ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Evaluating Personal Qualifications of Teacher Candidates in Terms of Intercultural Sensitivity Levels
Author: Sezer, Gönül Onur
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Teacher Qualifications,Intercultural Communication,Foreign Countries,Elementary School Teachers,Preschool Teachers,Regression (Statistics),Teaching (Occupation),Cultural Awareness,Predictor Variables,Second Language Learning,Cultural Activities,Teacher Surveys

Teachers first need to participate in cultural activities and must be enthusiastic about improving themselves. It is thought that supporting personal qualifications of teacher candidates through different ways can have positive effects on intercultural sensitivity. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between personal qualifications of preschool and classroom teacher candidates and their intercultural sensitivities. Another aim is to determine if there is a relationship between the departments of preschool and classroom teacher candidates, their friends from different countries and their intercultural sensitivity. General screening model was used in this research, which was carried out to determine personal qualifications of preschool and classroom teachers in terms of intercultural sensitivity. The sample of the research was formed of Classroom (N=110) and Preschool (N=103) teacher candidates. A personal information form and &quot;Intercultural Sensitivity Scale&quot; were used in the research. The data of the scale were evaluated in terms of normality and the distribution was found normal as a result of Kolmogorov-Smirnov normality test. The distributions of personal qualifications of teachers were evaluated as frequencies and percentages and t-test was used to determine if their departments and foreign friend statuses affected their intercultural sensitivity levels. Furthermore, predictive power of articles that were used to determine the personal qualifications of teacher candidates was analyzed by simple regression analysis. According to the results of the study, it can be said that teacher candidates generally follow activities required by teaching profession that support their cultural developments. It was determined that there is a significant difference on intercultural sensitivity levels of classroom teacher candidates in favor of teacher candidates who express that they have friends from different countries. It was determined that qualifications &quot;Reading cultural books, magazines and newspapers&quot; and &quot;Participating in activities to learn a foreign language&quot; predict teacher candidates' intercultural sensitivities in a positive way.
Use of Reflective Journals in Development of Teachers' Leadership and Teaching Skills
Author: Göker, Suleyman Davut
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Reflection,Journal Writing,Preservice Teachers,Writing (Composition),Foreign Countries,Qualitative Research,Statistical Analysis,Questionnaires,Writing Strategies,Surveys,Interviews,Student Attitudes

Focusing on the contribution of reflective practice to teaching practice amongst student teachers, this study examines the impact of reflective journal entries of 16 student teachers from Faculty of Education at the Artvin Coruh University in Turkey. Quantitative and qualitative research approaches were employed for this study including open-ended questioning techniques (surveys and interviews), written reflections under reflective categories showing how the participants reflected on their teaching experience as anecdotal data. Participants were trained through a 10-h orientation on a reflective writing program developed by the researcher. To categorise the reflective writing types, identification of Hatton and Smith [12] of types of reflection (instrument 1), was employed. Participants were later requested to answer a 26 open-ended questionnaire (instrument 2), the questions of which were constructed based on Richards and Lockhart's [16]. Findings have implications for how reflective journals can be employed and used in school-based contexts and pre-service teacher education.
Proposing a Primary School Principalship Model through Positive and Negative Metaphoric Perspective
Author: Erden, Ali
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Elementary Schools,Teacher Attitudes,Student Attitudes,Elementary School Teachers,Preservice Teachers,Administrator Attitudes,Assistant Principals,Principals,Figurative Language,Qualitative Research,Focus Groups,Interviews,Content Analysis,Administrator Characteristics,Foreign Countries

Primary school ages are very important for the students. It is the time for most students to start their formal education period. The aim of the current research is to explore the perceptions of the teachers, 4th year initial teacher training students from education faculties, parents, vice principals and primary school principals as the key stakeholders (TSPVPPSPs) in two groups, to identify positive and negative metaphors of primary school principals and propose a primary school principalship model. Qualitative research paradigm under interpretive methodology was used in the current study. Group 1 consisted of 60 focus group members (FGMs) and Group 2 involved 60 in-depth-interviewers (IDInts). Data were collected through metaphoric perspective. The key stakeholders were asked to write in full sentences on if they would define the school principal, what positive and negative metaphor/s they would use and they were also asked to give their justifications. Interpretive approach for data collection was used and data were analyzed using content analysis method. Identified positive metaphors describe primary school principals as talented supervisors, as leaders, as the one who carries the Olympic-flame, as a negotiator and as a sensitive teddy whereas identified negative metaphors describe primary school principals as pollution, as mis-user of the rights and as a mechanical machine.
Subtraction Performances of Primary School Prospective Mathematics Teachers Having Different Cognitive Styles
Author: Ayvaz, Ülkü
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Cognitive Style,Mathematics Teachers,Preservice Teachers,Subtraction,Computer Software,Mathematics Skills,Foreign Countries

