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DergiPark (Istanbul University), Dec 30, 2020

The aim of this study is to examine preschool Teacher Candidates perceptions of science and scien... more The aim of this study is to examine preschool Teacher Candidates perceptions of science and science education concepts through metaphors. For this purpose, a total of 227 teacher candidates, studying in the Department of Preschool Education at Çukurova University in the Faculty of Education, were asked to complete the following sentences: "Science is ……. because …" and "Preschool science education is like …… because…". The answers obtained from the preschool Teacher Candidates were categorized by content analysis. In this research, metaphors related to science and science education were combined and grouped into seven categories: "essential part/source of life, process-graded, entertaining, cumulative, enlightening/guiding, unknown/eternity, making life difficult/boring". When the preschool Teacher Candidates' metaphors were examined, it was seen that in terms of science, the students produced 63 metaphors of 51 different types and in terms of science education; they produced 73 metaphors of 43 different types. The results revealed that the essential part/source of life, processgraded and making life difficult/boring categories came to the fore. Finally, it was seen that the majority of the metaphors produced by preschool Teacher Candidates reflect a positive point of view.

TEZ10519Tez (Doktora) -- Çukurova Üniversitesi, Adana, 2017.Kaynakça (s. 132-153) var.xix, 179 s.... more TEZ10519Tez (Doktora) -- Çukurova Üniversitesi, Adana, 2017.Kaynakça (s. 132-153) var.xix, 179 s. : tablo ; 29 cm.Bu araştırmada Çocuklar İçin Felsefe Eğitimi Programı’nın 48-72 aylık çocukların zihin kuramı ve yaratıcılıklarına etkisi incelenmiştir. “Çocuklar İçin Felsefe (Philosophy for Children(P4C))” yaklaşımı Matthew Lipman ve Ann Sharp tarafından 1970’li yıllarda ortaya konulmuş ve sonrasında aynı ismi taşıyan bir düşünme eğitimi programı geliştirilmiştir. Bu araştırmada Matthew Lipman’ın Çocuklar İçin Felsefe Eğitimi Programı (ÇİFEP), okul öncesi dönemdeki çocuklara uygulanabilir olması bakımından tercih edilmiştir. Eğitim araştırmalarında çalışma grubunu yansız olarak seçmek genellikle çok mümkün olmadığı için bu araştırma yarı-deneysel olarak planlanmıştır. “Ön Test-Son Test Eşitlenmemiş Gruplar Kontrol Gruplu” modele göre desenlenmiş olan bu araştırma kapsamında biri deney, ikisi kontrol olmak üzere üç grup oluşturulmuştur. Deney grubundaki çocuklara Çocuklar İçin Felsefe ...

Bu araştırmada tablet bilgisayarların okul öncesi eğitimde destek materyali olarak kullanılması i... more Bu araştırmada tablet bilgisayarların okul öncesi eğitimde destek materyali olarak kullanılması incelenmiştir. Araştırmanın amacı, tablet bilgisayarların okul öncesi eğitimde, sınıfta kullanımı sırasında ortaya çıkan sorunları belirlemek, bu sorunlardan yola çıkarak etkili kullanım ilkeleri oluşturmaktır. Araştırma nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden durum çalışması (case study) ile desenlenmiştir. Katılımcı gözlem, görüşme ve video kaydı ile veri toplanmıştır. Tablet bilgisayarların okul öncesi eğitimde motivasyonu ve etkileşimi arttıran, çocuk merkezli eğitimi destekleyen bir materyal olduğu bulunmuştur. Araştırma Adana ili Çukurova ilçesinde bulunan bir anaokulunun bir sınıfında 5-6 yaş grubundaki 34 çocuk ve bir öğretmen ile yapılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda eğitimde tablet bilgisayarın kullanımı hakkında öğretmen ve çocukların olumlu düşüncelere sahip oldukları ve çocukların gelişiminde olumlu yönde etkileri olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.This study investigates the usage of tablet com...

Turkish Linguistics Across Boundaries: The Adana Meeting, 2020

Educational Research Review, 2016

In this study, pre- and in-service preschool teachers’ science teaching efficacy beliefs were inv... more In this study, pre- and in-service preschool teachers’ science teaching efficacy beliefs were investigated. The sample included 100 pre-service (50 first grades and 50 last grades) and 73 in-service preschool teachers. As a data collection tool “Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument” was used. Findings indicated that in-service teachers had higher science teaching efficacy belief score than pre-service teachers. Also, last grade pre-service teachers had higher science teaching efficacy belief score than first grade pre-service teachers. Moreover, pre-service teachers who graduated from mathematics and science departments at high school had more science teaching efficacy belief score than those who graduated from literature and mathematics department. Finally, teachers who have teaching experience of more than 10 years had higher level of science teaching efficacy beliefs than those who have less teaching experience. Key words: Preschool education, teacher, science teaching eff...

This study was conducted to investigate the impacts of preschool teachers’ mathematics anxiety an... more This study was conducted to investigate the impacts of preschool teachers’ mathematics anxiety and beliefs on children’s mathematics achievement. Sample consisted of 400 preschool children. As data collection tools “Beliefs Survey”, “Math Anxiety Scale”, “Number and Operation Task” and “Geometric Shapes Sorting Task” were used. Results showed that teachers’ mathematics anxiety did not lead to significant difference on children’s mathematics achievement while their beliefs towards mathematics education made a significant difference on children’s mathematics achievement.

