The Perceptions of Prospective Primary Education Teachers on "Teaching to Read and Write" and "A Literate Child".

Autor: Sadioğlu, Ömür, Teke, Gülşah
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Zdroj: International Journal of Progressive Education; Dec2022, Vol. 18 Issue 6, p42-62, 21p
Abstrakt: In this study, it is aimed to reveal the perceptions of prospective primary education teachers on teaching to read and write, and a literate child through metaphors. The study group consists of 178 prospective primary education teachers, who study at the Department of Primary Education of a state university in the 2018-19 academic year in Turkey. The research was carried out by the phenomenological method, a qualitative research design. The data of the research were collected using a form including expressions such as "Teaching to read and write is like... Because...." and "A literate child is like ... Because ...". The data analyzed by the content analysis were collected under nine conceptual categories of 127 metaphors generated on "teaching to read and write", and also 127 metaphors generated under nine conceptual categories on "a literate child". As a result, the study reveals the metaphors produced by prospective primary education teachers, show that they are aware of the importance of the process of teaching to read and write, and the experiences that the child gains during this process will be significant gains both for himself/herself and his/her environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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