Cognitive styles defined as the way by which individuals prefer to use in order to obtain, edit, utilize, remember the information are discussed as the indication of individual differences in many studies. The study aims to investigate behavioral data of mathematics teacher candidates categorized according to their cognitive styles while they perform subtraction operations with small and big numbers. Participants of the study were 30 teacher candidates, 15 of whom have field-dependent cognitive style while 15 of whom have field-independent cognitive style. Obtained data was analyzed in terms of accuracy and reaction time according to the cognitive style. When it was investigated in terms of accuracy, it was found that there was a significant difference between groups according to only small numbers. In terms of reaction type, however, two groups did not differ in terms of both small and big numbers. Moreover, it is seen that field-dependent participants spent more time while they solve subtraction operations with big numbers.
The Socio-Cultural, Financial and Education Problems of International Postgraduate Students in Turkey
Author: Titrek, Osman
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Foreign Students,Graduate Students,Financial Problems,Qualitative Research,Research Methodology,Structured Interviews,Sociocultural Patterns,Data Collection

The aim of this study is to analyze and investigate the predicaments that are categorized by the investigators according to education and life conditions of postgraduate international students in Sakarya University. Qualitative research method was conducted in this research and standardized and tightly structured interview form was used to address questions as a data collection tool in the study. During the interview, objectively investigators helped the participants because they were not good at speaking Turkish. The study sample included 20 postgraduate international students from several departments at the institutes of natural and applied sciences and social sciences of Sakarya University, 2015-2016 academic year as voluntarily. Maximum range sample technique was used in the identifying of the study group. In the analytical part of the study, descriptive analysis technique that is one of the qualitative research techniques, was used to facilitate the thematic classification of data and to get a detailed description of condition. The result of the study determined that international students were not living desired level economically and homesickness was also another serious problem at the beginning of the process. Participants did not have many difficulties about harboring. In the title of human relations international students stated that Turkish people and Turkey close themselves; also they did not have problems about it generally about racism. They could not communicate face to face often. Instead they used telephones, internet, etc. devices for communication. Participants expressed that they did not have problems about the Turkish food generally, moreover they found close to Turkish foods. While clothing case it was determined that there was no problem about clothing, everyone could wear traditional clothes what they wanted easily, also they did not suffer from their clothing style. About the traditions statement, their closeness of Turkish culture came into prominence. It was identified that participants could easily perform situations that include their traditions. It was not confirmed that they got into trouble about their religious belief. Under the education topic difficulty of learning, language was emphasized, so they expressed even if just a smidgen their challenges about both lectures and daily life. They said that they took support from their faculty members and classmates to overcome this hardship.
The Two Faces of Teacher Candidates' Portfolio Experiences: Tradition and Facebook
Author: Karsak, Hanife Gulhan Orhan
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Portfolios (Background Materials),Portfolio Assessment,Social Media,Social Networks,Semi Structured Interviews,Preservice Teacher Education,Concept Mapping,Student Teacher Attitudes,Comparative Analysis,Student Responsibility,Peer Evaluation,Phenomenology,Information Dissemination,Sharing Behavior,Information Security,Privacy,Computer Mediated Communication

Exploring the effectiveness of facebook in the process of preparing a portfolio, it will be significant to profit by teacher candidates' experiences on facebook and traditional environments. Therefore in this phenomenon study to fathom of the portfolio experiences on both environments is intended. In this regard the opinions of the volunteers who have continued portfolio studies every week, were taken from utilizing four semi-structured open-ended questions. In consequence they are in the pedagogical formation program, ten female and five male in both environments, in total thirty participants. Data were collected in writing in fifty minutes, analyzed via Nvivo 10, presented with mind maps. Participants think that the Facebook environment is compared to other social networks as easy to reach, actual, the best known environment, gives opportunity to add various types of files, facilitates sharing independent of time and place and creating an archive, although they stated that the participants who use the environment for the first time in an instruction process, do not take responsibility and despite warnings. For traditional environment, they believe that it develops a high level of consciousness of communication, sharing, task and responsibility. However they express the lack of opportunities to see sharings instantly and to make peer review between groups.
Teachers' Attitudes, Beliefs and Self-Efficacy about Multicultural Education: A Scale Development
Author: Yildirim, Soner
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Attitudes,Cultural Pluralism,Likert Scales,Turkish,Slavic Languages,Factor Analysis,Self Efficacy,Indo European Languages,Native Speakers,Foreign Countries,Translation,Attitude Measures,Reliability,Teacher Education

