Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi / Faculty of Education

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Exploring The Moderation Role Of Teacher Cultural Value Profiles On The Association Between Transformational Leadership And Teacher Job Satisfaction: Evidence From Turkish Education Context
(Başkent Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi, 2024-03-27) Sezgin, Ferudun; Kilinc, Ali Cagatay; Ozdemir, Servet; Ozdemir, Nedim; Erdogan, Onur
This study aims to identify teachers' cultural value profiles and to investigate how each profile moderates the empirical link between principal transformational leadership and teacher job satisfaction. Gathering data from a sample of 1062 teachers in 113 elementary and lower secondary schools in Turkiye, this cross-sectional study conducted latent profile analysis with moderation modelling to measure the structural links between study variables. Results showed that the sampled teachers were categorized under four profiles: decisive and participatory culture, flexible collaboration culture, rule-oriented culture, and respectful authority culture. The study also provided evidence of the significant moderator role of cultural values profiles on the association between transformational leadership and job satisfaction with the work environment and the profession. We provide implications for policy and practice.
"Here, We Investigate If There Is …": A Functional Investigation of Self-Mentions in Research Article Abstracts
(Başkent Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi, 2024-08-11) Akbas, Erdem; Dagdeviren-Kirmizi, Gulin; Kirmizi, Ozkan
The present study explored authorial presence in the abstracts across three purpose-built discipline-specific corpora of RAs in major but relatively less represented disciplines in corpus studies: Civil Engineering (CE), Political Sciences (PS) and Veterinary Medicine (VM). In particular, due to less attention having been paid to these fields, we examined explicit authorial references with a functional perspective in a corpus of abstracts totaling over one million words. To this end, we first conducted a preliminary search for explicit third-person plural author references in the corpora and manually analysed a total of over 6,000 instances to check if they were all markers signaling an authorial presence in the text. Following this, the second manual analyses concentrated on categorizing the rhetorical functions of self-mentions based on Xia's (2018) framework. The preliminary findings showed that the frequency of "we"-based authorial references in PS outweighed that in the other disciplines (PS: 722.13; CE: 636.81; VM: 481.30 per 100,000 words). Regarding the density of authorial references, we found that each discipline favored being more visible with divergent authorial roles in their abstracts. For example, PS were more rhetorically present in their abstracts by "proposing a theory or approach" whereas CE and VM authors used fewer self-mentions to mark their presence frequently with this rhetorical device. With respect to the functional analyses of the self-mentions of "we", all three disciplines displayed more low-stakes functions such as "recount experimental procedure and methodology". We focused on the significance of cross-disciplinary and functional analysis in the study in order to contribute to designing activities in EAP for each discipline.
Investigating EFL teacher candidates' acceptance and self-perceived self-efficacy of augmented reality
(Başkent Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi, 2024-02-20) Okumus, Aysegul; Savas, Perihan
The mixed-methods sequential explanatory design study presented here sought to investigate the acceptance and self-perceived self-efficacy of Augmented Reality technology among English as a Foreign Language teacher candidates. This study's contribution to the field of AR as an instructional technology lies in that research on the using AR technology in language teacher education are particularly limited. To bridge this research gap, one-group pre-test-post-test design was used in this study, in which ten weeks of AR-enhanced English language teacher training treatment was carried out. To answer the research questions, quantitative data were gathered from 50 volunteers by using the Technology Acceptance Model survey and Self-Efficacy Scale. Qualitative data were received via semi-structured interviews carried out with 12 pre-service teachers. Findings revealed that there was a significant increase in EFL teacher candidates' levels of AR technology acceptance whereas no significant difference was identified in their self-perceived self-efficacy. The interviewees proposed interpersonal, intrapersonal, technological, and technical factors to explain their low self-efficacy levels. Based on the findings, the paper offers implications and suggestions for researchers, teacher educators, and policymakers. The solutions to increase the level of acceptance and self-perceived self-efficacy levels to use AR among EFL Teacher Candidates include courses on Emergent Technologies (ICT, MALL, CALL, AR), training via seminars, workshops, input sessions through (inter)nationally funded projects, real-life examples, field-specific samples, and hands-on experiences.
