The purpose of this study is to investigate the conceptions and misconceptions of instructors pertaining to their roles and competencies in distance education. Case study research design was adopted within the study. The participants, nine instructors in a public university delivering the courses in fully distance programs, was selected by using…

The purpose of this research is to determine whether there is a meaningful relationship between secondary school students' attitude and perception levels of self-efficacy oriented by research-inquiry and as well whether students' attitude and self-efficacy levels differ according to grade and gender. The working group of the study consist of 234…

This article gives a bird's eye view of a doctoral thesis which investigated the labelling of non-disabled secondary school learners, with particular reference to the social and psychological spheres, and their influence on learning. It reports on the process and forms of labelling as one part of the findings. The study had 54 participants: three…

Today, use of different teaching models, materials, and tools in education and teaching process have increased. The main reason for such increase is the search to make education more quality, easier, more entertaining, and more permanent. In this sense, animation films are technological products that contribute learners in visual and audial terms.…

While prevailing research links language proficiency to fundamental literacy acquisition, research is, however, limited when language and literacy acquisition are simultaneous as is the case with young (4-6 years) English language learners (ELLs) in K1, K2 and Grade 1 who acquire first time literacy in an inclusive classroom and in a L2…

Students use mobile-phones to store lecture-materials, e-books, tutorials, videos, communicate with their classmates and browse the internet for exceedingly different intentions. These projected advantages, however, would have potential undesirable effects if mobile phones are utilised in restricted premises, such as examination venues.…

Profession selection is one of the most important decisions for human beings. Since the professions can generally be achieved via higher education, determining the most proper higher education becomes an important decision problem. In order to select the best higher education program, there are various criteria to be considered. Hence the main…

The aim of this study is to determine the prospective teachers' past field trip experiences and examine their self-efficacy beliefs in planning and organizing field trips with an educational intent regarding various variables. The study was carried via cross-sectional design and the data of the research study was gathered from total 366…

Educational managers' self-efficacy perceptions of information technology may be thought to influence technological leadership selfefficacy perceptions. However, it is seen that there is not enough research on this situation in the field. In this context, the perceptions of technological leadership self-efficacy of education managers and the self…

This study aimed at in-depth examination of middle school students' perceptions about the scientists. The study was carried out with survey model. The data of the study were gathered via "Questionnaire for Evaluation of Scientists (QES)" and focus group interviews. The data were analysed quantitatively and the quantitative data were…

The aim of this study is to investigate relationship between children's social behaviors and parenting styles. Specifically, the study examines children's aggressive, prosocial and socially inhibited behaviors in association with parenting dimensions namely warmth, inductive-reasoning, obedience-demanding and punitive. In addition to this,…