The purpose of this study is to develop a scale--acceptable to potential studies in the context of multicultural education--for determining teachers' attitudes, self-efficacy perceptions and beliefs regarding necessity of multicultural education. The items of the scale which were developed according to opinions of experts and literature were issued as five-level Likert scale based on teachers' subjective statements. The research was carried out in Kosovo which is the place of duty of native Turkish, Albanian and Bosnian speaking teachers and a culturally rich city. Therefore the scale was translated to Turkish, Bosnian and Albanian languages and applied to ten teachers to provide linguistic equivalence. After linguistic equivalence enabled, exploratory factor analysis have been conducted based on data that derived from 490 teachers in Kosovo. By results of analysis conducted based on varimax rotation, belief scale which has 9 items 2 factors, attitude scale which has 16 items and 3 factors and self-efficacy scale which has 13 items and 3 factors were determined. After factor structures revealed, Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was conducted. It was observed that fit indices obtained through CFA offer an acceptable value. The Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficients of all and sub dimensions of the scale were determined as high. On one hand it caused limitations that the study to be conducted in just one country on the other hand the country which is a culturally rich sample enhanced acceptability level of the scale. According to results of the study, the scales are available for determining teachers' attitude, belief and self-efficacy in the context of multicultural education.
An Investigation on the Competences of School Managers in Managing the Emotions of Teachers
Author: Helvaci, Mehmet Akif
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Emotional Response,Principals,Questionnaires,Teachers,Statistical Analysis,Teacher Attitudes,Competence,Decision Making,Planning,Interpersonal Communication,Evaluation,Gender Differences,Institutional Characteristics,Academic Rank (Professional),Foreign Countries,Likert Scales,Educational Attainment

The emotion management of others is among the new competences of school managers. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to determine the Competences of Managing the Emotions of Teachers by School Managers in terms of management processes according to the viewpoints of teachers and managers. The questionnaire was administrated to 261 teachers and 109 school administrators working in Usak province during the 2015/2016 Academic Year. The data were analyzed by the SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) program. In the analyses of the study, a t-test and One Way Anova Test were used; in order to determine the group that caused the difference, a Tukey HSD test was used. The findings of the study are as follows: It was found that teachers' viewpoints related to the competence of managing the emotions of teachers of school managers are on the &quot;quite&quot; level in terms of decision-making, planning, communicating, organizing and assessment processes, while in terms of coordinating the results are on the &quot;medium&quot; level. It was determined that there are differentiations between teachers' viewpoints related to the competences of managing the emotions of teachers of school managers in terms of management processes regarding their gender, branch, school type, task type, seniority and educational status.
The Predictive Power of Leadership to the Perception of School Trust
Author: Babaoglan, Emine
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Principals,Trust (Psychology),Leadership Responsibility,Assistant Principals,Statistical Analysis,Questionnaires,Foreign Countries,Teacher Attitudes,Elementary Schools,Secondary Schools,Administrator Attitudes,Administrator Characteristics,Regression (Statistics)

The leadership of school principal and trust to school is important organizational variable for pleasure of school stakeholders and effectiveness of them. In this research these two variables are inquired according to school principal and vice principal perception. The purpose of this research is to determine predictive power of leadership to the perception of trust to school. This research is a descriptive and quantitative study. In this research relational screening research method was used. In this research data were collected by two scales. The first scale is Leadership Behavior Questionnaire which was developed by Ekvall &amp; Arvonen and which was adapted into Turkish by Tengilimoglu. The one-dimensional leadership scale consists of 36 statements. The second scale is to measure the principals' perception of organizational trust in elementary and secondary schools. &quot;Omnibus T Scale&quot; was used in this study. It was developed by Hoy and Tschannen-Moran and adapted into Turkish by Özer, Demirtas, Üstüner and Cömert. The scale consists of 20 statements. The data were analyzed with descriptive and regression analysis. The research results demonstrate that the principals' and vice principals' perceptions of &quot;leadership behaviors&quot; of the school principals were at a very high level. Also, while the teachers' perception of &quot;trust in colleagues&quot; was high level, teachers' perception of &quot;trust in principal&quot; and &quot;trust in students and parents&quot; were at very high level. It was revealed that there was a meaningful relationship between the primary and secondary school principals' and vice principals' perception of leadership behaviors and their perception of trust in principal. Also it is found that the relationship between the primary and secondary school principals' and vice principals' perception of leadership behaviors and perception of trust in colleagues is positive and low level. Finally it is found that the relationship between the primary and secondary school principals' and vice principals' perception of leadership behaviors and perception of trust in students and parents were at a positive but low level.
The Relationship between Pre-Service Teachers' Lifelong Learning Tendencies and Teaching Profession Anxiety Levels
Author: Özen, Rasit
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Correlation,Preservice Teachers,Lifelong Learning,Anxiety,Gender Differences,Intellectual Disciplines,Student Surveys,Statistical Analysis

