Kastamonu Egitim Dergisi最新文献

{"title":"An Intended or Alternative Profession?: ELL Undergraduates’ Attitudes towards Being an English Teacher","authors":"Ümran Üstünbaş","doi":"10.24106/kefdergi-2022-0074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi-2022-0074","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Prospective teachers are trained with essential knowledge and skills in teacher education programs of all teaching fields at education faculties of universities in Turkiye. In addition, graduates of specific departments at faculties also have a chance to become a teacher by successfully completing pedagogical formation certificate programs. Thus, it is a matter of question what the main purpose of undergraduate students when beginning to study or studying at these departments is: becoming a teacher or not. Along with this inquiry, this paper presents a quantitative study focusing on reasons for department choice of undergraduates studying at English Language and Literature (ELL) department and their attitudes towards being a language teacher within the scope of teacher self-efficacy beliefs. \u0000Design/Methodology/Approach: Data of this quantitative study were collected from 220 undergraduates studying at English Language and Literature department of a state university in Turkiye by administering scales on the research purpose. \u0000Findings: The findings suggested that the primary reason reported was an interest in the department with knowledge and skills to be gained, which was followed by becoming an English language teacher with high level of teacher self-efficacy. \u0000Highlights: Even though there is no explicit focus on becoming an English teacher as part of curricula of non-ELT departments, undergraduates studying at these programs consider being an English teacher as the primary career option, which could lead to a need to evaluate curricula of these programs and teacher education.","PeriodicalId":33167,"journal":{"name":"Kastamonu Egitim Dergisi","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47851842","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":"Okul Yönetiminde Veriye Dayalı Karar Verme Süreci","authors":"Emine Doğan","doi":"10.24106/kefdergi.910848","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.910848","url":null,"abstract":"Bu araştırmanın amacı; okul yöneticilerinin veriye dayalı karar verme kavramına ilişkin algılarını, veriye dayalı karar sürecinin işleyişi, bu sürece etki eden faktörleri ve sürecin iyileştirilmesine yönelik önerileri incelemektir. Nitel yöntemle gerçekleştirilen çalışmada olgu bilim deseni benimsenmiştir. Katılımcıların belirlenmesinde amaçlı örnekleme yöntemlerinden maksimum çeşitlilik ve ölçüt örnekleme teknikleri kullanılmıştır. Kahramanmaraş il merkezinde görev yapan 17 okul yöneticisi çalışma grubuna dâhil edilmiştir. Verilerin analizi önce betimsel ardından içerik analiz yapılarak çözümlenmiştir. Araştırmanın sonuçlarına göre; yöneticiler veriyi daha çok sayısal değer olarak anlamlandırmakta dolayısıyla veriye dayalı karar vermeyi sayısal değerlere göre karar verme olarak kavramsallaştırmaktadır. Okulda kullanılan veri türlerinden öğrenci performans verisi en çok sözü edilen veri türü olmuştur. Yöneticiler verileri en çok bütçe oluşturmak için kullanmaktadırlar. Veriler genellikle ilgili oldukları sistemlerden toplanarak düzenlenmektedir. Verilerden yararlanma şekli yöneticiler tarafından verilerin analiz edilmesi şeklinde olduğu gibi; yöneticilerin analiz edilmiş halde bulunan hazır raporlardan yararlanması şeklinde de olabilmektedir. Ardından kurul toplantılarında tartışılmakta ve alınan kararlar uygulanmaktadır. Veriye dayalı karar vermeyi etkileyen en önemli faktörler, verinin tamlığı ve veriyi kullanan kişinin tutumudur. Yöneticiler verilerin raporlaştırılarak ayrıntılı dönütler şeklinde kendilerine sunulmasını istemektedir.","PeriodicalId":33167,"journal":{"name":"Kastamonu Egitim Dergisi","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69037954","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":"The Impact of Economic Indicators on Education Level of Women in Developing Countries","authors":"Orhan Kandemir","doi":"10.24106/kefdergi.1195586","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.1195586","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: In the context of developing countries, it is to test the effect of economic factors such as per capita income, poverty level and income distribution unfairness on the education level of women. \u0000Methodology: In the study; cross-section analysis was performed by establishing a multiple regression model within the context of 82 developing countries included in the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) 2019 Human Development Report. While the dependent variable in the model is the proportion of women population aged 25 and over with at least secondary education (%), the independent variables are composed of economic variables such as the multidimensional poverty index, the inequality in income (%) and the gross national income per capita. The data are taken from UNDP's Human Development Report 2019. \u0000Findings: As expected as a