Investigation of Dialogic Teaching Principles According to Educational Ideologies of Teacher Candidates

Year 2022, Volume: 11 Issue: 2, 231 - 249, 31.08.2022

Selen Beyazbal , Çavuş Şahin , Osman Yılmaz Kartal

Abstract

The study aims to investigate how teacher candidates with different ideologies differ in their use of dialogic learning principles in the dialogic teaching. The design of the study is a multiple case study in qualitative research methods. The educational ideologies of teacher candidates identify the cases of the study. The data were derived from the rubric results filled by the teacher candidates and the focus group interviews at the end of the lessons. The results showed that there is no difference in the levels of dialogic teaching principles of teacher candidates with different educational ideologies. The study is important in terms of showing how the characteristics of the dialogic principles change in teacher candidates that has albeit implicitly an ideology. Also, it shows that how participants with different educational ideologies differ in a dialogic learning environment due to their ideology.

Keywords

Dialogic Teaching, Educational Ideologies, Teacher Candidates

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