Program Proposals of Pre-Service Teachers for the Lifelong Learning Needs of the Society

Year 2022, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 65 - 86, 31.12.2022

Ramazan Şamil Tatık , Burak Ayçiçek

https://doi.org/10.51535/tell.1146896

Cited By: 2

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to present lifelong learning program proposals based on an event or phenomenon that pre-service teachers have experienced. The research is a qualitative study and phenomenology was determined as the research design. The study group consists of 62 pre-service teachers studying at the education faculty of a state university. Criterion sampling method was adopted. 4 demographic (gender, age, department and grade level) questions were asked in order to obtain the program proposals of the pre-service teachers for the lifelong learning needs of the society and the participants were asked to make a lifelong learning program proposal by describing the event or phenomenon they experienced. The data obtained were collected online in the 2020-2021 academic year. The analyzes were carried out by the researchers. Frequency analysis was done for the lifelong learning programs proposed by the participants and the lifelong learning programs recommended by the participants and the experienced events or phenomena were coded by content analysis. It was seen that computer course (N=7) and farming education (N=7) come to the fore among the lifelong learning programs proposed by the participants. It was determined that the lifelong learning programs proposed by the participants were related to profession, technology, personal development, health and environment, handicrafts, education, law, art and sports. Based on the findings, it can be said that the need for lifelong learning is closely related to the conditions of the society and the environment in which they live. 

Keywords

Lifelong learning, Learning need, Program proposal, Society

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