Pre-Service Teachers’ Perceptions of the Teaching Principles and Methods Course: Metaphor Analysis

Autor: Çiğdem Şahin Taşkin, Hanife Esen Aygün
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Sakarya University Journal of Education. 10:67-89
ISSN: 2146-7455
DOI: 10.19126/suje.565036
Popis: Teaching Principles and Methods is an important course regarding the quality of teacher education which enables pre-service teachers to gain knowledge and skills about teaching. Through this course, learning outcomes, the roles and activities of teachers and students are clearly defined. Besides, it enables teachers to follow a planned and goal oriented pedagogical path. In this study, pre-service teachers' perceptions of Teaching Principles and Methods course were examined through the metaphors. A phenomenological research design is used in this research. The participants were selected through criterion sampling. In this respect, pre-service teacher enroll the Teaching Principles and Methods Course was considered as a criterion in the fall semester of 2018–2019 academic year. Thus, 117 pre-service teachers from the second year of Basic Education Department participated in the study. Pre-service teachers were asked to respond to the phrase "Teaching Principles and Methods are similar to …. because this is like …..". Thus, pre-service teachers produced variety of metaphors to explain the Principles and Methods Course. Findings obtained from this research revealed that three main categories were emerged through the data analysis. They were named as: The Function of Teaching Principles and Methods Course, The Structure of Teaching Principles and Methods, and the Importance of Teaching Principles and Methods Course
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