result of the cross-section analysis, it was determined that as the income distribution unfairness and poverty increased, the proportion of women population aged 25 and over with at least secondary education (%) decreased, but as the level of gross national income per capita raised, the proportion of women population aged 25 and over with at least secondary education (%) also increased. \u0000Highlights: In developing countries, if the income distribution injustice and poverty are effectively tackled, gender inequality in education can be reduced more easily.","PeriodicalId":33167,"journal":{"name":"Kastamonu Egitim Dergisi","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69016230","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":"EFL Teachers' Reflective Teaching Practices amid the Covid-19 Pandemic","authors":"Raşide DAĞ AKBAŞ","doi":"10.24106/kefdergi.1195667","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.1195667","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The current survey portrays English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ familiarity with the concept of reflective teaching and the extent that they carry out reflective teaching practices especially during their first experience with online teaching amid the Covid-19 Pandemic. \u0000Design/Methodology/Approach: In the current descriptive study, a varied sample of Turkish EFL teachers (N=117) filled out the online survey at the end of the first academic semester with an emergency online education period induced by the Covid-19 pandemic. \u0000Findings: The study indicated that nearly forty per cent of the participants were unfamiliar with the concept of reflective teaching. While metacognitive and affective practices were more commonly performed by the participants, the critical, practical and cognitive practices were rather less preferred. The participants hardly ever think of writing articles regarding their experiences, asking their colleagues to observe their teaching and also, relatively less contemplate on the socio-political sides of their teaching and their influences. \u0000Highlights: The notion of reflection and the reflective teaching strategies should be revisited, and accordingly, the scales or inventories should be reformulated by taking the premises of online education into consideration.","PeriodicalId":33167,"journal":{"name":"Kastamonu Egitim Dergisi","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69016289","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":"Investigation Of The Effects Of Tinkercad Based Stem Implementations On Computational (Computer) Thinking Skills And Technology Use Standards Of Teacher Candidates","authors":"Burcu Karabulut Coskun, Hafife Bozdemir Yüzbaşıoğlu, İlkay Aşkın Tekkol","doi":"10.24106/kefdergi.1195676","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.1195676","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: This study investigates the effect of STEM implementations on computational thinking skills and technology usage standards of classroom teacher candidates. The experimental method “One-group Pretest-Posttest Design” has been used in the study. In line with the purpose of the study, data on Computer Thinking Skills and Technology Use Standards of pre-service teachers who participated in STEM education practices for 11 weeks were collected and analyzed at the beginning and end of the procedure. \u0000Design/Methodology/Approach: The experimental method “One-group Pretest-Posttest Design” has been used in the study. Ninety pre-service teachers who took Science and Technology Laboratory Practices I and II courses from Kastamonu University Faculty of Education and the primary school teaching department participated in the study. \u0000Findings: According to the results of the study, while it was seen that the candidates for STEM implementations were not generally effective in their classrooms, their preferences in one of the nearby backgrounds from one of the sub-dimensions considered only by the computer.","PeriodicalId":33167,"journal":{"name":"Kastamonu Egitim Dergisi","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69016551","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":"Value Orientations of School Principals and Teachers Working in Secondary Schools","authors":"Merve ÇAĞLAR GÖNLÜAÇIK, Cüneyt Belenkuyu, Said Taş","doi":"10.24106/kefdergi.1195610","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.1195610","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Teachers have crucial influence on shaping students’ values and behaviors either directly or indirectly besides implementing the curriculum. The current study examined the effects of gender, job position, seniority, marital status and educational status on principals and teachers’ value orientations. \u0000Design/Methodology/Approach: To understand teachers’ values, we used survey research design. We conducted group comparison analyses (t-test and ANOVA) to determine whether gender, job position, seniority, marital status and educational status led to a difference in teachers' value preferences. \u0000Findings: The values that are considered the most important