ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
The Predictive Role of Values and Perceived Social Support Variables in Marital Adjustment
Author: Mert, Abdullah
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Marriage,Spouses,Adjustment (to Environment),Marital Satisfaction,Likert Scales,Interpersonal Relationship,Measures (Individuals),Correlation,Regression (Statistics),Predictor Variables,Social Support Groups,Family Life,Social Values,Friendship,Statistical Analysis

The aim of this study was to examine the predictive role of values and perceived social support variables in marital adjustment level among married individuals. A total of 422 (211 pairs) married individuals who agreed to participate voluntarily were included. The study was conducted in accordance with the relational screening model. &quot;Dyadic Adjustment Scale (SDS),&quot; &quot;Value Scale&quot; and &quot;The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS)&quot; were used in the study in fulfillment of the aim of the research. Correlation and regression analysis were used in the research. Analyses were tested with the help of SPSS 16.0 package with 0.01 and 0.05 levels of significance. The findings of the research showed the presence of predictive role of values and perceived social support variables in marital adjustment. Findings obtained from the study are discussed in relation to literature.
Views of Pre-Service Teachers Related to the Development of Pedagogical Formation Training and Design Competences
Author: Özbas, Mehmet
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Preservice Teachers,Student Teacher Attitudes,Preservice Teacher Education,Educational Attitudes,Instructional Design,Cooperative Learning,Teacher Competencies,Measures (Individuals),Likert Scales,Factor Analysis,Statistical Analysis

The importance of pedagogical formation training is remarkable for developing the professional competences of pre-service teachers. One of the basic functions of pedagogical formation is getting pre-service teachers have competences on teaching design through cooperative learning experiences in a social learning environment. During higher education, in-class experiences generally include socio-pedagogical learning processes fulfilled under the guidance of lecturers. The purpose of this research was to determine the views of pre-service teachers related to the development of pedagogical formation training and design competences. The research was carried out with 428 pre-service teachers who had pedagogical formation training in Erzincan University in 2016-2017 academic year. &quot;The Scale for Pedagogical Formation Training, and Developing Design Competences of Pre-Service Teachers&quot; was developed by the researchers. During the process of scale development, pre-implementation was administered with the participation of 83 pre-service teachers, and the scale was determined to have 2 factors. Total variance explained by the factors was 61.695%; and alpha reliability coefficient for the first factor was 0.923, and it was found to be 0.863 for the second factor. According to research findings, it was noticed that the perceptions related to the factor of &quot;the quality of pedagogical formation training&quot; had &quot;high&quot; level, and the perceptions related to the factor of &quot;development of teaching design competences&quot; had &quot;medium&quot; level performance.
Evaluation of Coping Strategies with Stress of Parents Who Have Mentally Disabled Children in Northern Cyprus
Author: Atasoy, Ramazan
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Parents,Coping,Intellectual Disability,Special Schools,Educational Quality,Social Attitudes,Parent Education,Educational Needs,Individual Characteristics,Barriers,Siblings,Accessibility (for Disabled),Mental Health,Economic Factors,Health Needs,Stress Variables,Behavior Modification,Semi Structured Interviews

In this research, it is aimed to determine the problems that are faced by parents who have mentally disabled children and evaluate coping strategies of them. Interview technique is performed in this study which is designed in qualitative model. Study group which was determined by purposeful sampling method is consisted from the parents of mentally disabled children who are studying in private education centres in TRNC. Data are evaluated by content analysis. According to the findings in this research, the problems of parents which they faced are determined as related with each other that are educational, physical, psychological, sociological, economical and also health care problems and problems with siblings. It is found that parents are focused especially on educational problems. According to the results that emerged in the research, educational problems are accumulated in two categories as problems related with the quality of education given to children and acceptance of children in educational environment, and the problems on the need for training of parents. It is determined in this research that increasing educational and consciousness level of parents has more efficiency for coping with stress. Also, it is found that parents use emotional-focused coping strategies for struggle with mental disability which is the main source of stress, but they prefer problem-focused coping strategies for struggling with external problems that cause increasing the stress. It is suggested that qualified and continuous educational service for both mentally disabled children and their parents could direct them to problem-focused coping strategies instead of emotional-focused coping strategies.
Investigation of Some Variables of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Empathy and Depression in Syrian Children
Author: Sengün, Gökhan
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Posttraumatic Stress Disorder,Empathy,Depression (Psychology),Correlation,Gender Differences,Trauma,Parents,Fathers,Death,Mothers,Siblings,Employed Parents,Violence,Individual Characteristics,Surveys,Children,Adolescents,Statistical Analysis

Turkey has been facing with migration for various reasons. More than half of those migrating from Syria to Turkey are children. In this study, it was aimed to examine the levels of PTSD, empathy and depression in Syrian children. A total of 121 boys and 135 girls from Altindag district of Ankara formed a sample group of 256 children. Personal Information Form, PTSD, Empathy and Depression Scale for Children were used in this study. The results revealed that there was no meaningful relation between the gender of the children and the levels of PTSD, empathy and depression. The younger children's trauma level and depression level was higher as well as the children whose father is alive. The empathy level is also higher and children's PTSD and empathy levels have changed according to their siblings are alive or not. The depression level of children whose mothers did not work was higher. Children whose fathers did not work had a higher level of PTSD, empathy and depression. Children with violence in the family had high levels of PTSD, empathy and depression, the empathy level of children with fewer siblings was lower, children whose income level was lower depression level was lower.
Feedback Strategies Which Social Sciences Teachers Give to Their Students
Author: Akpinar, Mehmet
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Feedback (Response),Social Sciences,Teacher Student Relationship,Foreign Countries,Qualitative Research,Teacher Attitudes,Phenomenology,Semi Structured Interviews,Secondary School Teachers,Positive Attitudes

This study tried to define the feedback strategies of social sciences teachers and their opinions about the content of the feedback. The study was carried out with phenomenological design which is one of the ways of qualitative research methods. The data that was collected by semi-structured interview form for the research was provided through descriptive analysis. The study was administered to 33 social sciences teachers at secondary schools in Trabzon province. As a result, it was determined that the teachers give feedbacks both verbally and written with a positive attitude. Moreover, the feedbacks were provided individually. They give their feedbacks both at the beginning and at the end of the class, and they use the progressive rating key in the process of feedback. Eventually, it was found out that teachers give feedback regularly and these feedbacks are reaching to children through the right evaluation function. As a result, it was also seen that teachers consider the capacity of each child while they give feedbacks to them openly.
Fashion Design: The Connective Role of Improvisation in New Learning Experiences
Author: Sarantou, Melanie
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Creative Activities,Case Studies,Art,Design,Holistic Approach,Clothing,Learning,Environment,Experience,Ethnography,Grounded Theory,Observation,Semi Structured Interviews

Improvisatory processes are considered synonymous with play, offering only second-best solutions to art and design problems. The role of improvisation in visual art processes is not widely discussed academically. This paper draws on a case study situated in Namibian art worlds to reflect on the role of improvisation in fluid and complex design and art processes. In Namibian contexts, improvisation is closely related to how artists and designers work instead of only being 'play', as improvisatory processes often respond to pressing demands and notions of having to do what needs to be done to sustain livelihoods. This paper documents and learns from the experiences and stories of Namibian art and design practitioners. The connective role of improvisation in design moments, allowing practitioners to negotiate multidirectional processes, often result in becoming unstuck in art and design processes. A holistic approach to improvisation, based on the understanding of lived experiences and actions within environments in which resources are utilised to solve design problems and build new experiences, is explored. Additionally, through improvisatory processes, learning is stimulated through new experiences that come about by utilizing the available resources within a given environment.
Fear of Success and Life Satisfaction in Terms of Self-Efficacy
Author: Yilmaz, Hasan
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Life Satisfaction,Fear,Self Efficacy,Success,Regression (Statistics),Statistical Analysis,Correlation,Predictor Variables,Measures (Individuals),Prediction,Foreign Countries,Barriers,Behavior Patterns,Graduates,Teacher Education Programs

The purpose of the present research is presenting the relationships between self-efficacy, fear of success and life satisfaction; and determining the predictive power fear of success and self-efficacy on life satisfaction. For this purpose, self-efficacy, fear of achievement and life satisfaction scales were implemented on 625 individuals. In the analysis of the data, t-test and regression analysis were utilized. According to the findings of the research, there is a negative correlation between self-efficacy and fear of achievement. There is a relationship between all subscales of self-efficacy and fear of success. In particular, the &quot;starting behavior&quot; and &quot;maintaining behavior&quot; subscales are the strongest predictors of fear of success. Similarly, there is a positive correlation between self-efficacy and life satisfaction; and a significant negative correlation between fear of success and life satisfaction. Taken that self-efficacy is influenced by fear of success and fear of success and self-efficacy has effects on life satisfaction into consideration; any kind of psychological help for reducing the fear of success will increase self-efficacy. Similarly, any effort to improve self-efficacy will reduce fear of success. The increase in self-efficacy perceived positively and the decrease in fear of success will increase the individual's life satisfaction.
Examining Lactate Changes during High Intensity Spinning® Training
Author: Ipekoglu, Gökhan
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Exercise Physiology,Athletes,Equipment,Statistical Analysis,Comparative Analysis,Intervals,Training,Adolescents,Measures (Individuals)

