ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Metaphorical Perceptions of Prospective Teachers for STEM Education
Author: Çalisici, Hamza
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Student Attitudes,Figurative Language,STEM Education,Educational Attitudes,Qualitative Research,Foreign Countries,Content Analysis,Coding

In this study, the perceptions of prospective classroom teachers on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education approaches have been examined through metaphors. The participants in this qualitative research project included 138 prospective teachers studying between the 2016-2017 academic year in the department of elementary education from the faculty of education at a public university in Turkey. In order to determine the perceptions of STEM teachers selected from different class levels, the prospective teachers were first educated about STEM education. Next, a form, on which the statement, &quot;STEM Education (Science-Technology-Engineering-Mathematics) is like ...because ... &quot; was presented to the prospective teachers, and they were asked to write a metaphor for STEM education, as well as to explain the reason. The data obtained from the forms were analyzed through content analysis. From the data analysis, the valid metaphors on STEM education created by the prospective classroom teachers were collected under 9 different conceptual categories, which were developed on the basis of common characteristics. These categories reveal that the prospective teachers regard STEM as a useful, necessary and highly appreciated approach that involved complementary fields. In some categories, it was found that there were significant differences in the rate of participants according to gender and class level.
The Historical Development of Children&apos;s Literature in Turkey
Author: Karagöz, Beytullah
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Childrens Literature,Educational History,Educational Development,Literature Reviews,Educational Practices

This study aims to examine the historical development of children's literature in Turkey. In this context, developments and changes in the field of children's literature have been evaluated according to the chronological approach. In doing so, the authors and their works, important turning points of Turkish child literature history, were evaluated. The research is in the literature survey model and the status is determined in the study. It has been commonly known that there are four basic approaches in the history of Turkish children's literature. The first three groups of these schools evaluated the children's literature within the context of giving advice, being instructive, and lecturing. In the understanding that develops after the 1980's, children's literature is considered as an important field of art in terms of improving the child's emotional world, and improving his thinking and inquiry skills.
The Use of Music Technologies in Field Education Courses and Daily Lives of Music Education Department Students (Sample of Atatürk University)
Author: Parasiz, Gökalp
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Education Courses,Field Experience Programs,Musical Instruments,Technology Uses in Education,Music Education,Student Experience,Influence of Technology,Student Surveys,Questionnaires,Undergraduate Students,Courseware,Daily Living Skills,Educational Benefits,Foreign Countries

Technology-oriented tools/devices have long been an indispensable part of music as well as music education for many years. It is of great importance in music education for students and teachers and the future of music to follow closely and use the technological developments in the present age in which technology directs the future. The aim of this research is to determine the use of technology and music technologies in music training students' field education courses in general and to determine the contribution of technology in both learning and application fields both individually and in general terms. The survey model was used in the study. Data were obtained through questionnaires. Three open-ended questions were asked to first-, second-, third- and fourth-year undergraduate students about using technology in their field courses during their fall semester and in their daily lives. The obtained data were analyzed using descriptive analysis technique, frequency-percentage and arithmetic mean. As a result, it has been found that technological materials are not used adequately in the process of the theoretical and applied courses in undergraduate education even though students benefit from music technologies in their individual work and daily life, and software Technologies are used much more than hardware Technologies.
The Analysis of the Relationship between the Levels of Organizational Forgiveness and Organizational Commitment of Teachers
Author: Öztürk, Sevim
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Work Ethic,Organizational Climate,Organizational Culture,Correlation,Conflict Resolution,Gender Differences,Marital Status,Family Size,Tenure,Educational Attainment,Elementary School Teachers,Secondary School Teachers,Measures (Individuals),Industrial Psychology,Foreign Countries