Investigating Problem-Solving Behaviours Of University Students Through An Eye-Tracking System Using Geogebra In Geometry: A Case Study
(EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, 2024-02-15) Turkoglu, Hacer; Yalcinalp, Serpil
Problem solving is one of the high-level thinking skills and essential in teaching mathematical concepts and procedures. The eye-tracking method allows educators to see and interpret different problem-solving behaviours of students. The purpose of this study was to investigate the problem-solving behaviours of university students based on eye tracking statistics when faced with a geometry problem, and to explain these behaviours in terms of the students' success and learning styles. The research design was a case study approach that combined quantitative and qualitative data. Eight first-year students from the department of elementary mathematics education in a private University, Turkey, participated in this study. They were asked to solve a specific geometry question using the GeoGebra software. While solving this question, their eye movements were recorded and analysed using an eye-tracking program. Results were analysed to investigate their problem-solving skills and behaviours based on Polya's mathematical problem-solving stages. Results of the study suggest that the effort devoted to the understanding and planning stages of problem-solving are important factors that contribute to success in this case. Results also revealed that participated students with a converger learning style were more successful in each step of the problem-solving process. Additionally, it could be concluded that the input area had only been used by converger students, indicating that they devoted time and effort to creating and trying formulas.
Investigating Problem-Solving Behaviours Of University Students Through An Eye-Tracking System Using Geogebra In Geometry: A Case Study
(Başkent Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi, 2024-08) Turkoglu, Hacer; Yalcinalp, Serpil
Problem solving is one of the high-level thinking skills and essential in teaching mathematical concepts and procedures. The eye-tracking method allows educators to see and interpret different problem-solving behaviours of students. The purpose of this study was to investigate the problem-solving behaviours of university students based on eye tracking statistics when faced with a geometry problem, and to explain these behaviours in terms of the students' success and learning styles. The research design was a case study approach that combined quantitative and qualitative data. Eight first-year students from the department of elementary mathematics education in a private University, Turkey, participated in this study. They were asked to solve a specific geometry question using the GeoGebra software. While solving this question, their eye movements were recorded and analysed using an eye-tracking program. Results were analysed to investigate their problem-solving skills and behaviours based on Polya's mathematical problem-solving stages. Results of the study suggest that the effort devoted to the understanding and planning stages of problem-solving are important factors that contribute to success in this case. Results also revealed that participated students with a converger learning style were more successful in each step of the problem-solving process. Additionally, it could be concluded that the input area had only been used by converger students, indicating that they devoted time and effort to creating and trying formulas.
Investigation of the Factors Affecting Teachers' Attitudes towards E-Portfolio Using Data Mining Methods
(INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION, 2024) Gok, Bilge; Ayaz, Mahmut; Erdem, Yasemin; Kasap, Yusuf
This current study aims to determine the factors affecting teachers' attitudes towards e-portfolios by using data mining methods such as the Classification and Regression Tree (CART) algorithm and Random Forest (RF) algorithm. The study group consists of 449 participants willing to participate on a volunteer basis. In the study, the data were collected using the "Scale of Attitude towards E-Portfolio", the "Reflective Thinking Tendency Scale", and the "Scale of Attitude towards Technology". The survey research design, one of the quantitative research approaches, was used in the study. The collected data were analyzed by using the CART and RF analysis methods, two of the data mining methods. It was concluded with the CART method that the variable with the highest predictor importance in predicting the level of (low-high) attitude towards electronic portfolio is the variable of attitude towards technology, while the variable of how teachers see themselves in using technology is with the lowest predictor importance. It was concluded that with the RF model the variable with the highest predictor importance in predicting the level of attitude (low-high) towards electronic portfolio is the variable of attitude towards technology, followed by the variable of reflective thinking tendency, while the variable with the lowest predictor importance is the variable of the type of the graduated university (state- foundation). The results show that the RF method better determines the predictor variables.
