ERIC Number: EJ1252897
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 16
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Examination of the Curriculum Knowledge Levels of Pre-Service Teachers in Terms of Different Variables
Koc, E. Seda
International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, v7 n2 p225-240 2020
The teaching profession is an area of expertise that combines many professional and academic competencies. While all of these competencies are important for the quality of learning-teaching processes, the curriculum and content knowledge that teachers are expected to have is one of the main characteristics that are directly determinative in achieving the learning objectives. This study aimed to examine the pre-service teachers' knowledge of curriculum in terms of different variables. The study group of the study, which was conducted according to the descriptive research model, consisted of 237 students in the 4th grade of the faculty in the 2018-2019 academic year. In the study, the pre-service teachers' general curriculum knowledge, the average points they received from curriculum development questions and the average points they received only from the questions related to the curriculum in their field of study were handled. As a result of the findings, it was seen that pre-service teachers' curriculum knowledge in their field showed a significant difference in favor of female teacher candidates. Also, it was observed that the average of all three points of preservice teachers differed significantly according to their branches and general curriculum knowledge differed significantly according to their branches.
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Preservice Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Curriculum Development, Gender Differences, Teacher Competencies, Student Characteristics, Foreign Countries, Public Colleges, Science Education, Grade Point Average, Preservice Teacher Education
International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies. Sakarya University, Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Sciences, Sakarya, Turkey. e-mail: ijpesjournal@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.ijpes.com/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey (Ankara)
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