Examining The Relation Between Secondary School Teachers’ Beliefs About Their Own Learning and Their Instructional Practices

Year 2020, Volume: 10 Issue: 3, 647 - 667, 24.09.2020

Sevinç Gelmez Burakgazi , İclal Can

Abstract

Ortaokul Öğretmenlerinin Kendi Öğrenmelerine Yönelik İnançları ve Sınıf - İçi Uygulamaları Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi

Abstract

Bu olgubilim çalışmasının amacı, ortaokul öğretmenlerinin kendi öğrenmeleri hakkındaki inançları ile öğretim uygulamaları arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemektir. Veriler, amaçlı örnekleme ile seçilen 50 ortaokul öğretmeni ile yapılan yarı yapılandırılmış görüşmeler aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre, öğretmenler iki gruba ayrılmıştır: İlk grup (n= 33), kendi öğrenmeleri konusundaki inançlarına göre derslerini yürütmektedir, bunlardan 26 öğretmen öğrenen merkezli faaliyetler uygularken, 7 öğretmen, öğretmen merkezli uygulamalar işe koşmaktadır. İkinci grup öğretmen (n=17) kendi öğrenmeleri konusundaki inançları ve öğretim uygulamaları arasında bir uyumsuzluk sergilemiştir. Bu öğretmenlerden 5’inin öğretmen merkezli inançlara sahip olduğu, ancak öğretim programına dayalı beklentiler nedeniyle öğrenen merkezli öğretim uygulamalarının olduğu; 12 öğretmenin ise öğrenci merkezli yaklaşımlara uygun inançlarının olduğu ancak uygulamalarının, kalabalık sınıf mevcutları, motivasyon eksikliği, öğrencinin ilgisizliği veya motivasyon eksikliği, program yoğunluğu, sınırlı öğretim materyalleri, çoktan seçmeli sınavlar ve pedagojik alan bilgisi eksikliği gibi nedenler ile programa uygun olmadığı sonuçları ortaya çıkmıştır. Sonuçlar, öğretmenlerin öğrenen merkezli yaklaşımları uygulamalarına engel olan unsurlar ve bununla ilişkili olarak programa bağlılıkları hakkında değerli bilgiler sunmaktadır. Ayrıca, araştırma, öğretmenlerin öğrenen merkezli inançlar ve uygulamalar geliştirmeleri için fırsatlar sağlamak amacıyla öğretmen eğitimi programlarına ve hizmet-içi eğitim programlarına yeni bir yol önermeye yönelik potansiyele sahiptir.

Keywords

öğretmen uygulamaları, öğretmen eğitimi, olgubilim çalışması

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