Perceptions of Primary School Teachers on Interdisciplinary Computational Thinking Skills Training
(INFORMATICS IN EDUCATION, 2024-10-02) Cimsir, Serap; Kalelioglu, Filiz; Gulbahar, Yasemin
This study aims to examine the impact of interdisciplinary computational thinking (CT) skills training on primary school teachers' perceptions of CT skills. The sample of the study consisted of 30 primary school teachers in Istanbul. In this study, where quantitative and qualitative methods were used together, qualitative data were obtained from the teacher identification form. Quantitative data were obtained from the scale for CT skills. After the pretest was applied to the study group, "CT Skills Training" was applied. During the training, the basic concepts of CT skills and the subskills were covered theoretically and practically. From the quantitative data, the education applied was determined to have had a positive effect on the primary school teachers' perceptions of CT skills. From the qualitative data, it was determined that the participants had a positive opinion about the applied training and thought that they gained skills related to CT.
Relationship between Students&Apos; Sense of School Belonging with Principals&Apos; Perceptions of School Discipline, and Teachers&Apos; Perceptions of School safety in TIMSS 2019
(CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY, 2024) Bora, Hatice Turan; Seheryeli, Merve Yildirim; Altun, Sadegul Akbaba
This research is a predictive correlational study aimed at examining the relationship between students' sense of school belonging, principals' perceptions of school discipline, and teachers' perceptions of school safety. In this research, Turkiye data of the fifth and eighth-grade students in TIMSS 2019 used. The study included 3991 fifth-grade students from 180 different schools and 4077 eight grade students from 181 schools. This study used HLM analysis to determine whether students' school belonging could be predicted by teachers' perceptions of school safety and principals' perceptions of school discipline using nested, hierarchical data. The first hypothesis of the study aims to examine whether students' school belonging differs within and among schools. According to the results of the study, the school belonging of fifth and eighth grade students differs among schools. The second hypothesis analyzed whether science and mathematics teachers' perceptions of school safety predicted student belonging levels. In the study, it was inferred that only eighth grade science teachers' perceptions of school safety significantly predicted their students' belonging levels. The third hypothesis analyzed whether principals' perceptions of school discipline predicted student belonging levels. It was observed that principals' perceptions of school discipline did not predict the belonging levels of students. In the last hypothesis of the study, it was examined whether science and mathematics teachers' perceptions of school safety and principals' perceptions of school discipline together predicted students' level of belonging to school. It was detected that science and mathematics teachers' perceptions of school safety and principals' perceptions of school discipline together did not predict students' level of belonging to school.
Research Competence İn İnitial Teacher Education: Perceptions, Orientations, And Suggestions
(TURKISH JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, 2024-02-15) Gumusok, Fatma; Taner-Yavuz, Guelden; Balikci, Gozde
This study aimed to investigate student teachers' perceived competence in educational research, along with teacher educators' and graduates' opinions and suggestions regarding research in an initial English language teacher education program at a state university in Turkiye. To this end, this case study employed a mixed -method design to explore data from 70 student teachers, nine graduates, and six teacher educators through surveys and interviews. We observed that the student teachers perceive themselves as competent in designing, conducting, and reporting research, and their competence was also acknowledged by the graduates and teacher educators. All the participants highlighted the importance of research for teachers; however, some had reservations. They found the context too academically oriented and emphasized the need to introduce the inherent link between teaching and research, which seemed to be obscure especially for the student teachers. We conclude that introducing action research early on is an ideal way to address and embrace all the diverse perceptions, orientations, interests, and motivations about research in initial teacher education.
