KKTC’DE OKULÖNCESİ ÖĞRETMENİ YETİŞTİRME PROGRAMININ DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

The present study aims to evaluate the current Ataturk Teacher Academy Pre-School Education Program (ATAPEP). Mixed research method was used in this study. The sample comprised 25 pre-service teachers studying in the fourth year in ATAPEP and who are about to graduate in the 2010-2011 academic year. The research data were collected by means of a questionnaire developed by the researchers. The questionnaire comprised questions on general objectives and course dimensions. In addition, an open-ended question regarding the development of the ATAPEP was included. The quantitative data were analyzed by means of weighted average. As for the analysis of qualitative data "content analysis" was adopted. As a result, pre-service teachers find themselves inadequate in terms of "using foreign languages", "developing educational tools appropriate for the pre-school child" and "scientific thinking" skills. In terms of the affective domain, pre-service teachers stated that they could not require the objective "sensitivity to national and universal values and different cultures" adequately. As for the psychomotor domain, they believe that they have not acquired the objective "playing a musical instrument used in musical pre-school activities" adequately. The least beneficial courses were listed as "Research Techniques in Education", "Graduation Project", "Family Education", "Music I-II" and "Cypriot Turkish Culture". The pre-service teachers suggested focusing on more practice, addition of new courses, providing prerequisites for some courses and taking some courses before the teaching practice. They suggested that instructors should be experts and have experience in the field. Keywords: Teacher Training, Program Evaluation, Pre-School Education OZET Bu calismada, uygulanmakta olan Ataturk Ogretmen Akademisi Okuloncesi Ogretmenligi Programi (AOAOOP) degerlendirilmistir. Arastirmada karma yontem kullanilmistir. Arastirmanin calisma grubu, AOAOOP’de 2010-2011 ogretim yilinda 4. sinifta okuyan ve mezun asamasinda olan 25 ogretmen adayindan olusturulmustur. Arastirmanin verileri arastirmacilar tarafindan gelistirilen bir anketle elde edilmistir. Anket genel hedefler ve dersler boyutlarina iliskin sorulardan olusturulmustur. Ayrica AOAOOP’nin gelistirilmesine iliskin bir acik uclu soru yer almistir. Elde edilen nicel veriler agirlikli ortalama ile analiz edilmistir. Nitel verilerin analizinde ise “icerik analizi” yonteminden yararlanilmistir. Arastirma sonuclarina gore, ogretmen adaylari kendilerini “yabanci dilleri kullanabilme”, “okuloncesi donem cocuguna uygun egitim araclarini gelistirebilme” ve “bilimsel dusunebilme” becerileri acisindan yetersiz gormektedirler. Ogretmen adaylari duyussal alana ilskin ise “ulusal ve evrensel degerlere ve farkli kulturlere duyarli olus” hedefini yeterince kazanmadiklarini belirtmislerdir. Psikomotor alanda ise “okuloncesi egitime iliskin muzik etkinliklerinde kullanilan bir muzik aletini calabilme” hedefini yeterince kazanmadiklarina inanmaktadirlar. En az yararli dersler “Egitimde Arastirma Teknikleri”, “Mezuniyet Projesi” , “Aile Egitimi”, “Muzik I-II” ve “Kibris Turk Kulturu” dersleri olmustur. Ogretmen adaylari programin gelistirilmesine yonelik olarak daha fazla uygulamaya agirlik verilmesini, yeni derslerin eklenmesini, bazi derslerin onkosullarinin saglanmasini, bazi derslerin ise ogretmenlik uygulamasindan once alinmasini onermislerdir. Ogretmen adaylarinin ogretim elemanlarinin alanlarinda uzman ve deneyim sahibi olmalarini onermislerdir. Anahtar Sozcukler: Ogretmen Yetistirme, Program Degerlendirme, Okuloncesi Egitim .