Temel Eğitim Bölümü (Okul Öncesi Eğitimi) / Department of Elementary Education
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Publication Metadata only A Review of The Children s Rights in Printed Media(2013) TORAN, MEHMET; 127979Publication Embargo An analysis of preschool teachers’ sense of efficacy: A case of TRNC(2017-04) TORAN, MEHMET; 127979Determining the factors that affect teachers' competences has a decisive role in revealing the quality of teaching process. In this context, it is important to identify professional variables affecting the self-efficacy of preschool teachers. For this reason, it is aimed to investigate which professional variables influence preschool teachers' sense of efficacy. In the research, a descriptive research model was adopted. The working group of the study is composed of 191 preschool teachers participating in public nurseries and kindergartens in the TRNC, and also those participating to the research as a volunteer. The Professional Information Form and the Teacher’s Sense of Efficacy Scale were used as data collection tools in the study. Statistical analyses suitable for the analysis of the data were applied by applying the normality tests to the collected data. According to the findings obtained from the analysis made, except for the school type the preschool teachers graduated and the number of children, factors such as the graduated department, the place of residence, the duration of professional experience, the economic competence, and the educational environment were found to affect the self-efficacy of preschool teachers. As a result, it can be said that preschool teachers' self-efficacy is influenced by professional variables.Publication Metadata only An Analysis of The Effects of Early Stem Activities Enriched Preschool Education Program on Children’s Competence of School Readiness and Concept Acquisition(2018) Ayvaz, Ebru; Etgüer, Damla; TORAN, MEHMET; 127979; 258019Publication Metadata only An Evaluation of Convention on The Rights of The Child in The System of Turkish Preschool Education(2010) Yağcıoğlu, Sedat; TORAN, MEHMET; 127979; 111875Publication Open Access An Examination of cartoons watched by preschoolers in terms of gender stereotypes: The case of Niloya(2017) Ay, Aylin; Saray, Filiz; Kılıç, İsmihan; YAĞAN, SEVCANThis is a basic interpretive qualitative research as it aims to examine the cartoon named Niloya in terms of the gender stereotypes. 50 episodes of the cartoon were watched and the data collected were subjected to a content analysis. It has been emerged that the characters found in the cartoons have proper behaviors and appearances in terms of gender stereotypes and that the cartoon contributed to the production of gender stereotypes. It was seen in the cartoon that housework such as cooking, cleaning, childrearing is always done by the mother and work such as driving, gardening and keeping the animals is done the father and the grandfather. In the episodes watched, it was observed that female characters wear pink and purple dresses while male characters have colors like blue, yellow, green on their clothes. It was also found that play and toy preferences of girls and boys in the cartoon are conformed with the gender stereotypes. When considering that majority of children watch cartoons and identify themselves with this character, it can be said that the problem of gender inequality needs to be solved in the cartoon and the messages within the content should be reorganized to achieve women-men equality.Publication Embargo An Examination of Turkish preschool curriculum’s effect on children’s concept acquisition(Elsevier, 2012) Temel, Zeynep Fulya; TORAN, MEHMET; 127979; 7909The aim of this study is to examine the effect of Turkish preschool curriculum on children’s concept acquisition. The research was carried out assessing children on three occasions, on September 2008, January 2009, and June 2009, respectively. Research was conducted on 24 children who were 5 years old, and schooled according to Turkish preschool curriculum. Bracken Basic Concept Scale-revised (BBCS-R), which has six subtests, was used as data collection instrument. For analyzing the data suitable statistic method was used. The results show that Turkish preschool curriculum has positive effect on children concept acquisition.Publication Metadata only Cailoou a Cartoon All Children Admire(2011) Akman, Berrin; Özer, Gizem; Kaya, Ayşegül; Zorlu, Gülşen; Erol Sahillioğlu, Dilek; YAĞAN, SEVCAN; 3201; 55019; 35062The advent of technology, reduction of playgrounds and parents` intensive working hours has led children watch television. Cartoons are known to be the most watched program while children watching television. The development and expansion of the cartoons industry resulted in cartoon characters to be well-known and accepted in the variety of society. In this context, the basic reason for this study is to determine the reasons of the Caillou, which followed by many children in recent times and well-known in various sectors in Turkey, is preferred by children. For this purpose, the data were collected in the range of 36-72 months of 126 children in the province of Zonguldak, Sinop and Ankara during the 2010-2011 academic year`s spring semester. The data were collected through semi-structured interview generated by researches and pictures of children. The researchers primarily wanted from children to draw their favorite cartoon character and then tell something about the drawing. Subsequently, researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with children. Survey method was used for the study and the data interpreted via descriptive analysis technique. According to the findings of the study why children specified that they like Calliou the most because of his games and his toys and the most unpopular feature of his wrongdoing behaviour form time to time. Children, who participate the survey, answered for the question of which character they want to be; the girls said that Caillou`s sister Rozi and the boys stated that they wanted to be Caillou. This finding of the research may be explained that children indentify the main hero of the cartoon with their sex.Publication