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Trainee Teachers’ Collaborative and Reflective Practicum in Kindergarten
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- Future Kindergarten Teachers’ Beliefs about Student Control
- The Significance of Fantasy and Creativity to the Teaching Progress at First Years of Primary School
- Elementary Teachers’ Attitudes and Perceptions Regarding the Teaching of Fractional Numbers
- Examination of Views of Prospective High School Mathematics Teachers on Proof
- The Teacher as a Leader in the Greek Schools Emmanouela Sotiropoulou emmasot@rocketmail.com Angeliki Lazaridou
- An Academic View to life Erhan Dönmez rtp.erhan@gmail.com Türkay Nuri Tok
- Determination of the Relationship between Metacognitive Awareness and Locus of Control Levels of Prospective Teachers
Trainee Teachers’ Collaborative and Reflective Practicum in Kindergarten Classrooms in Greece: A Case Study Approach Efthymia Gourgiotou egourgiotou@edc.uoc.gr The practicum is considered as one of the most useful components of the teacher education program by teacher trainees and their educators. While in the past, learning has been considered to be an individual affair, it has become clear more recently that learning through collaboration may be better facilitated, and also may enhance their professional relationships. Our study was attempted to incorporate 70 teacher trainees, 25 cooperating kindergarten classroom teachers, one kindergarten mentor teacher and the university supervisor in an action research project. The main purpose of this project was to firstly identify principles which appeared to be important to the development of collaborative work, and secondly, to identify specific strategies employed from all the participants to support and enhance the development and learning of young children. The participants of the study were trained all together twice during 2011-2012 practicum on a adapted and modified model of “Collaborative Working”, focused to help teacher trainees on: a) the planning and teaching, b) the intervention on the learning environment of kindergarten, c) the formative evaluation of children, and d) the change of teaching practices, using curriculum differentiation to respond to children’s diversity. A qualitative survey research method was employed for the evaluation of project. Data collection involved three components: a) semi-structured interviews, b) semi-structured surveys using short answer and rating scales, and c) teacher trainees’ portfolio’s assessment. The most important principles of a collaborative work identified by the participants were to: do so voluntarily, to have common goals for children and the collaborative relationship, to share resources and responsibility for developing/delivering instruction, to share accountability for the outcomes, and to have a sense of parity – recognition of and respect for each partner’s, even though their skills and expertise may be very different. The study also showed that frequent meetings, critical friendships, team planning, instructional materials resource searching, teaching and modelling, reflective portfolio with shared observations, conversation, and team teaching have been identified as the most effective collaborative strategies. The findings from this project have strengthened our conviction that collaborative working on practicum produces worthwhile outcomes for all the participants, engaging all of them in a democratic, critical reflection and creative problem-solving procedure, helping them to plan and organize future collaborative teaching and learning projects whether in schools or in other organizations. Keywords: Teacher trainees’ practicum, collaborative work, kindergarten 3 rd ISNITE 2015 International Symposium’ ‘New Issues on Teacher Education’ ‘September 11-13, 2015, University of Thessaly, Volos-Greece 66 Future Kindergarten Teachers’ Beliefs about Student Control Efthymia Penderi effieped55@gmail.com Galini Rekalidou The educational literature provides consensus over two basic ideological systems that connect teachers’ personal views about student behavior control to the strategies and practices they apply in the institutional, pedagogical and societal context of the classroom. The custodial orientation is related to the traditional scope of education that sees the child as wrongdoer by nature, incapable of sound judgment and decisions and consequently delivers to the teacher the responsibility of students’ control. The humanistic orientation promotes a more constructivist stance of the pedagogical relationship with emphasis on children’s individuality and self- regulation and promotion of their responsibility and participation in classroom management processes. Following this line of thought, Willower and his associates (1967) developed a rating system, Pupils Control Ideology (PCI) that captures teachers’ philosophical orientations concerning discipline in the classroom in an authentic way (Rideout & Morton, 2007). It is argued that the scale is a valid and