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    Turkish Children’s Perceptions on Sustainable Development
    (2010) Haktandır, Gelengül; Yıldız, Tülin Güler; Yılmaz, Arif; Kurtulmuş, Zeynep; TORAN, MEHMET; 109823; 31411; 109326; 127979
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    Çocukların Dijital Oyun Kullanımına İlişkin Annelerin Görüşlerinin Değerlendirilmesi
    (2016-12) Ulusoy, Zeynep; Aydın, Büşra; Deveci, Tuğba; Akbulut, Aslınur; TORAN, MEHMET; 127979
    Çocukların oyun tercihlerinde çocukların çevrelerindeki yetişkinlerin rolü olmakla birlikte annelerinin de büyük bir rolü olduğu düşünülmektedir. Bu sebeple çocukların dijital oyunları kullanımına ilişkin annelerin görüşlerinin değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırmada nitel araştırma yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubu 5 yaş çocuğa sahip çocukları İstanbul’da özel ve devlete bağlı anaokullarına devam eden araştırmaya gönüllü olarak katılan anneler oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmada veri toplama yöntemi olarak görüşme yöntemi benimsenmiştir. Araştırmada yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu kullanılarak annelerle yüz yüze görüşme yapılmıştır. Araştırmanın analizleri sonucu elde edilen bulgulara göre çocukların ilgileri, annelerin kendilerine ya da ev işlerine zaman ayırması, oyun aracı olarak kolaylıklar kullanılması ve özellikle eğlenceli olması dijital oyunların tercih edilme nedenleri arasında görülmektedir.
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    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.
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    An analysis of preschool teachers’ sense of efficacy: A case of TRNC
    (2017-04) TORAN, MEHMET; 127979
    Determining 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.
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    Parents and Children During the COVID-19 Quarantine Process: Experiences From Turkey and China
    (Sage Publications Inc., 2021) TORAN, MEHMET; Sak, Ramazan; Xu, Yuwei; Sahin-Sak, Ikbal Tuba; Yu, Yun
    This paper reports Turkish and Chinese parents' experiences with their 3-6 year-old children during the COVID-19 quarantine process. Thirteen Turkish and 11 Chinese parents participated in a study that employed semi-structured interviews to examine participant self-perceived experiences. Findings show that the study revealed many commonalities in the experiences of Turkish and Chinese parents with their children during the COVID-19 quarantine process. Cultural differences between parents did not appear to significantly reflect the responses of parents during this extraordinary period. Parents mostly described difficulties with home quarantine. Most parents stated that their daily schedule and routines had changed as a result of home quarantine. Parents also said that they were unaware of their children's developmental progress and the extent to which their children had grown up before the quarantine. Parents shared both positive and negative experiences during the process. Since the quarantine process is an extraordinary experience for all family members, parents should be encouraged to put those positive experiences and acquisitions into their future life.
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    Comparison of Abuse Potentials of Teacher Candidates
    (2010) Temel, Zeynep Fulya; Kurtulmuş, Zeynep; TORAN, MEHMET; 7909; 109326; 127979
    Protection 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.
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    Erken çocukluk eğitimi için sürdürülebilir kalkınma: Türkiye kökenli yayınlara yönelik bir değerlendirme
    (2017-04) TORAN, MEHMET; 127979
    Erken çocukluk döneminde gelişimin hızlı olması, birçok yeterliliğin bu dönemde edinilmesi ve bu yeterliliklerin kalıcı olması açısından yaşamın en önemli yılları olarak kabul edilmektedir. Bu yıllarda sunulan eğitim için geliştirilmiş program ve uygulamaların çocuklar üzerindeki etkisinin olduğu bilinmektedir. Bu bağlamda mevcut araştırma Türkiye’de erken çocukluk eğitimi için sürdürülebilir kalkınma bağlamında yapılan yayınlara yönelik bir değerlendirmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Araştırma yayınlara yönelik belli kriterlere göre bir değerlendirmeyi içerdiği için nitel bir çalışma olarak kurgulanmış ve doküman analizi yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın veri kaynağını, erken çocukluk eğitimi için sürdürülebilir kalkınma ile ilgili yapılmış Türkiye menşeili yayınlar oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmanın veri kaynağı nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden doküman incelemesi yayınların niteliğine göre kategoriler oluşturularak içerik analizi yapılmıştır. Araştırmanın veri kaynağının analizi sonucunda araştırma sayısının düşük olduğu buna karşın son yıllarda araştırmaların arttığı ve bu araştırmaların büyük bir çoğunluğunun bildiri türünde olduğu, farkındalık düzeyini incelemek amacıyla yapıldığı saptanmıştır. Bununla birlikte örneklem olarak çocukların belirlendiği araştırmaların yüksek olduğu ve hem nicel hem de nitel araştırma yöntemlerinin sıklıkla kullanıldığı belirlenmiştir.