Stress and Coping Experiences of Turkish University Students During COVID-19: A Qualitative Study
(PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS, 2024-12) Araci-Iyiaydin, Aysegul; Cok, Figen; Altunay-Yilmaz, Hilal; Atay, Safak; Serttas, Sebnem Yagmur
The present qualitative study aims to reveal the lived experiences of 20 Turkish university students (10 male, 10 female) regarding their stress factors and how they coped with challenges faced during the first 3 months of the lockdown period amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The participants, aged between 19 and 24, were recruited from different state and private universities employing convenience and snowball sampling methods. Grounded in a descriptive phenomenological approach, inductive content analysis (ICS) was employed. The data were collected via in-depth interviews in May 2020, and analyzed by using Nvivo. The findings showed that the experiences of the participants gathered around five main themes namely, general impact on daily life, impact on various life domains, coping strategies, contributions, and post-pandemic future. Participants reported their concerns regarding disruptions in daily life and routines caused by precautionary measures, and their expectations as to post-pandemic life as well. Various adaptive also maladaptive coping strategies were adopted. Notably, participants appraised the pandemic process as an improving experience attributing this to having more spare time for themselves and an increase in their self-awareness. Findings are discussed in light of the available literature.
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The Effect of Teaching Physical Programming on Computational Thinking Skills and Self-Efficacy Perceptions Towards Computational Thinking
(JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL COMPUTING RESEARCH, 2024-06) Yurdakok, Ezgi Arzu; Kalelioglu, Filiz
The study examined the effect of teaching text-based programming with a physical programming tool on secondary school students' computational thinking skills and self-efficacy perceptions. The study was conducted according to a sequential explanatory design as a mixed method research. The study group consisted of 85 secondary school students. Within the scope of the study, a physical programming tool called Micro:bit was used to teach Python programming for a period of 6 weeks. Data were collected using the Self-Efficacy Perception Scale for Computational Thinking Skill, Bebras: International Challenge on Informatics and Computational Thinking Tasks, tests focused on programming tool, concepts, and processes, and through semi-structured interview questioning. According to the findings obtained from pretests and posttests, a significant and positive difference was found in the students' computational thinking skills and self-efficacy perceptions towards computational thinking skill. As a result of having received instruction in programming, the students satisfactorily learnt the required programming concepts and processes. Through learning Python programming with a physical programming tool, the students not only gained the skills required to write appropriate syntax, and to test and debug code, but they also learnt programming concepts such as variables, conditional expressions, loops, and functions.
The Fallen Adams: An Intertextual Analysis on Frankenstein and Yaratılan
(LITERA-JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE LITERATURE AND CULTURE STUDIES, 2024) Ustun Kaya, Senem
Frankenstein (1818), written by Mary Shelley, has been relentlessly adapted for all forms of art since it was written. One such form is a recent television drama series that has re-envisioned Frankenstein for a Turkish audiences. To this end, this paper examines an intertextual analysis of the dialogical relations between a literary text and its adaptation into a television series, with a focus on the fidelity approach in adaptation studies and the premise that all modifications are essentially rewritings in which the original content may be remade and recontextualized. Within this scope, the Turkish adaptation of Shelley's Frankenstein (1818) into a Netflix series as Yarat & imath;lan (Created) (2023) by & Ccedil;a & gbreve;an Irmak is analysed to present to what extent the hypertext recalls and mirrors the hypotext, regarding the "fidelity criticism"in adaptation studies. Although the novel involves the societal, historical, and ideological issues of the 19th-century British culture, it is proper to claim that Irmak not only ingeniously conveys Shelley's messages to the 21st-century Turkish audiences but also provides new perspectives for a popular source material while being "faithful"to the novel.
