Students' Perceptions of Peer Teaching in a Coding Course

Year 2019, Volume: 21 Issue: 3, 257 - 268, 30.12.2019

Fırat Sarsar , Tutaleni İ. Asino Wilmon Brown

https://doi.org/10.17556/erziefd.623469

Abstract

Mobile learning in education has evolved over the last decade and a half. Associated with this evolution is the increased popularity of teaching how to code using mobile technologies. Then again, finding alternative methods to teach coding, such as peer teaching, might affect learning. Peer teaching is a reciprocal learning relationship between peers. This mixed method case study aimed to explore students’ perceptions of peer teaching in an mLearning coding course. Twentysix participant learners, and three peer teachers, voluntarily participated in the study for six weeks. 77% of participants found that learning from their peers was fun, satisfying and more informative than they expected. However, 42% of participants highlighted that they did not have enough confidence to peer-teach the material they learned during the peer teaching process. Thus, it is important to design a teaching process which considers culture, students' expectations, and students' needs, because those factors affect the learning process.

Keywords

Mobile learning, coding, culture, peer teaching

Öğrencilerin Kodlama Dersinde Akran Eğitimine Yönelik Algıları

Abstract

Eğitimde mobil öğrenme yeni bir kavram olmasa da mobil cihazların çeşitliliği ve yeniliği ile devamlı gelişen bir alan haline gelmektedir. Bu bağlamda mobil cihazları üzerinden kod yazılması ve dersin bir aracı olarak kullanılması üzerine eğitim araştırmaları bulunmaktadır. Bu araştırma akran öğrenmesiyle mobil cihazlar üzerinden kodlama eğitimi verilmesini amaçlayan bir çalışmasıdır. Bu 6 hafta süren araştırmaya gönüllü 26 katılımcı ve 3 akran eğitimcisi katılmıştır. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre katılımcıların %77’i akran öğrenmesini eğlenceli, tatmin edici ve beklentilerin üzerinde bilgi aktarımı geçekleştirdiğini vurgularken, %42’ si akran eğitiminin veren akranlarına karşı bilgi konusunda güven sağlayamadıklarını belirtmiştir. Akran öğretiminin önemli olduğu vurgulanan sonuçlar ışığında akran öğretim sürecinin iyi ve etkili tasarlanması ve kültürel farklılıkların etkilerinin de dikkate alınması önemlidir.

Keywords

Mobil öğrenme, kodlama, kültür, akran öğretimi

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