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General purpose of this research is to determine the opinions of primary school teachers on theeffectiveness and applicability of the studies conducted in relation to Design Skills Workshops (TBA). Theparticipants of the study, designed according to the phenomenology research model, are 20 teachers whowork in one of the primary schools that are pilot in the use of TBAs. Research data were collected by usinga semi-structured interview form. According to the findings, generally the teachers consider the use ofTBAs in education as a positive development for the Turkish education system, but they think that it isdifficult to apply them in all schools throughout the country. While almost all of the teachers consider thatthe training given by the Istanbul Provincial Directorate of National Education for the use of TBAs isinsufficient, all of the teachers found the studies of the school administration for the use of TBAs sufficient.Teachers actively use all the workshops in the school, except for the wood, garden and animal careworkshops, in almost all lessons. Teachers stated that the use of TBAs mostly enabled students to developcollaborative learning, creative thinking and hand skills. According to the teachers, the use of TBAsenables teachers to associate the lessons with each other more, to do more research and to prepare moredetailed lesson plans while performing their teaching. According to the results, most of the teachers do notconsider that TBAs are applicable throughout the country because of the crowded class sizes, the teachers’not having enough knowledge about using TBAs, and the physical conditions’ not being sufficient. Amongthe proposals made by teachers regarding arrangements to be made in relation to TBAs beforedisseminating them throughout the country, having collaboration among teachers responsible from designskills workshops and among these teachers and class teachers comes at the forefront. Providing longer-termtraining for teachers on how TBAs should be used is another most recommended issue. |
