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- Surveying Information and Communication Technology Skills and Perceptions of Greek Student Teachers: The Results of a Small Scale Study
- How Capable Turkish Elementary Teachers are In Implementing Multiple Intelligence Theory in Social Studies: A Qualitative Research
- Professional Standards for Teachers in a Universal Design for Learning Framework. Promoting a Data Literate and Reflective Teacher Culture in Greek Elementary Schools
- The Role of Head Teacher to Manage Conflicts at Kindergartens
- The Effect of Compensation Studies on Disadvantaged Children’s Self Concept Levels and Locus of Control
- Phenomenology and Grounded Theory: A Comparison in Terms of Some Features
- Environmental Influences in Communication of Greek Family: A Comparative Case Study
Participating Teachers
Nikolaos Yfantopoulos yfantopoulosn@gmail.com Antigoni-Alba Papakonstantinou Anastasios Emvalotis In response to teachers' constant demands and taking under consideration results from scientific research regarding in service education of primary teachers, the Institute of Educational Research and Studies launched a series of free of charge seminars addressed to teachers of Epirus, West Macedonia and Thessaly. The main aim of these seminars was to provide teachers with knowledge and skills that would help them to effectively respond to social, educational and didactic changes. A number of topics were proposed and groups were formed in several cities according to the teachers' choices. The present study focuses on the profile of teachers who chose to follow the seminars on Information and Communication Technologies. More specifically, our goal can be considered to be dual: On the one hand, we will try to investigate the characteristics of teachers who choose to receive in service education on ICT. On the other hand, we will examine the reasons that lead to this choice, as well as their plans and initiatives concerning introduction of ICT in their courses. Thus, we decided to follow a quantitative approach and created a questionnaire that was distributed to all teachers participating in ICT seminars. In fact, more than 100 questionnaires were collected and analyzed. Preliminary results reveal the profile of participating teachers who are mainly 40-50 years old, with more than 15 years of working experience and just basic knowledge on ICT, even though several of them have attended similar in service seminars in the past. As the analysis of the answers reveals, the teachers recognize the importance of ICT in the education process and wish to acquire more practical knowledge on specific software applications. They would like to receive training in programs that would facilitate their teaching, learn how to use the technical equipment offered in schools, as well as enhance their social media skills. Their intention is to establish the use of ICT in their everyday teaching and transfer the obtained knowledge to their students. Keywords: in service education, ICT, primary school teachers 3 rd ISNITE 2015 International Symposium’ ‘New Issues on Teacher Education’ ‘September 11-13, 2015, University of Thessaly, Volos-Greece 150 Surveying Information and Communication Technology Skills and Perceptions of Greek Student Teachers: The Results of a Small Scale Study Nikoletta Avgerinou nikoletta_avg@hotmail.com Maria Giakoumi Aikaterini Kyriakoreizi Helen Drenoyianni Over the past 20 years, it has become evident that ICT represents an indispensable component of the initial teacher education program of studies. The nature and the form of ICT inclusion is variable across countries and dependent upon a range of factors, but many teacher preparation programs are still struggling to achieve a balance between the pedagogical use of ICT tools and the development of ICT skills. Research indicates that technical proficiency is not sufficient for using ICT as a pedagogical tool, yet lack of ICT skills may impede the employment of technology in a learning context and inhibit classroom use of ICT. On the other hand, nearly all European and OECD countries have included ICT as an integral part of their secondary school curriculum, rendering the development of ICT skills a requirement and a responsibility of compulsory education. Nevertheless and despite these initiatives, it appears that students’ level of ICT competence is still considerably variable, while many may not be adequately fluent in ICT. Within this framework, the study reported here aims at examining Greek student teachers’ ICT skills, as well as their perceptions on the use of ICT on their entry to a primary teacher education program offered by a Greek university. Student teachers’ skills and perceptions were surveyed through the administration of a questionnaire. 128 student teachers have participated in the study, and the questionnaire used consisted of 17 questions. Five of them collected background information (gender, self-rated ICT competence, sources of ICT skills acquirement, comments on school courses and the use of ICT in teaching), while the remaining 12 represented test items, concerned with basic ICT skills. Test items were mainly compiled using the current secondary education syllabi and textbooks and consisted of a range of questions grouped into five main categories; word processing, spreadsheets, presentation software, email use and information seeking. The analysis of the data collected illustrated a rather gloomy picture with respect to ICT competence. Almost 50% of student teachers report themselves as good or average users of ICT and 47% perceive their level of ICT use as very good or excellent. However, the average total score of all