useful instrument that corresponds to the contemporary educational needs and the developments of modern theories of teaching and learning (Hoy, 2001). However, it applies only to primary and secondary grades. With reference to preschool education, there is a gap in the literature concerning the way teachers’ personal ideologies about classroom management and behavior control are linked to their practices. What is of great importance is the structure of future teachers’ ideas concerning discipline, as they seem to determine the practices they apply during their teaching carriers. The purpose of the study is to examine the psychometric properties of the Preschool Children Control Ideology (PCCI) scale which was tested with a sample of 400 future kindergarten students, taking into account their year of study. The assumption was that given the interaction with children in real educational contexts during their practicum in the last two years of their studies as well as the greater involvement with modern theories of child development, teaching and pedagogy could influence future teachers’ control ideologies. Analyses showed that the scale had high Cronbach α (.82) providing evidence for its internal consistency. Scoring revealed that student teachers had more or less balanced ideas over the continuum of custodial and humanistic control ideologies, with a mean of 3.2 in a five point scale, with a shift to a more custodial orientation. However, teachers in the last two years of their studies seemed to have more humanistic believes than those in the first two years. Discussion focuses on the improvement of future teachers’ preparation and training programs. Keywords: pupils' control ideology, future teachers, preschool, teacher training 3 rd ISNITE 2015 International Symposium’ ‘New Issues on Teacher Education’ ‘September 11-13, 2015, University of Thessaly, Volos-Greece 67 The Significance of Fantasy and Creativity to the Teaching Progress at First Years of Primary School Eftychia Nikou nieytyhia@yahoo.gr Georgia Nousiou This survey explores the very significant role of fantasy and creativity for the teaching progress of the language lesson especially at first years of primary school. At the first part of the survey, there is an attempt to clarify what we mean with the terms "fantasy" and "creativity", which are their characteristics, and the role of these terms in children development and in teaching progress. The second part of the survey referred to a practical application of two different methods of teaching, one traditional- conventional method and one that involves creativity and develops fantasy. As a conclusion there is a comparison between the two methods and it turns out which one is more effective and most preferred for children. Keywords: Fantasy, creativity, language, teaching progress, children development, effective teaching progress 3 rd ISNITE 2015 International Symposium’ ‘New Issues on Teacher Education’ ‘September 11-13, 2015, University of Thessaly, Volos-Greece 68 Elementary Teachers’ Attitudes and Perceptions Regarding the Teaching of Fractional Numbers Eleni Mavroeidi eleni780@yahoo.gr Charalambos Lemonidis Fractional numbers consistently cause confusion and further difficulties among elementary students. Elementary students are not able to conceive the sense of a fractional number and they usually cannot execute calculations with fractions successfully. The following research aims to present this issue from the prospect of elementary teachers. The teachers’ perceptions about the difficulties they confront, while teaching fractions, are examined. The main aim of this study is to investigate the difficulties that both students and teachers face with fractions. Also it is under examination whether teachers are aware of those difficulties. Furthermore, teachers’ practices to teach fractional numbers are also searched. It is equally essential to understand their actions to eliminate any difficulties that students may face with fractions. Thus, teachers are requested to refer to their teaching practices to teach mathematics effectively and especially fractions. An additional aim is to express their opinions regarding their own content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge. Finally they are asked to define and suggest the type of additional training that would be more efficient and helpful. Data collection was conducted by personal interviews. Eight experienced elementary teachers were willing to participate. The interview consisted of four topics. Firstly teachers’ understanding about students’ knowledge and achievement on fractions were requested. Secondly the teachers were required to describe their teaching methods and practices, which were applied and were considered helpful by them. The third topic reviewed participants’ attitudes about the Greek mathematics curriculum and the Greek textbooks. At last but not least, questions were included regarding the conceptions about their self-efficacy and their acquired content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge necessary in order to teach fractions. The results showed that the sample teachers had experienced difficulties in teaching fractions. They were familiar with the common errors on fractions that were observed. The main reason for the under-achievement was that fractional numbers did not respond with students’ experiences from everyday life. Nevertheless in all the questioned teachers expressed that the students acquired experiences and non-typical knowledge about fractions. The most common teaching practices were the use of models, the teaching of mental calculations with fractions, and the investment of more teaching time on fractions. The most severely criticized textbook was the one used in fifth grade. Finally the sample teachers felt secure in regard with the teaching of fractions. However, they requested more training about the teaching approach of fractional numbers. Keywords: teachers, attitudes, perceptions, teaching fractions 3 rd ISNITE 2015 International Symposium’ ‘New Issues on Teacher Education’ ‘September 11-13, 2015, University of Thessaly, Volos-Greece 69 Examination of Views of Prospective High School Mathematics Teachers on Proof Emine Özdemir eozdemir@balikesir.edu.tr Filiz Tuba Dikkartın Övez When mathematics curriculum revised in 2005 and updated in 2013 is examined, it is observed that the concept of proof do not exist directly in elementary and secondary school curriculum, but it is tried to be introduced by means of reasoning and associating skills (MEB, 2013; NCTM, 2000). In these programs, reasoning is defined as a process of acquiring new information using tools (symbols, definitions, relations etc.) of mathematics and mental techniques (induction, deduction, comparison, generalization etc.). In high school mathematics curriculum on the other hand, students are expected to face informal situation and reach a formal mathematical structure through this informal situation. Thus, curriculum presents opportunities requiring high level mathematical skills such as discovering mathematical relation and associating it with other concepts. In the curriculum, for the first time, proving ability is emphasized in process skills (MEB, 2013). Therefore, knowing the views of teachers and prospective teachers, who will educate students, with regards to proving in order to achieve goals in the curriculum is considered very important. The present study used a mixed research design, a method which enables qualitative and quantitative approaches to be used in a collective or integrated manner (Creswell, 2008). In this study, case study among the qualitative research patterns was used. In the quantitative part of the study, descriptive research method was used. In the research, criterion sampling among purposeful sampling techniques was used. For this research, 53 prospective teachers selected randomly out of 130 prospective teachers who had successfully completed Introduction to Abstract Mathematics, Analysis and Algebra courses in “A” University Department of Secondary School Mathematics Teachers in 2014-2015 semesters. In the study, proof-writing skills of prospective teachers were determined using the scale developed by Dikkartın-Övez & Özdemir (2014).These skills are: a) making the proof using correct mathematical notations, language and definitions and the proof being clear, convincing and reasonable, b) putting forward a general argument that is not a proof or not completing the proof, c) giving an unrelated answer, d) making proof giving numerical values and verification of the result, e) leaving blank. According to these skills, prospective teachers were asked to explain, in writing, their views on the role of proof in teaching mathematics and their view with regards to proof. Qualitative data acquired were examined by two researchers using descriptive analysis method and 4 categories were achieved. These categories are named as quality of the education, self-efficacy, negative approach and importance. Results, discussion and recommendations with regards to findings of the research will be covered in the full text. Keywords: prospective high school teachers, proof, proof-writing skills, mathematics education 3 rd ISNITE 2015 International Symposium’ ‘New Issues on Teacher Education’ ‘September 11-13, 2015, University of Thessaly, Volos-Greece 70 The Teacher as a Leader in the Greek Schools Emmanouela Sotiropoulou emmasot@rocketmail.com Angeliki Lazaridou Teacher leadership is a concept that is gaining increasing interest from both practitioners and researchers. Teacher leadership is conceptualized as a set of behaviors and practices that are undertaken collectively. It is centrally concerned with the relationships and connections among individuals within a school with the ultimate purpose to affect student learning. Regarding student achievement, Bandura (1993) posited that teachers’ beliefs in their instructional efficacy contributed significantly to their schools’ level of academic achievement” (p. 117). Leadership capacity