Embargo Changing Face of Plays: A Comparative Research of Childhood Plays of Older Adults and Plays of Today’s(2018) Alabay, Erhan; YAĞAN, SEVCAN; 55019; 139651The aim of this research is to compare favourite childhood plays of adults aged 60 plus and favourite plays of children between 6 to 10 years old. The research is structured in basic qualitative research methods. Participants of the research, living in İstanbul Province, are composed of 99 adults aged 60 plus and 99 childr en aged between 6 and 10. In this study, demographic information form and structured interview form for participants were used. Data were analysed through content analysis method. In the wake of findings, while 85.86% of the adults have stated that when they were children, they loved outdoor plays, it is seen that 36.37% of today’s children love outdoor plays. Additionally, 91.92% of adults loved group plays, 75.76% of them loved plays with vehicles and 63.64% loved plays that require movement whereas 56.57% of children prefer plays that do not require movement, 49.50% of them prefer individual plays and 31.32% prefer plays with vehicles. Besides, it has been detected that 34.34% of today’s children primarily love and prefer plays related with technology.Publication Metadata only Child acceptance-rejection behaviors of lower and upper socioeconomic status mothers(Scientific Journal Publishers, 2010) Erkan, Nefise Semra; TORAN, MEHMET; 12619; 127979In this study we sought to show the difference between the child acceptance-rejection behaviors of lower and upper socioeconomic status mothers, and establish whether or not their acceptance-rejection behaviors were affected by their age, and the number and sex of their children. A total of 246 mothers living in Diyarbakır, 123 with lower and 123 with upper socioeconomic status, was enrolled in the study. Data were gathered by using a personal information form and the Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire-Mother Form (Rohner, Saavedra, & Granum, 1980). The results revealed a significant difference between lower and upper socioeconomic status mothers' child acceptance-rejection behaviors (t = 7.709; p < 0.05). While the mothers' age (r = .202; p < 0.05) and number of children (r = .238; p < 0.01) were positively correlated to their acceptance-rejection behaviors, their children's sex did not make a significant difference to the mothers' acceptance-rejection behaviors.Publication Open Access Children’s Questions and Answers of Parents: Sexual Education Dilemma(2018) Alabay, Erhan; YAĞAN, SEVCAN; 55019; 139651The main aim of this study is to determine questions of 36 to 72-month-old children have about sexuality and to examine the answers given by parents. In the first stage of the study, 84 parents were contacted in order to determine children’s most frequently asked questions on sexual development. In the second stage, top two questions from this list were selected and directed to 80 parents, all of whom were sampled from a separate pool. As a result of this study, it was discovered that children mostly question the physical features of girls and boys, and the pregnancy period. When parents' responses were examined, it was determined that a small portion of the responses were based on scientific grounds and that parents often provided answers based on avoidance-based and religious beliefs. Also, parents' gender, age, number of children, gender of their children, learning status and income do not make any difference.Publication Metadata only Comparison of Abuse Potentials of Teacher Candidates(2010) Temel, Zeynep Fulya; Kurtulmuş, Zeynep; TORAN, MEHMET; 7909; 109326; 127979Protection of children and children's rights which are associated with the welfare of a society is among the most critical problems of today in the world. Abuser people are not always the antisocial people, sometimes they may be the persons close to the child. Child abuse and neglect may be experienced in the family, among the peers, as well as in the educational environment. Abuser people are often the persons recognized by the child, the adults taking place in the immediate surroundings such as home, school, and office. Children are abused by the parents at home, and by the teachers, managers and employees at school environment. At school, reasons such as teacher's personality disorder, crowded classes, social pressures, adoption of beating as a discipline method cause abuse. The role and importance of the teachers is as great as the family's in raising the child. The children spend most of their time at school and with their teachers after their families and grow by mostly looking up to them as a model. This research examined whether there is any difference between the senior year students of Child Development Education and Preschool Education programs at Gazi University Faculty of Vocational Education, as well as of Elementary Education and Social Sciences programs at Faculty of Education regarding abuse potential. The research also examined whether there are significant differences regarding gender, age, monthly income, whether receiving treatment or not, and use of medication, number of members and number of working persons in the family, and unfavorable events experienced at school in regard to the abuse potentials of senior year students. A Demographic Information Form and Milner's Child Abuse Potential Scale was applied to the senior year students so as to collect their findings in the research. © Common Ground, Z. Fulya Temel, Zeynep Kurtulmus, Mehmet Toran.Publication Metadata only Critical Discourse Analysis of Childhood in Development Plans(2013) TORAN, MEHMET; 127979Publication Metadata only Critical Discourse Analysis of Education Phenomenon in Government Plans(2013) Dilek, Aytaç; TORAN, MEHMET; 127979Publication Metadata only Does Early STEM Enriched Pre-School Practices Effect Metacognitive and Self-Regulatory Skills? A Case Study(2018) Ayvaz, Ebru; Etgüer, Damla; TORAN, MEHMET; 258019; 127979Publication Embargo Does preschool education help immigrant children reach their native Peers’ Academic levels? A case of Turkish immigrant children in Sweden(2016-12) TORAN, MEHMET; 127979The