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Demir, Selcuk Besir; Pismek, Nuray – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2018
In today's educational landscape, social studies classes are characterized by controversial issues (CIs) that teachers handle differently using various ideologies. These CIs have become more and more popular, particularly in heterogeneous communities. The actual classroom practices for teaching social studies courses are unclear in the context of…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Ideology, Teaching Methods
Bozkur, B. Ümit; Erim, Ali; Çelik-Demiray, Pinar – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2018
This research investigates the effect of individual voice training on pre-service Turkish language teachers' speaking skills. The main claim in this research is that teachers' most significant teaching instrument is their voice and it needs to be trained. The research was based on the convergent parallel mixed method. The quantitative part was…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Foreign Countries
Ozan, Ceyhun; Kincal, Remzi Y. – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2018
The purpose of this research is to examine the effects of formative assessment practices on students' academic achievement, attitudes toward lessons, and self-regulation skills in the fifth-grade social studies class. Mixed method research was used to conduct the study. The research group consisted of 45 students in the fifth grade of a secondary…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Student Attitudes
Determining Science Teacher Candidates' Academic Knowledge and Misconceptions about Electric Current
Sert Çibik, Ayse – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2017
The aim of this study is two-fold. Its first aim is to determine science teacher candidates' knowledge (academic success) and misconceptions about electric current and its second aim is to compare these results across participants' year of study and gender. A total of 132 teacher candidates studying in their 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years in Gazi…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Scientific Concepts, Misconceptions
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
Katilmis, Ahmet – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2017
The purpose of this study was to reveal the objectives of values education in Turkey, values education-related activities performed in schools, and preferred approaches to values education according to the opinions of social studies teachers. This qualitative study used a phenomenological pattern. The participants of the study were selected from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Values Education, Social Studies, Teacher Attitudes
Köse, Meliha – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2017
This study is a qualitative case study aimed at revealing the roles of high school history teachers on university students' attitudes towards history courses. The study group consists of 30 teacher candidates studying in the department of social sciences and mathematics teaching of a faculty of education at a university in the Western Black Sea.…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, History Instruction, Teacher Role, Teacher Influence
Aktu, Yahya; Ilhan, Tahsin – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2017
Early adulthood is one of the important milestones considered within lifelong development in the relevant literature. Adulthood is examined through various theories; however, universality of many of these is still being discussed. One of these theories is Levinson's theory of life structure. Thus, the current research aims to examine the extent to…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Qualitative Research, Adult Development, Theories
Sezgin Memnun, Dilek; Aydin, Bünyamin; Özbilen, Ömer; Erdogan, Günes – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2017
The RBC+C abstraction model is an effective model in mathematics education because it gives the opportunity to analyze research data through cognitive actions. For this reason, we aim to examine the abstraction process of the limit knowledge of two volunteer participant students using the RBC+C abstraction model. With this aim, the students'…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Models, Mathematics Education, Recognition (Psychology)
Vandeyar, Saloshna – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2017
This paper peers through the window to look at how a teacher brings about meaningful educational change in a diverse classroom. Utilizing three sets of arguments from the field of educational change, I traced educational change within a teacher during the course of an academic year. Data capture comprised a mix of semi-structured interviews and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Change Agents, Teacher Role, Semi Structured Interviews
Avcioglu, Hasan – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2017
The objective of this study is to determine the behavior of teachers in inclusive classrooms and peers' acceptance levels towards students with intellectual disabilities in these classrooms. The qualitative research method was selected for collecting adequate data for the study. Information was collected from 16 teachers and 371 students in 16…
Descriptors: Teacher Behavior, Peer Acceptance, Inclusion, Teacher Student Relationship
Eryilmaz, Ali; Mutlu, Tansu – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2017
Counselors should have the counseling skills necessary for making adequate therapeutic progress through counseling sessions. Counselors start learning skills and knowledge for counseling in their undergraduate education. During this critical period, the time, form, and quality of the process of gaining core competencies in counseling differ…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Supervision, Models, Undergraduate Students
Güler Yildiz, Tülin; Özdemir Simsek, Pinar; Eren, Saliha; Aydos, Emine Hande – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2017
This study aims at uncovering the views of children 48-66 months old regarding sustainable development (SD), as well as the attitudes of their parents and teachers. Additionally, it seeks to identify activities related to SD that are promoted in homes by parents and in schools by teachers. The study was designed as a case study, with participants…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Childhood Attitudes, Experience, Parents
Koçyigit Özyigit, Melike – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2017
The aim of this study is to reveal the meanings university students attribute to marriage. The sample of the study consists of 14 final year students (7 males and 7 females), whose ages range between 22 and 32, studying in the Education Faculty at Ege University. The study is of "phenomenological research design". "Semi-structured…
Descriptors: College Students, Marriage, Phenomenology, Semi Structured Interviews
Gencel, Ilke Evin – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2017
The aim of this study is to determine through teacher candidates' thoughts the effects of a portfolio assessment implementation on their metacognitive skills and attitudes towards a course on measurement and evaluation. Exploratory sequential mixed-methods design is employed within the study. The pretest/posttest control group design was used in…
Descriptors: Portfolio Assessment, Metacognition, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes