Abstract
The importance given to student-centered teaching methods and techniques is increasing as a reflection of the constructivist approach. This study was conducted with the aim of determining the attitude of teachers working in secondary schools to use student centered teaching methods and techniques and compare it based on the gender, subject, seniority year, and school type variables. The survey method was used in the study. The population of the research is 409 subject teachers who work in the central schools of one city located in the Blacksea Region of the Turkey in the 2017-2018 academic year. 10 middle school were selected using random sampling. 135 teachers participating in the research voluntarily. The data related to the study were obtained by attitude scale for using student centered teaching methods and techniques. Findings indicated that teachers' attitudes towards using student- centered teaching methods and techniques do not change according to gender, school type and seniority year variables. However, according to the subject variable, there was a significant difference in the given importance sub-dimension when there was no meaningful difference in resistance, cost-benefit, positive effects sub-dimensions and scale-wide differences. Further studies should investigate why teachers' attitudes towards using student centered teaching methods and techniques are high in skills lessons than verbal and numerical lessons.
Highlights
Along with today's developing technology, the characteristics required in individuals are changing
The goal of this study is to determine the attitude of teachers working in secondary schools to use student centered teaching methods and techniques and compare it based on the gender, subject, seniority year, and school type variables
The attitudes of teachers towards using student-centered teaching methods and techniques are presented in the following tables for each sub-research questions
Summary
Along with today's developing technology, the characteristics required in individuals are changing. One of the factors that will provide this change is education. Different approaches and innovations towards education are at the forefront. Nowadays it is important to educate individuals who produce, interpret and question information rather than individuals who consume information [20]. Psychological and pedagogical functions provide the link between the methods employed and assumptions of how individual learn [9]. Instead of a teaching-centered approach to education, the learning-centered approach to education will play an active role at this stage in order to provide the desired traits of the individual. Student centered learning environments enables students to address their learning needs
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