In this research, it is aimed to determine the level of organizational forgiveness and organizational commitment of teachers and their relation. Descriptive method was used in the research. The working population of the research: Teachers who work in primary schools and high schools in the Battalgazi and Yesilyurt district centers in Malatya province during the 2017-2018 academic year. A total of 450 teachers from 6 primary schools and 6 high schools selected by means of population sampling were included in the study. Two scales, &quot;organizational forgiveness&quot; and &quot;organizational commitment&quot;, were used to collect the data of the study. In the analysis of the data, arithmetic mean standard deviation calculation, t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were performed. According to the findings obtained as a result of the research, it was seen that there was a significant difference between school type, education status and occupational seniority variables while there was no significant difference between teachers' organizational forgiveness and gender, marital status, number of children and field of study. Participants' organizational commitment levels were low at both overall sum and dimensions. There was a low level of positive relationship between organizational forgiveness and organizational commitment. Based on these findings, teachers' awareness about organizational forgiveness and the necessity of providing jobs in order to increase school commitment and suggestions such as personal rights, profession promotion, purchasing power and working conditions can be improved.
Student Views on Using Smart Boards in Turkish Education
Author: Kirbas, Abdulkadir
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Student Attitudes,Technology Uses in Education,Student Surveys,Questionnaires,Secondary School Students,Likert Scales,Influence of Technology,Usability,Instructional Improvement,Teaching Methods,Barriers

One of the greatest opportunities for technological developments in the field of education is computer aided smart boards. Our country has adapted to these technological developments and initiated the smart board applications with FATIH Project which is one of the few projects of its size of the world. The aim of this research is to reveal the contribution of smart boards--which are the most important elements of the FATIH project- to Turkish education, their effects on student motivation, and also their negative aspects by taking the views and opinions of students who are directly involved in the project. The sample of the research consists of 600 students studying in Yakutiye, Palandöken and Aziziye districts of Erzurum province in the Fall semester of 2017-2018 academic year. Based on the results of the research, it was found that thanks to using smart boards in Turkish education lessons, the students understood Turkish better, learned the course subjects easily, were more successful in Turkish, the visual and audio materials used in smart board applications were beneficial in better understanding the topic, students had the opportunity to learn the topics from more and various sources, smart boards made the lessons fun and enjoyable, increased interest for the lessons, students liked using the smart boards, smart boards had positive effects on learning and student motivation; whereas some negative opinions were also found that some students had difficulties using smart boards, frequent malfunctions in the smart boards caused a loss of time in lessons, students were not willing to prepare homework that included the use of smart boards, visual quality of the boards was low, and smart boards made the students more lazy.
The Correlation between Global Citizenship Perceptions and Cultural Intelligence Levels of Teachers
Author: Yüksel, Azize
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Global Education,Global Approach,Citizenship,Correlation,Cultural Literacy,Cultural Awareness,Secondary School Teachers,Teacher Attitudes,Familiarity,Knowledge Level,Individual Characteristics,Likert Scales,Social Responsibility,Citizen Participation,Metacognition,Foreign Countries

The increase of communication methods in the globalized world, the reduction of locality to a minimum in the economy and as a result of this, the migration from less economically developed countries to developed countries which in turn results in close interaction between ethnicities, all make it impossible for a homogenous society to exist and forces societies to embody a multicultural structure. The aim of this study is to determine the correlation between global citizenship perceptions and cultural intelligence levels of teachers. Global citizenship perceptions of teachers are at the level of &quot;I partially agree.&quot; Within the context of global citizenship the highest perception of teachers is global competence, while their lowest perception is social responsibility. These results suggest that teachers' perceptions of global citizenship are not at a sufficient level. Teachers' cultural intelligence levels are at the level of &quot;I partially agree.&quot; The highest level of teachers' cultural intelligence is identified to be in the sub-dimension of metacognitive cultural intelligence, while the lowest level is seen in the sub-dimension of cognitive cultural intelligence. These results suggest that cultural intelligence levels of teachers are inadequate. It has been determined that there is a low level of positive correlation between global citizenship perceptions and the cultural intelligence levels of teachers. Preserving and maintaining the existence of cultural differences with education must be considered as an essential right. It is believed that reviewing educational policies is necessary to increase the acknowledgement of cultural differences and to ensure that language differences are reflected throughout educational practices.
Sadrettin Celal Antel&apos;s Ten-Year Ministry Development Report: An Assessment Based on the Divisions of Educational Sciences
Author: Karagoz, Savas
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational Change,Qualitative Research,Teaching Methods,Educational Research,Teacher Attitudes,Educational History,College Faculty

Except other reasons such as politics, economics and military, the decline and collapse of the Ottoman Empire are because of outdated education system. After the proclamation of the Republic, the newly established Republic of Turkey gave great importance in education with its all dimensions to not fall into that error Ottoman Empire had fallen. Many educators who grew up during the 2nd Constitutional Monarchy and took part in the formation of the Republican period education presented and revealed their opinions and suggestions on education. What is interesting in their thoughts is that they are now being implemented as an education policy in modern Turkish education system. In this qualitative study, the report written in 1926 by Sadrettin Celal Antel and published in the Journal of Turkish Education Ministry, titled as &quot;Ten Years Improvement Report&quot;, was first transcribed to today's Turkish and then compared to the recent regulation issued on June 16th, 2016 by Turkish Higher Education Council of educational sciences as study disciplines. The study of education in Turkey was divided into the subfields of Philosophical, Social and Historical Foundations of Education, Education Curriculum and Instruction, Education Management, Lifelong Learning and Adult Education, Teaching Technologies and Guidance and Psychological Counseling. The comparison has revealed that educational sciences not only achieved the aims of the main sciences but also included opinions and suggestions compatible with today's contemporary pedagogical understanding.
Pre-Service Turkish Teachers&apos; Metaphorical Perceptions Regarding the Concepts of &quot;Instructional Technology&quot; and &quot;Teaching Material&quot;
Author: Öztürk, Basak Karakoç
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Instructional Materials,Educational Technology,Preservice Teachers,Figurative Language,Phenomenology,Qualitative Research,Concept Teaching,Student Teacher Attitudes,Student Surveys,Foreign Countries

In this study, it was aimed to determine the perceptions of pre-service Turkish teachers (PTT) regarding the concepts of instructional technology and teaching material through metaphors. Within the scope of this aim, what the metaphors used by PTTs for the concepts of instructional technology and teaching material were and under which categories the metaphors used by them for these concepts were collected were investigated. The phenomenology design, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the study. Data were collected from a total of 152 PTTs studying in the first, second, third and fourth grades of Çukurova University Faculty of Education Turkish Education Department. Data were collected by means of a form intended for completing the statements of &quot;Instructional technology is like.......... because..........&quot; and &quot;Teaching material is like .......... because.......&quot; and analyzed using the content analysis technique. As a result of the study, the metaphors examined for the concept of instructional technology were collected in 9 categories while the metaphors for the concept of teaching material were collected in 5 categories. The categories for instructional technology are informative/information source, tool/vehicle, requirement, permanence, change, attractiveness, process, development, and limitlessness, and the categories for teaching material are tool/vehicle, requirement, informative/information source, attractiveness and permanence.
The Effect of Project Exhibition Event on Physics Success and Prospective Teachers&apos; Opinions about Projects
Author: Güven Yildirim, Ezgi
Date: 2018-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Exhibits,Science Achievement,Success,Opinions,Preservice Teachers,Preservice Teacher Education,Student Projects,Active Learning,Mixed Methods Research,Achievement Tests,Semi Structured Interviews,Teaching Methods,Instructional Effectiveness,Criticism,Learning Experience,Incidence,Foreign Countries

The purposes of this study were first to investigate the effects of the project-based learning (PBL) method and project exhibition event on the success of physics teacher candidates, and second, to reveal the experiment group students' views toward this learning method and project exhibition. The research model called explanatory mixed method, in which both quantitative and qualitative research methods were used. The findings obtained from the research show that there was a significant difference in favor of the experiment group among the point averages of the achievement post-test of the groups. When the findings regarding the questions posed to prospective teachers were examined, it was seen that while they stated that there were a few disadvantages of PBL and project exhibition event, there were many advantages. The results obtained from the quantitative and qualitative data of the research showed that PBL contributed positively to the teaching process and learning characteristics in many aspects.
The Relationship between Formal Education and Non-Formal Education: A Descriptive and Analytical Review of the Publications about Astronomy Education in Journals and Events Related to Science Teaching in the Brazilian Context
Author: Menezes, Isadora Moutinho Carvalho A.
Date: 2018-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Nonformal Education,Science Education,Astronomy,Periodicals,Science Instruction,Foreign Countries,Content Analysis,Comparative Analysis,Science Activities,Classification