The aim of the study was to examine the changes in the acute blood lactate levels of elite taekwondo players when carrying out high-intensity interval training on Spinning® bikes. Twenty elite-level taekwondo athletes participated in the study. The subjects were selected from athletes who had been competitors for at least six years. Their average age, height and weight values were determined to be 18.89 ± 2.07 years, 176.8 ± 8.73 cm and 70.59 ± 12.13 kg respectively. In the present study the subjects carried out high-intensity interval training using Spinning bikes based on the Tabata protocol. The loads were applied as a total of four sets of eight repetitions with the principle of 20 seconds of load followed by 10 seconds of rest with one-minute's rest given between sets. The subjects' lactate levels were measured from their fingers using the Accutrend Lactate portable lactate analyzer with the help of the strips provided. Lactate measurements were made five times: before training (Pre), after Set 1 (1S), after Set 2 (2S), after Set 3 (3S) and once the exercise was over (Post). The heart rates (HR) of the athletes were monitored by their coaches before and during exercise. The data were analyzed using One Way ANOVA in the SPSS 22 package program. A statistically significant difference was found among the baseline lactate levels, the 1S, 2S, 3S and post lactate levels in the study (p&lt;0.05). There was a statistically significant difference when the 1S lactate level was compared with all the time periods except for 2S (p&lt;0.05). The difference between the 3S and Post lactate levels was not statistically significant (p&gt; 0.05). As a result of the study it was observed that Spinning® training carried out using the high-intensity interval training method caused a rapid increase in acute lactic acid accumulation. In the case of performance athletes, we can say that this exercise could be part of the lactate tolerance training used to counter fatigue.
New Trends in Higher Education in the Globalizing World: STEM in Teacher Education
Author: Türk, Nilay
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Trends,Higher Education,Global Approach,STEM Education,Needs Assessment,Curriculum Design,Undergraduate Study,College Faculty,Foreign Countries,Teacher Education Programs,Interdisciplinary Approach,Content Analysis,Pedagogical Content Knowledge,Teacher Collaboration,Preservice Teacher Education,Semi Structured Interviews

One of the main objectives of education, which raises individuals that the society needs, is to resource labor force that will provide the development of the society by maintaining the economic, social, scientific and technological advances. Many countries that aspire to have an advanced economy and technology aim to build a society that is advanced at Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and have sustainable development in these fields, and this has been one of the main educational strategies of those countries. STEM education has a strategic importance for our country to maintain the competitive power on international scale. This research aims to conduct a needs analysis towards the curricular design of STEM education to be proposed for the undergraduate programs of science education at education faculties. The study holds a descriptive model and qualitative methods were used. The study group consists of 12 faculty from Science, Mathematics, Computer and Instructional Technologies at Faculty of Education, and from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at Gazi University; 15 science teachers who work at the schools which have different socio-economic levels in Ankara, and 42 sophomore students who study at the Department of Science Education at Gazi University Faculty of Education. Content analysis was used as the data analysis method. Findings of the study reveal that there are no studies conducted to integrate different fields into teacher education programs, there are no courses related to STEM education integrated into the curriculum, and the knowledge and skills pre-service teachers should gain to implement this approach in their professional teaching career do not exist in the curriculum. In addition, it was found that most of the teachers believe teacher collaboration; they associate their courses mostly with mathematics and information technologies. Likewise, it was identified that the main reason behind why the teachers cannot teach through interdisciplinary approach is due to teacher related reasons. Concerning the pre-service education, The Ministry of National Education and education faculties should work collaboratively, determine the teacher competencies and try to develop undergraduate curriculum for pre-service teachers to gain these competencies. Training teachers during pre-service period rather than in-service training will play a crucial role to gain the expected results from the approach.
Little Friends of Halide Nusret Zorlutuna and Teaching Profession
Author: Kurtoglu, Fatma Süreyya
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teaching (Occupation),Teacher Student Relationship,Teacher Attitudes,Educational History,Teacher Characteristics,Foreign Countries,Qualitative Research