participants in the test items administered was 22.46/40 (min= 5, max=37), indicating a moderate performance, contradictory to their self-perceptions. Students’ performance was far better in the cases of word processing and email use, particularly low in spreadsheets and presentation software, and average on information seeking test items. Furthermore, all students (100%) reported that they have attended ICT courses during their secondary school studies. However, 78% comment that their skills in ICT were acquired out of school and 76% characterized secondary ICT school courses as inadequate, making negative remarks on the theoretical content of the school courses and a variety of classroom management and course organization problems. The study’s results are discussed in the light of relevant national and contemporary international literature concerned with student teachers’ ICT competence and the quality of school courses on ICT, while their implications are considered with respect to the appropriate model of ICT incorporation in an increasingly overloaded and demanding teacher education program. Keywords: ICT Skills, ICT Literacy, Teacher Education, Primary Education 3 rd ISNITE 2015 International Symposium’ ‘New Issues on Teacher Education’ ‘September 11-13, 2015, University of Thessaly, Volos-Greece 151 How Capable Turkish Elementary Teachers are In Implementing Multiple Intelligence Theory in Social Studies: A Qualitative Research Nurcan Şener nsener@marmara.edu.tr Yücel Kabapınar M. Cihangir Doğan It was generally aimed in this study to investigate learning environments of the teachers respect to multiple intelligence applications. The study was designed based on qualitative research model and according to objectives of the research, qualitative data collection techniques were employed. To identify the use of Multiple Intelligence in teaching materials for Social Studies and Multiple Intelligence types, which were addressed in activities, 4 different textbook sets, 12 textbooks in total, among 4 th grade of elementary school and 6 th grade of secondary school textbooks, which were in the use in the academic year of 2012-2013 in elementary schools in Turkey with approval of the board of education and discipline were researched. Contents, activities, texts and figures in the books were identified one by one to find which of multiple intelligence types were aimed to be developed. According to the results from the document research, the most dominant intelligence activities in textbooks of Social Studies among primary and secondary multiple intelligence activities are logical intelligence activities. The most dominant one among primary multiple intelligence activities in students’ studying books is verbal intelligence while the most dominant one among secondary multiple intelligence activities is logical intelligence activities. The other hand, the researcher designed the “template of observation related to the use of multiple intelligence applications” to identify multiple intelligence applications of teachers in the course of Social Studies. According to the results from the observation template, during the lesson of teacher ÖĞR1, mostly musical intelligence was addressed in the primary (main) activity while mostly verbal intelligence was addressed in the secondary activity (question-answer). Considering average time in general during 15 hours of teaching process of ÖĞR1 related to the course of Social Studies based on types of the applied activities, 18 primary (main) activities took 6 minutes 31 seconds while 71 secondary (question- answer) activities took 1 minute 13 seconds. During the lesson of ÖĞR2, activities mostly addressing verbal intelligence were performed in case of primary (main) activity while activities mostly addressing verbal intelligence were performed in case of secondary activity (question- answer) again. Considering general time averages during 15 hours of teaching process of ÖĞR2 related to the course of Social Studies based on types of the applied activities, 10 primary (main) activities took 9 minutes 18 seconds while 59 secondary (question-answer) activities took 1 minute 48 seconds. Keywords: Social Studies, Multiple Intelligence Theory, Multiple Intelligence applications 3 rd ISNITE 2015 International Symposium’ ‘New Issues on Teacher Education’ ‘September 11-13, 2015, University of Thessaly, Volos-Greece 152 Professional Standards for Teachers in a Universal Design for Learning Framework. Promoting a Data Literate and Reflective Teacher Culture in Greek Elementary Schools Olga Imellou olgimellou@gmail.com Aris Charoupias In order to raise achievement for all students in a Greek elementary school struggling to be inclusive (PL 4074/2012), teacher’s everyday practice in the classroom seems to balance between failure/frustration and success/satisfaction. Although initial teacher education of practicing professionals in inclusive pedagogy issues can be described as inadequate, attempts are being made towards empowering teachers through short term in-service training programs. These programs are mostly designed and implemented by school advisors who recognize the mismatch between initial teacher education and the requirements for the teacher in day-to-day classroom/school life. For teachers to be able to actively support students overcome the barriers to their learning they need to know how to design appealing and motivating classroom learning environments positive and supportive for all learners. They need to have certain attitudes, knowledge and skills, that form a set of professional standards essential for the implementation of a state-of-the-art framework, such as the Universal Design for Learning (UDL). The adoption of a UDL-like framework allows teachers to acknowledge that every student has a unique baseline of attitudes, knowledge and skills that can be improved by their practices. For the teachers’ practices to be effective in a UDL-like framework, they should be formed within a data literate and reflective teacher culture in which every decision making in the classroom is informed by data about the assessment of students’ work and by reflection concerning the effectiveness of previous teaching practices. Finally, an example of an in-service training program is described. In this program, a school advisor collaborates actively, as designer and facilitator, with teachers that take responsibility for data collecting and for being reflective practitioners. The two-school-years program’s main goal is the promotion of teacher professional standards within a UDL-like framework with an emphasis on data and reflection. It involves teaching and learning writing skills and promoting student understanding in mathematics. Although the program is still in progress, provisional conclusions can be drawn for reflection concerning specific program characteristics, such as duration, pedagogy, etc., for such interventions to have a lasting positive impact that could support quality and accountability in Greek elementary schools. Keywords: inclusive school, school advisor, teacher culture, practices, data, reflection, professional standards, Universal Design for Learning 3 rd ISNITE 2015 International Symposium’ ‘New Issues on Teacher Education’ ‘September 11-13, 2015, University of Thessaly, Volos-Greece 153 The Role of Head Teacher to Manage Conflicts at Kindergartens Olga Mpatsoula olinam1@gmail.com Glykeria Reppa Anastasia Intzevidou The present research examines the phenomenon of conflict that concerns educators in kindergarten schools. In particular, it attempts to explore the factors of provoking in-school conflicts among kindergarten teachers and also to investigate the positive and negative consequences that may occur due to these conflicts. To examine the teachers’ attitudes towards conflict, the Everard and Morris (1999) model was used, with its five-fold way of coping with conflict; fighting, avoiding, smoothing, compromising, and problem solving. In addition, the research investigates the contribution of kindergarten teachers and head teachers’ demographic profile and also the influence of leader’s attitude towards the orientation of conflicts. As far as the investigation of the leadership style is concerned, the leadership behavior scale for the school principal (Hoy & Clover, 1986) was used. This specific scale distinguishes leadership style in three categories; the supportive, the directive and, finally, the restrictive style of leadership. The method used is a quantitative survey with self-report questionnaires, which were distributed to kinder garden teachers (East Thes/niki, West Thes/niki, Kastoria, Evoia). A sample of 139 teachers was obtained. The present investigation revealed the following results: The most important factor of conflict orientation is the “the problems’ solution”, there is no differentiation of the causes and effects of the conflicts, in terms of kindergarten teachers and kindergarten head teachers, the demographic characteristics play no role in attitude choice, and finally the supportive leadership style is chosen, which has a positive correlation with the attitudes of problems’ solution, the smoothing and the compromising. Keywords: conflict, attitudes towards conflict, leadership style, kindergarten teachers, schoolmasters 3 rd ISNITE 2015 International Symposium’ ‘New Issues on Teacher Education’ ‘September 11-13, 2015, University of Thessaly, Volos-Greece 154 The Effect of Compensation Studies on Disadvantaged Children’s Self Concept Levels and Locus of Control Ömür Sadioğlu Gönül Onur Sezer osadioglu@uludag.edu.tr Self-concept is a general term used to refesr to how someone thinks about, evaluates himself/herself. One of the other important term about human pschology is locus of contol. Locus of control refers to the extent to which individuals believe they can control events affecting them. This study aims to state the self concept and the locus of control of the disadvantaged children. Disadvantaged children those who are in risk from various aspects. The prevention studies and programs are to prevent the occurrence of situations that can cause a risk for the children the future On the other hand compensation studies help forward to children who encounter risk factor and are affected negatively such as having behaviour problems, exhibit social disharmony. Compensation studies help her/him overcome this disharmony and behavioral problems etc. In this context, the aim of this study is to determine the impact of compensation program which was hold as a University– Sector Cooperation Project “Be My Hope Project” between Uludag University Faculty of Education and Bursa Provincial Security Directorate’s Child Branch on disadvantaged children’s self concept levels and locus of control. The subjects of this study are 33 disadvantaged children (28 boys and 5 girls) who were selected after organizing interviews with counselors and directors of four schools decided by Bursa Provincial Security Directorate’s Child Branch. Teacher candidates from university organized study times for academic and social development of disadvantaged children groups. A questionnaire form of Piers Harris' self concept scale and Nowicki–Strickland Locus of Control Scale was completed by disadvantaged children in this study. Piers Harris' self concept scale which was adapted to Turkish by Öner (1996) ve Çataklı (1985) includes 80 questions. The reliability of scale changes between .78 - .93. The reliability of Turkish form changes between .81- .89. Nowicki–Strickland Locus of Control Scale adapted by Korkut (1986). This scale consist of 40 “yes” “no” questions. The analysis of this study is still underway. Keywords: Disadvantaged children, self concept, locus of control, compensation study, risk factor 3 rd ISNITE 2015 International Symposium’ ‘New Issues on Teacher Education’ ‘September 11-13, 2015, University of Thessaly, Volos-Greece 155 Phenomenology and Grounded Theory: A Comparison in Terms of Some Features Oya Onat Kocabıyık oyaonat2003@yahoo.com This study aims to compare phenomenology and grounded theory, which are in qualitative research methods, in respect of their some certain features and the reason why they are chosen in researches. It is stated that phenomenological analysis is the appropriate method that can be used in health, social, education and clinic psychological researches to point how the people perceive and understand the meaningful events in their lives (Smith and Eatough, 2007). Van Manen (1990; cited Miller, 2003) states in his phenomenology description as phenomenology is a human science and its purpose is to describe the meaning of phenomenon and understand the meanings of the experiences in the past. Grounded theory is described as a method that discovers the theories directly from data, notions, hypotheses and propositions. In the context of grounded theory, it is supposed that the process is examined and feeling the social life in the theoretical way, it is a process itself. In the concept of grounded theory, the exploration of the core category, which is grounded in a sense and revolving around the basic social process or all other categories, is examined and therefore, grounded theory is method to develop theory/theories that explains the reason of the behaviors (Flint, 2005). Phenomenology and grounded theory are seen as important qualitative research methods, and they are seen necessary to be addressed together. For this aim, in this article, phenomenology and grounded theory methods are examined and compared to each other. Keywords: Phenomen, Phenomenology, Grounded Theory 3 rd ISNITE 2015 International Symposium’ ‘New Issues on Teacher Education’ ‘September 11-13, 2015, University of Thessaly, Volos-Greece 156 Environmental Influences in Communication of Greek Family: A Comparative Case Study Panagiotis J. Stamatis stamatis@rhodes.aegean.gr Athanasios Papanikolaou In psychological approach communication is perceived as an interpersonal process during which a person who intends to transfer a message codes it either through speech or through body, or through both means and conveys it after having further enriched it with emotional, beyond cognitive, content. Thus, the psychological approach could be expressed in the definition: “Communication is every recognizable, conscious or unconscious, intentional or unintentional behavior through which a human, willingly or unwillingly influences the perceptions, feelings, emotions, thoughts, and actions of others and vice versa with the aim of mutual understanding.” The institutional function of a family simultaneously accomplishes an emotional and a practical task so as to cover timelessly and successfully both the immediate functions and the biological needs of its members and their psychological quests. Family communication, in a verbal or a non-verbal level, sustains and reinforces the bonds among the family members ensuring timelessness in the family’s structure and cohesion, despite the constantly altering social environment. Family communication is of vital importance in the training of educators both for the child’s adjustment and its smooth procession through the educational levels, and for the satisfaction of its emotional needs. Hence, family communication does not only concern the narrow frames of the family environment but also the functions of the educational system, especially in the case that it reflects the levels of communication between school and family. Within this framework, the present research consists of a comparative case study of communicative behaviors in four-member families that live in the areas of the Greek mainland and islands. The aims of the study focus on the types and problems of communication that come to the surface, as well as on the differences that the non-verbal communication of the Greek family members presents according to their area of living (urban or island natural environment). The sample included common characteristics, in order to minimize any statistical contrasts. The methodological approach consists of semi-structured interviews with open questions, while answers were recorded both in writing and with voice recording devices. The concluding statements of this research compose a concrete image of the influence that the natural environment has on family communication, with positive effects on the quality of the nutrition, entertainment forms, management of unacceptable children behavior, and on the development of interpersonal relations amongst family members. Findings of this research relate to quality of school climate and consequently, to instructional effectiveness which interests teachers' education and training. Keywords: family communication, environmental education, teachers' education, communication, urban environment, insular environment 3 rd ISNITE 2015 International Symposium’ ‘New Issues on Teacher Education’ ‘September 11-13, 2015, University of Thessaly, Volos-Greece 157 Download 5.07 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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