The Resilience and Coping Strategies in Immigrant and Non-Immigrant Adolescents and Identity Development
(BRITISH JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING, 2024) Akgul, Gulendam; Ergin, Derya Atalan; Cok, Figen
Migration-related risk factors may impact the association between coping strategies, resilience, and identity development, one of the fundamental developmental tasks in adolescence. We examined the relationship between resilience and coping strategies in immigrant and non-immigrant adolescents' identity development. On a sample of Turkish adolescents (n = 399, 50.9% girls), we conducted six hierarchical regression models to predict identity dimensions from resilience and coping strategies. For both immigrants and non-immigrants, seeking social support predicted a more mature and successful identity while avoidance predicted less reconsideration of commitment. For non-immigrants, seeking social support and avoidance was associated with in-depth exploration whereas for immigrants, only seeking social support was linked to in-depth exploration. Additionally, resilience predicted a successful identity for immigrants. Results were discussed considering migration-related difficulties
THE WILD WOMAN ARCHETYPE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MOTIF CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN "BLUEBEARD" AND THE TURKISH FAIRY TALE "İĞCİ BABA"
(FOLKLORE-ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF FOLKLORE, 2024-09-12) Demir, Ahmet
Given that myths and tales are living and memory areas of archetypes, in this study the French tale "Bluebeard" and the Turkish fairy tale "& Idot;& gbreve;ci Baba" are compared both in terms of the wild woman archetype and the motif correspondence based on this archetype. In this respect, two tales are analysed based on archetypal criticism. Moreover, archetypal criticism paves the way for imagery analysis by making it possible to see the collective, universal, and archetypal image of women to be seen through the motif correspondence associated with the wild woman archetype. The correspondence of motifs based on the wild woman archetype makes it possible to compare "Bluebeard" and "& Idot;& gbreve;ci Baba", which are texts from different geographical regions, cultures, and eras. The wild woman archetype and the motifs in the two tales, such as initiation, the forbidden secret room, the irresistible curiosity and desire to know, and the key, are strikingly similar. The encounter with the wild woman archetype in two texts can be explained by the suprapersonal, supracultural and universal character of the archetypes, and the strong correspondence between the two texts based on similar motifs can be explained by the universality of the fairy tales and supracultural motifs.
Unleashing The Potential: Illuminating Pedagogical Strategies Employed By Early Childhood Educators In Stem Education For Cultivating Algorithmic Thinking Skills In Young Learners
(Başkent Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi, 2024-04-20) Abanoz, Tugba; Kalelioglu, Filiz
In the digital age, it's crucial to equip children with twenty-first-century skills, including programming and other competencies such as creativity, analytical thinking, and collaboration. This study introduces an integrated STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) curriculum focused on computer science for educators. It explores the pedagogical strategies employed by early childhood teachers to enhance children's algorithmic thinking skills. Descriptive analysis of videos depicting coding instruction in three cases revealed that teachers used question & answer and unplugged strategies to support algorithmic thinking. However, these practices primarily targeted lower-order thinking skills. Teachers employed algorithm design, reading and tracing code as programming-specific approaches. Additionally, worksheets with puzzles/grids and grid board games were commonly used as scaffolding materials in coding activities.
Voices from the Field: What Do Turkish Students Suggest? A Socio-Ecological Study on School Belonging
(Başkent Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi, 2024-04-29) Akbaba Altun, Sadegul; Turan Bora, Hatice
The study of school belonging has become increasingly important as the sense of belonging to school is a source of motivation that influences students' behaviour. This study aims to explore students' views on what society, principals, teachers, guidance counsellors, families and students should do to increase students' sense of school belonging. The study is a basic qualitative research. Eight hundred and seventy-six high school students from T & uuml;rkiye were asked to answer open ended questions about what school stakeholders should do to ensure that students feel a sense of belonging to school. This study found some different results compared to previous studies by revealing the expected behaviour of stakeholders outside the school, such as society and family. Belonging to school is highly complex and linked to some of society's most challenging problems and therefore needs to be examined within the school and its environment. For this reason, the research findings on what stakeholders should do to increase school belonging are presented within the framework of the socio-ecological systems model.