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    Çocuklar ve Kitaplar: Piaget’nin Oyun Kuramına Göre Bir Değerlendirme
    (İstanbul Kültür Üniversitesi / Eğitim Fakültesi, 2017-04-08) Dilek, Aytaç; TORAN, MEHMET; Şimşek, Hasan; Hacıfazlıoğlu, Özge
    Çocuk, yaşama hazırlanma sürecinin her aşamasında çeşitli eğitsel uyarıcılarla karşı karşıya gelmektedir. Çocuklara yönelik hazırlanan resimli hikâye kitaplarının da bu eğitsel uyarıcılar arasında kabul edildiği bilinmektedir. Bu bağlamda, bu araştırmayla resimli hikâye kitaplarında yer alan çocuk oyunlarının Piaget’nin oyun gelişimi kuramına göre incelenmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Araştırma nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden doküman incelemesi yöntemi ile kurgulanmıştır. Araştırmanın veri seti, benzeşik (homojen) örnekleme yöntemi ile belirlenmiştir. Araştırmanın veri setini 2012-2015 yılları arasında yayımlanmış 200 resimli hikâye kitabı ve üzerinde “4-6 yaş aralığı için tavsiye edilmektedir” ibaresini taşıyan kitaplar oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmanın temel problemine uygun olarak incelenen 200 adet resimli hikâye kitabından 18’inde oyun olduğu belirlenmiştir. Araştırmanın veri setinden elde edilen sonuca göre 4-6 yaş aralığındaki çocuklara yönelik olarak yayımlanmış resimli hikâye kitaplarında yer alan oyunların Piaget’nin oyun gelişimi kuramına göre ya çocukların normal gelişimlerinin gerisinde ya da normal gelişimlerinin ilerisinde oyun türlerinden olduğu, çocukların oyun gelişimlerine uygun oyun türlerine çok az yer verildiği bulunmuştur. Bulgular çocuklar için üretilen resimli hikaye kitaplarının Piaget’nin oyun gelişimi kuramı bağlamında çocukların oyun gelişimine uygunluğunun yeterli düzeyde olmadığı yorumlanmıştır.
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    Family Involvement in Preschool Education:Family Involvement in Preschool Education: What Do Teachers Think and Do?
    (2018) Özgen, Zeliha; TORAN, MEHMET; 127979
    One of the decisive elements of preschool education is the ability to conduct family involvement activities effectively. In this context, family involvement has a great importance in preschool education. With this in mind, the present research aims to examine teacher views on family involvement applied in preschool education institutions. This research was carried out using the phenomenological design pattern of qualitative research design. Snowboard sampling was used in the study group, and 19 women working in government and private kindergartens constituted the study group of preschool teachers in the research. Data from the study were collected using a semistructured interview technique and data were analysed using content analysis. As a result of the analysis of the data, three themes were identified as "awareness of family involvement ", "factors impeding family involvement " and "practices and strategies developed for family involvement ". As a result, it has been determined that preschool teachers are aware of family involvement, that family involvement and high benefit of the child are observed and that they have beliefs about the effect on the developmental and academic success of the child and that they have encountered obstacles in implementing family involvement and developed applications and strategies.