ERIC Number: EJ1170060
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
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Prospective Mathematics Teachers' Perceptions on and Adaptation of Student-Centred Approach to Teaching
Osmanoglu, Aslihan; Dincer, Emrah Oguzhan
International Journal of Progressive Education, v14 n1 p75-87 2018
The aim of this study was to investigate prospective secondary mathematics teachers' perceptions on and adaptation of student-centred approach to teaching. The study was conducted with 58 prospective secondary mathematics teachers who were the graduates from mathematics departments from different universities' Science and Literature faculties. They were educated to teach in secondary schools during their Pedagogical Formation Certificate Program at the Education Faculty in a western university in Turkey. In this study, Constructivist Learning Environment Survey (CLES) was administered to the participants, and reflection papers were collected to understand their perceptions towards student-centred approach to teaching. To understand whether and how they adapted student-centred curriculum into their teaching, the videos of micro-teaching experiences were examined. The findings suggested an improvement on prospective teachers' scores on CLES. It was also found that prospective teachers satisfied several expectations of the approach during microteaching.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Student Centered Learning, Secondary School Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Teacher Education Programs, Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Surveys, Student Attitudes, Video Technology, Microteaching, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis
International Association of Educators. Egitim Fakultesi Dekanligi, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale 17100, Turkey. e-mail: secretary@inased.org; Web site: http://www.inased.org/ijpe.htm
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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