ERIC Number: EJ1043517
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-1052-0147
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Prospective Elementary Teachers' Views on Their Teachers and Their Effectiveness
Karakas, Mehmet
Qualitative Report, v18 Article 86 2013
In this paper future elementary teachers reflect on their past experiences and talk about their teachers and the way they were taught, and portray the characteristics of effective and not so effective teachers. The study also highlights Turkish teachers` way of instruction and the strategies they use. Participants were 41 sophomore and 62 junior prospective elementary teachers enrolled in a small university in northeastern Turkey. Data were collected using mostly the document analysis techniques. Findings show that effective teachers are caring, loving, funny, and patient, show special in and out of class interest in students, and are fair to everyone. Not so effective teachers are out of temper, fear imposing, using abusive language, authoritarian, using violence, unfair and discriminating between students, and boring in class.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Educational Strategies, Teacher Characteristics, Personality Traits, Teaching Styles, Aspiration, Action Research, Personal Narratives, Interviews, Qualitative Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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