disadvantages associated with immigration put the children of immigrant families at risk for academic failure. This study investigates the efficacy of educational support provided by the Swedish preschool system to the children of the Turkish families who migrated to Sweden. In this study non-equivalent control group design was used. The sample of the study consists of a total of 45; 5 years old preschool children, 23 Swedish children and 22 Turkish children receiving native language support. During the research both groups continued attending regular public preschool program. Bracken Basic Concept Scale – Revised Form was used as a data collection tool. The results demonstrated that the Swedish preschool education programme was effective in supporting Swedish and Turkish children’s concept acquisition and school readiness. Nevertheless, the programme was not able to close the gap significantly between the Turkish and Swedish children’s concept acquisition and school readiness observed prior to program implementation.Publication Metadata only Does Sense of Efficacy Predict Classroom Management Skills? An Analysis of The Pre-school Teacher’s Professional Competency(Taylor and Francis Online, 2019-03-08) TORAN, MEHMET; 127979Professional competency of the pre-school teacher plays a quite determinant role in enhancing the quality of pre-school education. This determinant role of the professional competency of the pre-school teacher is of great importance in teacher’s planning and practice. The research aims to determine the extent to how teacher’s sense of efficacy accounts for their classroom management skills. Two hundred twenty-three pre-school teachers who work at pre-school institutions participated in the study. Embedded mixed design, where both quantitative and qualitative methods were employed, was used in this study. It has been found that the level of teacher’s sense of efficacy belief is a predictor of the classroom management skills of pre-school teachers. Quantitative analysis showed the relation between self-efficacy of pre-school teachers and their perceptions of classroom management skills in relational with the professional variables. It has also been noted that the findings of detailed interviews support the quantitative results.Publication Metadata only Dream vs Reality: Voices of Preschool Teachers on the Process of Professionalization in Turkey(2017) HACIFAZLIOĞLU, ÖZGE; TORAN, MEHMET; 127979; 111622Publication Metadata only Education of respect diversity at preschool period(2009) Yıldırım Polat, Aslı; YAĞAN, SEVCAN; 55019; 55949Publication Metadata only ELT Student Teachers’ attitudes towards Teaching Profession(2018-09) Tütüniş, Birsen; Yalman, Duygu; 6808; 237259This paper present the results of the research on the student teachers‘ attitudes towards their profession conducted at English Language Teaching Department of a Turkish university. In Turkey students are enrolled in universities in accordance with their grade obtained for university entrance exam designed by the Higher Education Council. Some students who have a good command of English enroll in English Teacher Education program (ETE). However, they do not always want to become English teachers. Language proficiency is the only reason for enrolling in that program. This choice has a great impact on their attitude towards their profession. Attitude is defined as a relatively enduring organization of beliefs, feelings and behavioral tendencies towards socially significant objects, groups, events or symbols1. Attitude is an umbrella term for beliefs, feelings, and behavioral tendencies. Recent studies in the field of teacher education have focused on exploring teachers‘ beliefs2. Teachers‘ beliefs play a central role in teachers‘ decision making, their judgments, and behavior3,4,5. Previous studies identified the importance of teachers‘ beliefs in understanding the effectiveness of language teaching and learning6, and has contributed to drawing implications for teacher training7,8. Our study is aimed to identify ELT student teachers‘ attitudes towards English Language Teaching. We conducted a mixed method research combining an attitude survey, which consists of 34 items, and semi-structured interviews9. The survey focused on future teachers‘ beliefs, feelings, and behavioral tendencies. 44 third- and fourth-year ELT students participated in the research.Publication Open Access Examining the Effects of the Montessori Approach on Children’s Concept Acquisition(2014) Temel, Zeynep Fulya; TORAN, MEHMET; 127979; 7909: The main purpose of this research is to examine the effect of Montessori education approach on 4-6-year-old children’s concept acquisition such as school readiness, direction/position, self/social awareness, texture/material, quantity and time/sequence. Th emethod of this research was pre-test/ post-test, experimental and control group. Pre-test/post-test was carried out to examine the effect of the Montessori education on 4-6 year- old children who are the experimental group and the control group was formed to compare the effect of Montessori education on the experimental group. Sample of research consisted of 24 children who were educated with Montessori education at Gazi University Faculty of Vocational Education Department of Child Development and Education Application Preschool and 24 children who were educated at Ankara University Application Preschool and Child Club, where MoNE’s curriculum was carried out. For children’s acquisition of concepts such as school readiness, direction/position, self/social awareness, texture/material, quantity and time/sequence Bracken Basic Concept Scale-Revised was used as data collecting instruments. Comparing both groups for pre-test and post-test mean score obtained from Bracken Basic Concept Scale-Revised results show that statistical differences were found between the experimental and the control group and these differences were in favor of the experimental group. There are differences between children who got education through Montessori approach and MoNE’s curriculum in school readiness, direction/position, self/social awareness, texture/material, quantity and time/sequence areas.