Self Assessments of the Prospective Teachers about the Teaching Materials They Have Designed

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to reveal the self-evaluations of the prospective teachers on two-and three-dimensionalvisual teaching materials they have designed in the field of the pedagogical formation education. A qualitativeresearch method was used in the study. The study group was chosen from the prospective teachers who were enrolledin the pedagogical formation education at a state university in Turkey. A questionnaire consisting of three open-endedquestions was used. In this questionnaire, the prospective teachers were asked questions about the strengths andweaknesses of the instructional materials they designed and what kind of arrangements they would make if theydesigned the material again. The data were analyzed descriptively. The views of the prospective teachers on thestrengths of the instructional materials they design are collected under seven themes: the characteristics of us, theeffect on learning the relation with the subject, the preparation and construction process, the gains to the learners, thepresentation of the information and conformity. The opinions of the prospective teachers about the weaknesses of theteaching materials have been collected under five themes. In general, it is seen that the arrangements to be made inthe case of redesign are expressed in terms of the weaknesses.