In a rapidly growing world, the modern civilizations' efforts to make their citizens are always vital. The societies which have well-educated manpower naturally have a right to rule the world. Teacher qualifications that constitute the base of the education system will surely denote the quality of the education system. The teachers are the ones who need to be a guide to make students reach the information and to use that information. Constructing standardizations for teaching profession, generating national and universal policies about this profession which is an important job as it includes teaching should be the primary goal for the nations that wish to develop. Between 1924 and 1957, Halide Nusret Zorlutuna who worked as a teacher in diverse cities situated in newly founded Turkish Republic contributed to our country's need for well-educated manpower as an educator. Later on, Zorlutuna published her observations while she was working as a teacher with a little memory book called &quot;Benim Küçük Dostlarim&quot;. This memory book was not only about life, country and environment, but also included a great deal of clues about teaching profession. This study was carried out in order to determine Halide Nusret Zorlutuna's thoughts and practices about teaching profession. Data were collected via document analysis method. The source of data of the study is &quot;Benim Küçük Dostlarim.&quot; Descriptive analysis method was employed to analyze the data. In the present study, the thought and applications of the teaching profession between the lines of Halide Nusret Zorlutuna's memory book called &quot;Benim Küçük Dostlarim&quot; were determined and an evaluation was put forward. Accordingly, teachers should love students and make students love them, be fair for all students, guide them for good and bad, encourage them and they should not be afraid of any troubles, give up hope and should continue teach event the weakest student with patience, seek for new solutions in teaching, establish a relationship with students' parents to achieve success which they are one of the most important shareholders in the education, remember teaching is firstly self-sacrifice and most importantly they should be model for students in all respects.
Examination of Teacher Opinions Regarding History Topics of 7th Grade Social Studies
Author: Dogan, Tasin
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Secondary School Teachers,Teacher Attitudes,Opinions,History Instruction,Social Studies,Grade 7,Semi Structured Interviews,Qualitative Research,Data Analysis,Curriculum,Sequential Approach,Time Factors (Learning),Integrity,Integrated Curriculum,Developmentally Appropriate Practices,Relevance (Education),Learner Engagement,Instructional Materials,Educational Environment,Teaching Methods,Foreign Countries

With this study, it was aimed at drawing attention to the troubles and problems encountered by the teachers in the presence of various variables regarding the teaching of the history topics in the 7th grade social studies course. At the same time, in order to offer solution suggestions for teaching history topics effectively, we have tried to reach a conclusion by asking teachers' opinions in order to help to the teachers. A semi-structured interview method was used in this qualitative study. In the analysis of the data, descriptive analysis technique was used. When the findings obtained from the research are examined, it is concluded that the social studies curriculum has deficiencies in the teaching of history topics, that the history topics are disjointed, that the chronological order is not paid enough attention, and that there is no integrity between the topics, and the teaching hours of social studies are not sufficient. At the end, the research was concluded with the suggestions such as the history topics in the 7th grade social studies course should complement one another, should not wander off from one topic to another, and should be presented in a certain chronological order and form integrity.
Examination of the Relationship between Passion, Perfectionism and Burnout in Athletes
Author: Demirci, Ebru
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Athletes,Psychological Patterns,Personality Traits,Burnout,Measures (Individuals),Correlation,Multiple Regression Analysis,Scores,Predictor Variables,Attitudes,Error Patterns,Anxiety Disorders,Statistical Analysis

This study was carried out with the goal of examining the relationship between athletes' passion and perfectionism levels and athlete burnout, and to determine to what extent passion and perfectionism scores predict burnout experienced by athletes. A total of 267 athletes, located in various parts of Turkey and competing in various branches of sport, participated in the study on a voluntary basis. Of the participants, 65 were women (mean age: 20.12 ± 3.68 years) and 202 were men (mean age: 20.2 ± 4.04 years). The data collection tools that employed were the Passion Scale, Sport-Specific Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, and Athlete Burnout Measure. Descriptive statistics, Pearson Correlation Analysis, and Multiple Linear Regression Analysis were used in the analysis of the data. The results of multiple linear regression analysis conducted to test the predictive effects of athletes' passion and perfectionism scores on burnout scores showed that the perfectionism subdimensions of perceived parental pressure and concern over mistakes were significant predictors of the burnout subdimensions of reduced sense of accomplishment and emotional/physical exhaustion. The analysis further revealed that obsessive passion and the perfectionism subdimensions of perceived parental pressure and concern over mistakes were effective in predicting the burnout subdimension of devaluation. In conclusion, the results of this study indicate that athletes who have developed obsessive passion toward their sport and have perfectionist tendencies that are not harmonizable will be more prone to experience burnout.