The present study aims to examine the relationship between pre-service teachers' lifelong learning tendencies and teaching profession anxiety levels with respect to certain variables (their gender and subject area) and is designed as a survey study. The fourth year pre-service teachers (n=455) in the spring semester of the 2015-2016 academic year at Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu-Turkey formed the study group. In the study, Lifelong Learning Tendencies Scale by Coskun [9] and Teacher Candidate Anxiety Scale by Saban, Korkmaz and Akbasli [27] were used as data collection instruments. The data were analyzed through using the SSPS for Windows 20 Program and for the analysis of the data, the mean and standard deviation scores were calculated, an independent samples t-test, One-Way ANOVA and LSD tests were used and the Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient scores were calculated. The findings of the study indicated a significant, positive and low level of relationship between pre-service teachers' lifelong learning tendencies and teaching profession anxiety levels. Significant gender differences were found in favor of male pre-service teachers when lifelong learning tendencies of pre-service teachers are concerned. Also, significant gender differences were found in favor of female pre-service teachers when their perceptions about their teaching profession anxiety levels are concerned. When pre-service teachers' subject areas are the focus of attention, significant differences were observed in favor of the perceptions of science teaching pre-service teachers when their perceptions about their lifelong learning tendencies and teaching profession anxieties are observed.
Sources of Stress for Teachers Working in Private Elementary Schools and Methods of Coping with Stress
Author: Aydin, Bahri
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Stress Variables,Stress Management,Elementary School Teachers,Private Schools,Qualitative Research,Statistical Analysis,Foreign Countries,Coping,Semi Structured Interviews,Educational Resources,Supervision,Teaching Conditions,Teacher Burnout,Competition,Student Behavior,Behavior Problems,Case Studies

The aim of this study is to determine the sources of stress for classroom teacher and branch teachers working in private elementary schools and methods that are used by them in order to cope with the stress. In this research, qualitative and quantitative methods have been used jointly. The group consisted of 258 private elementary school teachers working in Sakarya in 2015-2016 educational year. The study group of qualitative research consisted of 25 teachers working in private elementary schools in Sakarya province. The data collection tool for quantitative research is &quot;The scale of determining organizational stress sources and methods of coping with stress&quot; that is developed by Dogan [11]. The analysis has been done through SPSS 23 for Windows; standard deviation mean, variance analysis, Kruskal-Wallis test and the U test of Mann Whitney have been used. The data collection tool for quantitative study is the semi-structured interview form prepared by the researchers. To analyze the data, techniques of content analysis and descriptive analysis have been used. According to findings obtained from quantitative data, reasons of stress for teachers are originated from school administration, the teaching profession and school facilities. According to findings obtained from qualitative data, issues that teachers are experiencing stress had been determined as: inadequacy of resources, constant supervision, the boredom and exhaustion of the profession, competition and ambition, irresponsible/problematic behaviors of students, high demands and expectations and not being able to spare time for themselves, etc. According to findings acquired both from qualitative and quantitative data, methods of coping with stress for teachers are: looking at things from positive side, spending time with beloved ones and creating an environment to spend time with them.
Teachers' Views on Course Supervision Competencies of Secondary School Managers
Author: Bayram, Arslan
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Attitudes,Secondary Education,Administrators,Supervision,Foreign Countries,Principals,Secondary Schools,Statistical Analysis,Supervisory Training,Supervisors

The definition of supervision in the dictionary is &quot;to look after&quot;, &quot;to direct,&quot; &quot;to watch over,&quot; and &quot;to check.&quot; It is usually seen as a tool to manage the teacher. Understanding of supervision in education has shown a change and progress in line with approaches and theories regarding management. The scanning model was used in this study, which aims to determine the course audit proficiency of the teachers and whether their course audit proficiencies show a significant difference according to various variables. The sample of this study consisted of 342 teachers in the 2015-2016 academic year in the province of Artvin. The opinions of the teachers were reflected based on sex, seniority and branch.