Birsen Bagceci

Lise Öğrencilerinin ‘‘Üniversite’’ Kavramına İlişkin Metaforik Algıların İncelemesi

Bu arastirma lise ogrencilerinin “Universite ” kavramina iliskin sahip olduklari algilari metaforlar yardimiyla ortaya cikarmak amaciyla yapilmistir. Arastirmaya 2012-2013 egitim-ogretim yilinda, Anadolu ogretmen lisesinde ogrenim goren 54 kiz (%52.4) ve 49 (%47.6) erkek olmak uzere toplam 103 ogrenci katilmistir. Arastirma mevcut durumun belirlenmesi ve analiz edilmesine yonelik betimsel bir arastirmadir. Arastirmada, verilerin toplanmasi, analizi ve yorumlanmasinda nitel arastirma yontemi kullanilmistir. Ogrencilerin universite kavramina yonelik ne tur algilamalara sahip olduklarini ortaya cikarmak icin ‘‘Universite … gibidir; Cunku … ’’ cumlesini tamamlamalari istenmistir. Arastirmada olgu bilim deseni kullanilmis ve veriler icerik analiz teknigiyle cozumlenmistir. Soz konusu arastirma sonucu elde edilen bulgulara gore toplam 103 ogrenci gecerli 76 metafor uretmistir. Soz konusu metaforlar bir takim analiz islemine tabi tutularak ortak ozelliklere sahip 6 kategoride degerlendirilmistir. Yapilan arastirma sonucunda lise ogrencilerinin ‘‘universite ’’ kavramini %20.4’u “ozgurlugun ifadesi” olarak ; %17.3’u “mekan” (Kopru, tarla v.b); %22.4’u “bir surec olarak”; %16.3’u “gelecek” olarak; %9.1’i “kulturel cesitlilik” olarak; %12.2 “karamsarligin bir ifadesi” olarak gordukleri tespit edilmistir. Sonuc olarak metaforlarin lise ogrencilerinin ‘‘universite ’’ kavramina iliskin algilarini aciklamada onemli bir arastirma araci olarak kullanilabilecegi sonucuna varilmistir.

Needs Analysis on Values Education Programme for Preschool Students

In recent years, there is a big debate among researchers, teachers and decision makers about what to include in early childhood values education in preschools in Turkey. The aim of the current study is to make a need analysis for values education programme for preschoolers. This study was conducted with 200 preschool teachers in one of urban cities of Turkey –Kahramanmaras- during 2016-2017 Spring semester. A values checklist is created for the current study by making use of Turkish Ministry of Education’s ‘Values Education Prescript’. The values checklist is a 5-Likert type scale coded as: Not important, Slightly important, Moderately important, Important, Very important. The teachers participated in this study were asked to rank values according to their self regard on importance of them. Findings of this study are analyzed by SPSS 22.0 Programme. According to the findings of the need analysis, top ten values which are chosen by teachers as essential to be implemented in preschools as part of the values education programme for preschoolers are as follows: Honesty, patriotism, responsibility, respect, respect to the elders, respect to environment, love, being fair, respect to others’ rights and being modest. Also, least five values which were ranked by teachers are social responsibility, generosity, collaboration, forehandedness and courage.