were found to express that global citizenship is a must for pre-service teachers for both themselves and their professional life. All participants were identified to do practices in different ways by intermingling the issue of global citizenship with their course during the educational process to raise their students awareness towards global citizenship, and they mostly faced student-based challenges during the practices. The instructors mostly recommended that seminars should be organized in advance to raise both students and instructors awareness
An Investigation into How Parental Literacy Experiences are Reflected in Literacy Tendencies and Experiences of Preservice Teachers
Get PDFThis study was undertaken to examine how parental literacy experiences were reflected in the literacy tendencies and experiences of preservice teachers. It is known that in order to offer an effective teacher education, it is necessary to know preservice teachers by analyzing their literacy practices originating from their parents and take into account their tendencies about how to develop reading skills of primary school children. The research presented here was a phenomenological study implemented with six senior preservice teachers of elementary education and their parents. The data of the study were collected through interviews with the preservice teachers and their parents and through observation notes. According to the results of the study, the preservice teachers literacy experiences reflected their parents characteristics, including parental literacy perceptions, literacy approaches developed by the parents for the preservice teachers, personal literacy experiences, general past experiences, number of literate people in the family, parental professional experiences, parental worldviews, and verbal communication within the family
Music Education With Educational Drama
Get PDFIn an increasingly digitalizing world, there are fewer and fewer activities to develop childrens manual skills, creativity, and imagination. As children are readily presented toys without letting them to make discover discoveries, children become very quickly bored with a toy or the content of a game. There are many academic studies confirming the effectiveness of learning by doing and experiencing during the learning process. The value of creativity and the imagination that reveals this creativity are also evident. Using educational drama activities in music classes through a drama activity called Music Country, which is based on childrens imagining themselves in a completely different country is the focus of this study. Aim of this study is twofold%253A it aims both to find out whether there is a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test results of students who study music through educational drama in the 5th grade music classes and to determine their views on the method. The single-group pre-test post-test design was applied as the method. The quantitative data were collected with the Music class attitude scale and calculated by running the SPSS 15.0 program and the results were obtained by using the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test. In addition, a semi-structured interview form was used to obtain the qualitative data and this dataset was analyzed through content analysis. After applying the educational drama method in the music lessons, a significant difference was observed in the attitudes of the students in favor of the post-test. Further, the interview form analysis revealed that educational drama and music education in the affective and learning categories were interesting, motivating, engaging, and triggering the learner interest in the continuation of the course content
Metaphoric Perceptions of the Teacher Candidates Regarding to the Concepts of Reinforcement, Hint, Feedback-Correction, Active Participation and Punishment Used in the Teaching-Learning Process
Get PDFThe aim of this research is to determine the metaphoric perceptions of the teacher candidates regarding the concept of reinforcement, hint, feedback-correction, active participation and punishment used in the teaching-learning process. The study group of this research consisted of students of Education Faculty who studying at Kafkas University in the 2018-2019 academic year. A semi-structured interview form used to determine teacher candidates perceptions of the concepts in the teaching-learning processes such as quot%253Breinforcement, hint, feedback-correction, active participation and punishment. Content analysis was used for the data analysis in the research. As a result of the findings obtained from the research, it could be said the most metaphors produced by prospective teachers%253B metaphor of chocolate in the concept of reinforcement, metaphor of puzzle in the concept of hint, the most metaphors of easer in the concept of feedback-correction, the most metaphors of amusement park and game in the concept of active participation, the most metaphors of hot pepper in the concept of punishment
Music Teacher Burnout%253A A Discussion in terms of Professional Status and the Value of School Music Education