The present research aims to analyze the publications related to astronomy education that discusses the interface between formal education (FE) and non-FE (NFE) at scientific events and a journal in the Brazilian context. These events were the National Symposium on Astronomy Education, the National Meeting on Research in Science Education (ENPEC), and the National Symposium on Physics Teaching. We also analyzed the journal &quot;Latin American Journal of Astronomy Education&quot; (RELEA). The objective was to understand how the approach between FE and NFE in the teaching of astronomy is constructed. The delimitation of the analyses covering the period 2001-2014 coincided with the constitution of Area 46 by the Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), which regulates postgraduate programs in Brazil. In a theoretical-methodological aspect, the ideas of content analysis proposed by Bardin (2011) were adopted. Among the results, we observed that few studies dealt with the relationship between FE and NFE; however, almost half of them occurred in institutions commonly classified as FE (i.e.,schools), and the actions were mediated by teachers. Among the main activities, we highlight the observations the sky, guided tours, and play activities, with more than 60% of the activities going through three moments proposed by Allard et al. (1994): Before, during, and after the accomplishment of the activity in a non-formal space. The results found in this research can foster reflections about teacher training courses since more and more NFE spaces are present in teaching-learning processes, but little has been done to associate FE and NFE in teaching practice. We discuss what difficulties are faced by teachers to approach FE and NFE.
Enhancing Bhutanese Students&apos; Views of the Nature of Science in Matter and Its Composition and Study of Gas Laws through an Explicit and Reflective Approach
Author: Das, Pabi Maya
Date: 2018-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Grade 9,Secondary School Students,Scientific Principles,Science Instruction,Student Attitudes,Chemistry,Mixed Methods Research,Questionnaires,Semi Structured Interviews,Observation,Student Journals,Inquiry,Science Teachers,Scientific Methodology,Science Process Skills

This study investigated the development of Bhutanese students' views of the nature of science (NOS) as they engaged in an explicit and reflective approach. Seven aspects of NOS were integrated into the chemistry content in two learning units titled &quot;matter and its composition&quot; and &quot;study of gas laws&quot; over a time span of 6 weeks in a 9th Grade class. This study employed mixed method approaches which included the use of a questionnaire, semi-structured interviews, classroom observations, and a review of students' journals, and assignments. Data were analyzed for established patterns and themes. Students' views of the NOS in pre-instruction and post-instruction were categorized as naïve, transitional, or informed. The results indicated that at the end of the intervention, students' views of the NOS had improved. It was seen that NOS-specific pedagogical knowledge and subject knowledge played an important role in the teacher's ability to enhance students' views of the NOS.
Gifted and Talented Students&apos; Views about Biology Activities in a Science and Art Center
Author: Özarslan, Murat
Date: 2018-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Talent,Student Attitudes,Biology,Science Instruction,Animals,Plants (Botany),Classification,Content Analysis,Teaching Methods,Foreign Countries,Questionnaires,Academically Gifted,Student Interests,Qualitative Research,Early Adolescents,Art Activities

The aim of the study was to determine gifted and talented students' views about biology activities in a science and art center. The study was conducted with 26 gifted and talented students who studied at a science and art center in southwestern Turkey. Students studied animal and plant genus and species in biology activities. Data were collected through a questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive and content analyses methods. The research results revealed that the students had a great interest in the animals and plants, which they could not see nor examine closely in their own daily life. Since they found the activities enjoyable, interesting, and exciting, they liked biology courses much more. The results are discussed in terms of the education of the gifted and talented students.
The Analysis of Secondary School Students&apos; Transition Situations in Multiple Representations
Author: Kurnaz, Mehmet Altan
Date: 2018-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Secondary School Students,Grade 8,Achievement Tests,Resilience (Psychology),Science Education,Teaching Conditions,Expectation,Stress Management,Textbook Content,Content Analysis,Learning Processes,Scientific Concepts,Secondary School Science

In this article, the relationships between students' personal relationship to the concept of pressure and teaching conditions of this concept were investigated in terms of the Anthropological Theory of Didactics. To determine these complex relationships, first an institutional analysis was conducted, and in this same manner, the textbook has been analyzed to uncover the institutional eelationship to the concept of pressure, and second, an achievement test has been used to gather data to uncover personal relationship to concept of pressure. 348 8th-grade students who successfully completed the pressure topic in their science classes participated in this study. The gathered data were analyzed in a descriptive and qualitative way. The results of this study emphasize the relationship between the teaching conditions and the students' understanding of pressure and support the need for multiple representations to teach effectively the pressure concept.