is evident when a group of teacher leaders believe they can bring about change, desire to work for change, and have the knowledge and skills to do so (DiRanna & Loucks-Horsley, 2001). In the Greek educational system the principal is the head of the school and responsible for its smooth running. Yet, other administrative staff (vice-principals) and teachers assist the principal in the coordination of everyday school activities. Within this context, this study examines the concepts of teacher leadership and teachers’ efficacy. Its purpose is to show whether teachers’ feelings of self-efficacy are indicators of teachers’ aspiration to assume leadership roles, not formal leadership positions, but informal ones where leadership is exercised in the classroom. Data for the study were collected from a convenient sample of 118 teachers from two of the country’s prefectures using two instruments: One that measures teacher’s feelings of self-efficacy and one that measures their responses to questions on teacher leadership. Initial results indicate a strong correlation between teachers’ notions of self-efficacy and the prospect of assuming leadership positions. More analysis is underway and the final results will be presented at the conference. Keywords: Teacher Leadership, Teachers' Self-efficacy 3 rd ISNITE 2015 International Symposium’ ‘New Issues on Teacher Education’ ‘September 11-13, 2015, University of Thessaly, Volos-Greece 71 An Academic View to life Erhan Dönmez rtp.erhan@gmail.com Türkay Nuri Tok A person’s point of view to life is very important for the person’s own life and naturally for the society. Because the life one is going to lead forms according to his understanding of life. The life that a person is going to lead will be built on the basic dynamic and the basic idea that he adopts about the life. We mustn’t forget that our viewpoint of perception is very important in order to form our surrounding. When the behaviors and attitudes of the employees in an organization are the same with the aims of the organization, the performance of the organization increases, otherwise it decreases. All organizations expect their employees to show high performance. However employees may have a negative attitude to the life due to various reasons. This situation is the same for the academicians at universities, as well. Lots of terms can be used to explain this negative attitude and ‘sinizm’ –whose root dates back to ancient Greece – is one of them. The aim of this research is to present findings related to the academicians’ (Education Faculty of Pamukkale University) point of view to life after identifying their sinizm levels by considering their gender, marital status, age, title, seniority and whether they have an administrative position or not. In this research, scanning model has been used. Scanning models are researching approaches that aim to describe a situation in the past or present in the form of its existence (Karasar, 1999). In this study, the scale developed by Wrightman (1992) to identify the general sinizm has been benefited from by using the results of Erdost et al.’s studies. This scale is composed of two parts: The first part is composed of totally seven questions to identify the demographic features of the attendants. The second part of the scale is to identify the general sinizm levels of attendants. For this aim, the ten-itemed scale developed by Wrightman was translated into Turkish and arranged according to the 5 itemed Likert Scale. The attendants were expected to express their agreement levels to the expressions in the scale as ‘‘I definitely disagree’’. ‘‘I disagree’’, ‘‘I partly agree’’, ‘‘I agree’’, ‘‘I definitely agree’’. It is a scale whose adjustment to Turkey was done by Tokgöz and Yılmaz (2008) and its reliability (Cronbach Alpha: 81) is proved to be quite high. The research was applied to 179 academicians working in Education Faculty of Pamukkale University during 2014-2015 education periods. The data relating to the research were collected by using general sinizm scale. After the attendants were informed about the aim and importance of the research, the applications were implemented at the academicians’ convenience- out of their working hours. Reaching the whole universe was targeted in the study. The research is in the process of collecting data .At the end of the study, the data will be analyzed by SPSS 16.0 program. The analysis of the study is still going on. Therefore, the finding, results and discussion sections haven’t been completed yet. Keywords: Sinizm, General Sinizm, Academician, Attitude, View to Life 3 rd ISNITE 2015 International Symposium’ ‘New Issues on Teacher Education’ ‘September 11-13, 2015, University of Thessaly, Volos-Greece 72 Determination of the Relationship between Metacognitive Awareness and Locus of Control Levels of Prospective Teachers Ersin Şahin ersahincan@gmail.com Abdullah Açar Şenay Ş.Koparan Download 5.07 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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