Get PDFThe international literature dating back to the 1980s has presented many field-specific proofs to reveal the presence of burnout in music teachers. However, the issue in Turkey still remains unclear. The aim of this study was to bring the problem of burnout through the data obtained from a group of music teachers up for discussion. The study was conducted with 48 music teachers who work as permanent staff, in a city located in the Central Black Sea Region of Turkey. The data were collected by Maslach Burnout Inventory-Educators Survey. Descriptive statistics were used in data analysis. In the study, it was determined that music teachers experienced low burnout in Emotional Exhaustion and Depersonalization dimensions and their perception of Personal Accomplishment was high. The results were discussed in terms of professional status of the music teacher and the value of school music education by associating them with workload, praxis shock, and occupational identity themes. The study was expected to provide a conceptual framework to future studies in Turkey
Analysing Science Questions in terms of Visual Content in Higher Education Entrance Exams in Turkey
Get PDFThe aim of this study is to analyse the science questions in terms of visual content in the higher education entrance exams in Turkey. In this context, 1714 questions in total prepared by the Center for Measurment, Selection and Placement (CMSP) between 1999 and 2019 in the fields of Physics (n%253D631), Chemistry (n%253D553) and Biology (n%253D530) constitute the data source of the study. This study includes case study which is one of the qualitative research patterns. The data of the study are analyzed by descriptive analysis based on the visual content of questions according to the fields of science, their years and their roles in solving questions (partial role and full role). According to the results, the science questions%253A i) are concentrated on greatly physics in terms of visual content compared to biology and chemistry on the basis of fields%253B ii) although visual content varies slightly over the years in terms of its type, the formatted drawing image is used quite a lot compared to other types%253B iii) formatted drawing and measurement diagrams in the field of physics in many years, formatted drawing and graphics in the field of chemistry , and flowchart and graphics in the field of biology have been largely included and iv) the role of visuals in solving the question has been partial in physics in many years, and in chemistry and biology it has been found to have a partial role in some years and in some cases it has a full role. As a result of the study, it is understood that the science questions applied to students at the entrance to university in Turkey do not show a balanced distribution in terms of visual content type on the basis of fields
The Investigation of Childrens Persistent and Reactive Behavior With Respect to Parenting Attitudes
Get PDFThe aim of the current study is to investigate the contributions of maternal attitudes to childrens persistent and reactive behaviors. The study sample is made up of 202 preschoolers aged 48-72 months and their mothers. A demographic form was used to collect data on childrens age, gender and mothers working status. Persistence and Reactivity Subdimensions of the The Short Temperament Scale for Children and Parenting Attitude Scale for maternal attitudes were used for the data collection. Both forms were completed by the mothers. An independent sample t-test, a Pearson Product-Moment Correlation and multiple regression were used to test the data collected from the mothers. The results showed that girls, 6-year-olds (60-72 months) and children with working mothers were more persistent compared to boys, 5-year-olds and children with unemployed mothers, respectively. The findings indicated a negative and significant relationship between persistence and overprotective parenting attitudes and a positive and significant relationship between reactivity and permissive and overprotective parenting attitudes. Parenting attitudes explained %255 and %257 of the variation in childrens persistent and reactive behavior, respectively. Overprotective and permissive parenting attitudes significantly predicted persistence and reactivity, respectively
The Opinions of Teacher Trainer About Devoted Teaching Profession
Get PDFThe purpose of this research is to determine the opinions of the faculty members about devoted teaching profession, from Ziya Gökalp Faculty of Education at Dicle University. This research is qualitative study exploring the views of faculty staff about teacher devotion. In the study, phenomenological design was utilized. The participants of this study involved 30 faculty staff working at Ziya Gökalp Faculty of Education, Dicle University in the academic year of 2016-2017. In the study, a semi-structured interview form developed by the researchers was utilized as a data collection tool. The results obtained from the research data are given within the framework of the research questions. The answers given to the questions were analyzed by way of content analysis method. Regarding the results of the research, the faculty members responded the question of who is devoted teacher through identifying a person who can go beyond their usual tasks, spare extra time for his%252Fher students%253B who respects social values and profession%253B who has responsibility%253B who develops himself%252Fherself in terms of academic and socio-cultural ways%253B who has empathy, good communication skills%253B and who does not expect any financial matters for the duties carried out