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Akin, Sibel; Calik, Basak; Engin-Demir, Cennet – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2017
Promoting active citizenship is seen as invaluable for educational practices in schools particularly in existing social, political, economic, and cultural context of Turkish society. The present study is part of a European Union project that aimed to help students develop knowledge, skills, attitudes and values to actively participate in…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Citizenship, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
Ilter, Ilhan – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2017
The purpose of this study is to describe social studies teachers' perceptions related to their practices in teaching concepts within the context of social studies instruction in order to enhance students' vocabulary development in their classes. The study focuses on how students' breadth and depth of vocabulary knowledge is supported by teachers'…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods, Concept Formation
Ada, Sibel; Tanberkan Suna, Hande; Elkonca, Fuat – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2016
The general purpose of this study is to determine the views of academicians, school administrators, and teachers regarding the effects that can emerge from the use of e-portfolios as alongside the central joint exam in the transition from elementary education to secondary education. This research is a case study type from among the qualitative…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Portfolios (Background Materials), Electronic Publishing
Hosgörür, Vural – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2016
The aim of this study is to determine the opinions of primary school administrators about change, and to reveal which strategies they use to manage change in schools. This is a qualitative study conducted in 2014 academic year in Mugla province. Research data were collected from primary school administrators through semi-structured interviews.…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Administrators, School Administration, Educational Change
Dagli, Gökmen; Öznacar, Behçet – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
Individuals are born with various skills and needs. They enter into a life-long process of meeting these needs and developing the correct usage and appropriateness of these skills. The process of making intentional changes in one's life through behavior is called education. No one can be deprived of their right to education. Education is every…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mainstreaming, Elementary Schools, Administrator Attitudes
Gökçe, Nazli – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
Teaching skills is one of the building blocks of Turkey's Social Studies Instructional Program. Via skills, information can be effectively transformed into high-level behaviors, that information may become a part of one's daily life, and that one may make right decisions concerning major issues in his/her life. Map skills are called "spatial…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Skill Development, Foreign Countries
Karakus, Fatih – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
The analysis of 8th grade students' concept definitions and concept images can provide information about their mental schema of fractals. There is limited research on students' understanding and definitions of fractals. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the elementary students' definitions of fractals based on concept image and concept…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 8, Geometry
Altun, Adnan – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2014
The current study aims to reveal the trajectory (change) of the perception of the concept of history during elementary and middle school years through students' responses to the question, "What is history in your opinion?" The cross-sectional research design was the preferred method to provide stronger opportunity for the current study…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, History
Doganay Bilgi, Arzu; Ozmen, E. Ruya – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2014
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of Modified Multi-component Cognitive Strategy Instruction on the metacognitive strategy knowledge used for the comprehension process of descriptive texts for students with mild mental retardation (MMR). Three students with MMR from inclusive classes participated in the study. The study was…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Teaching Methods, Reading Comprehension, Mental Retardation
Ozer, Eren; Sezer, Renan – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2014
This study offers a comparative analysis of questions found in Turkish, Singaporean, and American mathematics textbooks and workbooks based on topics covered in the 8th grade mathematics curriculum in Turkey. To this end, the study utilizes the 3-dimensional framework developed by Li. When the questions in the textbooks and workbooks…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Mathematics Materials, Textbook Content
Dede, Yüksel; Karakus, Fatih – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2014
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of teacher training programs on pre-service mathematics teachers' beliefs about mathematics. The sample of the study consisted of 173 pre-service mathematics teachers from an education faculty in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey. The data were obtained from an open-ended questionnaire,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Program Effectiveness, Mathematics Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes
Saban, Ahmet; Koçbeker-Eid, Beyhan Nazli; Saban, Aslihan – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2014
In this study, Turkish primary teacher candidates' experienced and ideal conceptions of learning were examined through metaphors. The participants of this phenomenological study included 193 sophomores taking the "Principles and Methods of Teaching" course at Ahmet Kelesoglu Education Faculty, Necmettin Erbakan University, in the fall of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Elementary Education, Student Attitudes
Ünver, Gülsen – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2014
Teachers have many problems transferring theoretical knowledge into practice. That's why teacher educators seek ways for connecting theory and practice in their pre-service teacher education programs. This study describes the activities and the effects of these activities for connecting theory and practice, as well as the recommendations of major…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Preservice Teacher Education, Case Studies, Elementary Education
Aladag, Elif – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2014
The aim of this study is to evaluate the applicability of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), used increasingly in primary and secondary education across the world, in social studies lessons in Turkey. In line with this aim, 14 social studies teachers working in the province of Aydin, Turkey received a 6-hour training course about GIS during the…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Geographic Information Systems, Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes
Celikkaya, Tekin; Filoglu, Simge – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2014
This research was conducted to determine how social studies teachers define value and "values education" as well as reveal the problems they encountered during the implementation. The participants in this study consisted of 17 social studies teachers from 12 primary schools (selected out of 39 primary schools in the city of Kirsehir…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Studies, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes