{"title":"Developing protective factor scale for classroom teachers: A validity and reliability study","authors":"Nurtaç Üstündağ, Didem Aydoğan, Ruken Akar Vural","doi":"10.31704/IJOCIS.2018.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31704/IJOCIS.2018.005","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to develop a valid and reliable assessment scale in order to determine protective factors that teachers have. The study was conducted with 348 primary school teachers teaching at primary schools in Aydın city Efeler district at 2017-2018 school year, fall semester. In the study, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis techniques were used for construct validity of the study. Within the context of results obtained, the measurement scale developed could be defined as a valid and reliable measurement scale to be used to determine protective factors which primary school teachers have.","PeriodicalId":149650,"journal":{"name":"Uluslararası Eğitim Programları ve Öğretim Çalışmaları Dergisi","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122765777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Teacher views on the curriculum of elementary school third grade science course","authors":"Tarık Başar, Esed Yağcı","doi":"10.31704/IJOCIS.2018.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31704/IJOCIS.2018.004","url":null,"abstract":"This study has been carried out with the aim of evaluating the Curriculum of Elementary School Third Grade Science Course, which has been implemented for the first time in the academic year of 2014-2015, based on the views of teachers. The general screening model has been employed in the study. This research has been conducted with the participation of 36 classroom teachers, who have been determined via maximum variety sampling method from schools that are classified as high level, medium level, and low level in terms of their success. These semi-structured interviews have been audio-recorded with the permission of the teachers. Content analysis has been used in order to analyze the data, The results of the study suggest that the teachers in all three school levels have positive views on the curriculum. According to the teachers, the fact that the curriculum does not offer any activity examples on the teaching-learning process and students' workbook are what the curriculum lacks.","PeriodicalId":149650,"journal":{"name":"Uluslararası Eğitim Programları ve Öğretim Çalışmaları Dergisi","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130397998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}