by teachers were “hedonism” and the least mean score in “stimulation”. Also, the variable of gender caused a statistically significant difference in the values of “achievement”, “benevolence”, “security” and “universalism” in favor of female teachers. Single teachers have higher level of “achievement”, “benevolence”, “security”, “self-direction”, “stimulation” and “universalism” values. With regard to educational status, no meaningful difference was found towards value orientations. Also, age and seniority variables didn’t cause meaningful difference. \u0000Highlights: It is important to reveal the values ​​adopted by teachers and school principals to make sense of education systems. Especially today's changing structure makes it necessary to determine the values ​​adopted in educational organizations by repeating them in different periods.","PeriodicalId":33167,"journal":{"name":"Kastamonu Egitim Dergisi","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47774885","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":"A New Roadmap for Reskilling and Upskilling (R&U) in Türkiye: Vocational Training Center Skill Development Programs","authors":"Mahmut Özer, H. Suna","doi":"10.24106/kefdergi.1195691","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.1195691","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The skills that adults possess are very important for their adaptation to the technological transformation and contribution to the economy. Therefore, large-scale projects are implemented to develop theseskills within a lifelong learning approach. The Ministry of National Education (MoNE) has initiated “Vocational Training Center (VTC) Skill Development Programs” to improve the skills within the paradigm shift in VET system. This study aims to evaluate the performance of these programs in the first six months through the data collected from the participants. \u0000Design/Methodology/Approach: The study compares the number of students in VET skill development programs and the change of demographic characteristics in the last six months. Therefore, the data in the programs were used anonymously. The study is designed as descriptive research. \u0000Findings: The findings show that adults demand greatly for skill development programs in just four months and the number of participants has increased from approximately 6000 to 79000. The adults aged 31 and above constituted largest share of participants. The gender distribution of the participants is quite balanced and it is mostly valid at different age levels. In addition, 19% of participants graduated from associate degree and higher education levels. This reveals that adults need to develop their skills and are in high demand regardless of their education level. The service sector and creativity-related fields are highly preferred by adults and this pattern is valid for adults from different education levels. \u0000Highlights: VTC skill development programs have a great potential for upskilling and reskilling of adults in Türkiye. For the last six months, these programs are demanded from adults and the percentage of females have reached the peak level in VET. The fact that 19% of the participants are tertiary graduates indicates that adults who have graduated from tertiary education have a demand for acquiring new skills. The findings in the first six months show that the skills development programs reach the target group and meet an important need in skills development.","PeriodicalId":33167,"journal":{"name":"Kastamonu Egitim Dergisi","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48293535","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":"What Is Mathematical Understanding and How Is It Achieved? Preservice Middle School Mathematics Teachers’ Views and Reflections in Their Teaching Practices","authors":"Nida Emul, Hilal Gulkilik, Hatice AYDAN KAPLAN","doi":"10.24106/kefdergi.1195601","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.1195601","url":null,"abstract":"This research was designed to determine the views of preservice middle school mathematics teachers on what mathematical understanding is and how to achieve it, as well as the reflections of these views in their teaching practices. The participants included six preservice teachers studying in the final year of the Middle School Mathematics Teaching Program at a state university in Turkey. The research was carried out during the Teaching Practice course. The data consisted of the lesson plans prepared by the preservice teachers, video recordings of the lessons in which they put those plans into practice, field notes taken during lesson observations, and transcripts of one-on-one interviews with the preservice teachers after the lessons. Participants related mathematical understanding to interpreting situations or problems encountered in daily life mathematically, representing mathematical ideas, answering every question related to the subject, and developing a positive attitude toward mathematics. They began their lessons with daily life examples and then reminded the students of their prior knowledge, presented definitions of concepts, and worked with students on