International Journal of Consumer Studies, 2016

The purpose of the research is to investigate when young children develop brand awareness by mean... more The purpose of the research is to investigate when young children develop brand awareness by means of using some clues. A total of 66 children, aged 3–5, attending a preschool participated in the research. Individual interviews were performed to investigate children's brand awareness. In line with this purpose, the brand logo, brand character and 41 flashcards containing some photos belonging to the product packaging of the brand were presented to the children. The children were instructed to say the name of the brand and the product it belonged to after looking at the photos on the cards. The results of this research showed brand awareness in children as early as 3 years old. Even 3-year-old children remembered both the brand and the product after seeing the brand's logo, packaging and character. The young children, however, had more difficulties in remembering the brand's name, and most of the time, they remembered the product but not the brand's name correctly. While the age of the children was an important predictor of brand awareness, the effect of gender was not significant. There were differences in the variety of brands that were remembered by the female and male children. Brand awareness showed an increase in direct proportion to age.

This study aims to determine pre-school teachers’ views regarding notion of democracy in classroo... more This study aims to determine pre-school teachers’ views regarding notion of democracy in classroom. In line with this general objective, how teachers define democracy as notion, their views regarding democracy education in classrooms, studies they have conducted concerning democracy education inside and outside the classrooms and their views regarding functions of those studies in acquisition of democratic attitude and behaviours are aimed to be put forward. Research group consists of 10 teachers –determined by criteria sampling method– working in nursery schools and classes of 3-6 age groups in Kahramanmaraş province in 2011-2012 Academic Year. Keywords: Democracy education, democratic attitude and behaviors, pre-school education, pre-school teachers.

Erken Çocuklukta Özel Eğitim ve Kaynaştırma, 2020

Farklı Ülkelerde Erken Çocukluk Eğitimi, 2020

Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 2015

The aim of this study was to identify the thoughts of pre-service teachers, who play an important... more The aim of this study was to identify the thoughts of pre-service teachers, who play an important role in the early preschool experience of children in mathematics, towards the concepts of mathematics and education of mathematics with the help of metaphors. The study group of the research consists of a total of 227 pre-service teachers at the Department of Preschool Education, Faculty of Education, Cukurova University in the 2013–2014 academic years. The data of the study were collected by asking preservice teachers to complete some sentences like " do you think, education of math is like …. in the preschool education; because Math is like …; because…. ". The responses obtained from pre-service teachers were categorized by content analysis. As a result of the study, seven categories created by preservice teachers towards the concepts of mathematics and education of mathematics are as follows: the source of life-itself, mathematics using skills of mental processes, math facilitating the fun learning, cumulative math facilitates life, complicated math difficult to learn and boring math. There are 223 metaphors in 112 types in this category. Considering the categories created, there are five positive and two negative categories. The rates of positive categories were calculated as 88.8%, while the rates of negative categories were 11.2%,. This shows that pre-service teachers produce mostly positive metaphors about mathematics and education of math and they have positive beliefs. As a result of the research, the categories like the source of life-itself, mathematics using skills of mental processes and math facilitating the fun learning come to the forefront.

In this study, pre-and in-service preschool teachers' science teaching efficacy beliefs were inve... more In this study, pre-and in-service preschool teachers' science teaching efficacy beliefs were investigated. The sample included 100 pre-service (50 first grades and 50 last grades) and 73 in-service preschool teachers. As a data collection tool " Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument " was used. Findings indicated that in-service teachers had higher science teaching efficacy belief score than pre-service teachers. Also, last grade pre-service teachers had higher science teaching efficacy belief score than first grade pre-service teachers. Moreover, pre-service teachers who graduated from mathematics and science departments at high school had more science teaching efficacy belief score than those who graduated from literature and mathematics department. Finally, teachers who have teaching experience of more than 10 years had higher level of science teaching efficacy beliefs than those who have less teaching experience.

This study aims to determine pre-school teachers’ views regarding notion of democracy in classroo... more This study aims to determine pre-school teachers’ views regarding notion of democracy in classroom. In
line with this general objective, how teachers define democracy as notion, their views regarding democracy education
in classrooms, studies they have conducted concerning democracy education inside and outside the classrooms and
their views regarding functions of those studies in acquisition of democratic attitude and behaviours are aimed to be
put forward. Research group consists of 10 teachers –determined by criteria sampling method– working in nursery
schools and classes of 3-6 age groups in Kahramanmaraş province in 2011-2012 Academic Year.
Keywords: Democracy education, democratic attitude and behaviors, pre-school education, pre-school teachers.

DergiPark (Istanbul University), Dec 30, 2020

Turkish Linguistics Across Boundaries: The Adana Meeting, 2020

Educational Research Review, 2016

International Journal of Consumer Studies, 2016

Erken Çocuklukta Özel Eğitim ve Kaynaştırma, 2020

Farklı Ülkelerde Erken Çocukluk Eğitimi, 2020

Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 2015

This study aims to determine pre-school teachers’ views regarding notion of democracy in classroo... more This study aims to determine pre-school teachers’ views regarding notion of democracy in classroom. In
line with this general objective, how teachers define democracy as notion, their views regarding democracy education
in classrooms, studies they have conducted concerning democracy education inside and outside the classrooms and
their views regarding functions of those studies in acquisition of democratic attitude and behaviours are aimed to be
put forward. Research group consists of 10 teachers –determined by criteria sampling method– working in nursery
schools and classes of 3-6 age groups in Kahramanmaraş province in 2011-2012 Academic Year.
Keywords: Democracy education, democratic attitude and behaviors, pre-school education, pre-school teachers.