The Period, Duration, Type and Aim of Pre-Service Primary School Teachers for Writing Literature

Abstract

The aim of this research is to determine the writing periods, writing types and writing purposes of pre-service primary school teachers. This research was conducted with the phenomenology method. In the determination of the participants, convenience sampling method and criterion sampling method were used. The participants of the research consisted of 20 students studying in Yozgat Bozok University Education Faculty Classroom Teaching undergraduate program. In this study, a semi-structured interview form was used as a data collection tool. Along with the semi-structured interview form, interviews were conducted with 20 undergraduate classroom teaching students. Content analysis was used to analyse the data. It is seen that 10% of classroom teacher students write something. In addition, 15 of the 20 students who stated that they wrote something were girls and 5 were boys. It is understood that 75% of the writers are female students and 25% are male students. As a result of the content analysis, four themes were reached. The themes reached are as follows: 1. Writing period. 2. Writing time. 3. Writing types. 4. Writing aim. It is understood that students write on average 3 times a week. The average writing time of the students is 60 minutes. It was determined that the most frequently written literary genre by the students was the diary. In addition, it was determined that the students wrote poems, stories and essays. Students wrote their diaries in order to read and remember them again in the future. It is also seen that they write their feelings as a means of expression. It is understood that some students find writing enjoyable.