sample exercises using different representations during the lessons. These views and practices are discussed in the context of preservice teachers’ designs of learning environments that promote mathematical understanding.","PeriodicalId":33167,"journal":{"name":"Kastamonu Egitim Dergisi","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69016277","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":"Examining the Reading Comprehension Status of Poor Readers of Turkish Texts and Mathematical Problems","authors":"Mine Bayar, Neşe Işık Tertemiz","doi":"10.24106/kefdergi.1195580","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.1195580","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The purpose of this study is to reveal the poor readers' reading comprehension of texts and mathematical problems. \u0000Design/Methodology/Approach: The exploratory sequential design of the mixed method was used in the study. In order to determine the sample of the study, homogeneous sampling technique was used within the framework of purposive sampling method. The data of the study was collected in two stages; in the first stage, the reading comprehension test and the problem-solving test were applied to the students to identify the poor readers. In the second stage, semi-structured interviews were conducted with poor readers. The data obtained from the interviews were analyzed with a descriptive point of view. \u0000Findings According to the findings of the study, it was determined that poor readers made reading errors by misreading, skipping letter syllable, adding syllable letter, repeating part of the word, and reversing the word. In the reading comprehension process, it was seen that poor readers understood simple comprehension questions better than deep comprehension questions. It has been determined that poor readers have difficulties in all the problem-solving steps of the routine problem-solving process, especially in the steps of understanding the problem and planning. it was seen that poor readers could not write what was given and requested to facilitate the understanding of the problem and could not express the problem in figure. It was concluded that poor readers had more difficulties in solving the initial unknown problems in routine problems, and they could not solve non-routine problems at all. \u0000Highlights: In the light of all these findings, the researchers concluded that increasing the students' reading comprehension would increase their problem-solving success.","PeriodicalId":33167,"journal":{"name":"Kastamonu Egitim Dergisi","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69016515","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":"The Place and Importance of Op Art In Graphic Design Education With Its Interdisciplinary Art Education","authors":"Muhammet İnceağaç","doi":"10.24106/kefdergi.1195598","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.1195598","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The aim of the research is to reveal graphically the convertibility of the Op Art movement into graphic design studies by students and how this transformation is interpreted. \u0000Methodology: In this study, the ‘Op Art’ movement from Contemporary Art was preferred as an imaginary resource in graphic design education. The research was conducted in the form of action research, one of the qualitative research methods. The research is characterized as participatory action research, one of the types of action research. The research is limited to the 2nd year students studying at Kastamonu University Kastamonu Vocational School Design Department Graphic Design Program in 2016-2017, 2017-2018, and 2018-2019. The study was conducted with 458 students who took ‘Visual Design, Publication Graphics and Typography’ courses between in the specified academic years. Since it is not possible to include all student studies, 6 student studies have been included as an example. Student studies were analyzed descriptively. \u0000Findings: As a result of the study, it was observed that the students were able to transform the Op Art movement into graphic design products, to interpret different types of works from a subjective point of view by considering the characteristics of the movement, and to create original graphic design works suitable for the composition they wanted to design. \u0000Highlights: Contemporary Art, which is covered in the chronology of art history, emerges as one of the most fundamental disciplines in art and design theoretically. It is very important to benefit from different disciplines in graphic design education, to increase the interest in design courses, and to reveal original and creative designs. From this standpoint, it can be assumed that Contemporary Art can be one of the richest resources to be used in terms of art and design. In this study, Op Art art movement, one of the Contemporary Art movements, was used in terms of creating a resource for graphic design education courses.","PeriodicalId":33167,"journal":{"name":"Kastamonu Egitim Dergisi","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48159912","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}