Attitudes Of Prospective Teachers Research Articles

Language use and attitudes of prospective teachers: a comparison of the Basque and Friulian multilingual contexts

ABSTRACT Since educators play a decisive role in the formation of language attitudes, this study analyses perceived competence, habits of language use and attitudes towards three languages in contact harboured by prospective teachers. Our research replicates a 20-year-old study and is comparative, as it parallels two European regions: the Basque Autonomous Community in Spain, and Friuli Venezia Giulia in Italy. The sample was made up of 553 participants. Quantitative data were collected by means of the original questionnaire. Significant results were obtained, with strong effect sizes. As for the minority language, our results show that while Basque is mainly linked with the educational domain and tends to be used more often with younger people, the situation is different for Friulian, which is virtually absent from the educational domain and tends to be used in exchanges with older people. The status of majority language is especially true for Italian in FVG, which, in addition to being the main language in education, is predominantly used by future teachers in all domains of their daily life. As for English, our findings seem to indicate that its general position is becoming stronger, and this trend may be maintained in both contexts in the future.

Development of Electronic Portfolio Attitude Scale

The aim of this study is to develop an electronic portfolio attitude scale (EPAS) for prospective teachers. The scale, which was prepared during the scale development phase, was applied to 524 prospective teachers studying in the third and fourth grade. Exploratory factor analysis results (EFA) showed that 40 items in the scale were gathered under three factors. These are: "benefit for the student", "denial (negation)" and "effectiveness in terms of the instructional process". The three-factor structure obtained by confirmatory factor analysis was confirmed. When these factors are evaluated together, their contribution value to the total variance is 39.37%. Factor loadings were found to vary between .33 and .71. However, according to the results obtained in the item analysis, it was determined that all the items in the scale were distinctive. In addition, it is seen that the CR value is greater than .70, and the dimensions of the scale fulfill the composite reliability requirement. In addition, as a result of ANOVA, it was revealed that the attitudes of prospective teachers towards e-portfolio differ significantly according to their knowledge about e-portfolio and their competence in using technology. The McDonald’s ω coefficient (known as congeneric reliability) of the three factors in the scale were .97, .91 and .88, respectively, and the McDonald’s ω coefficient for all items of the scale was .96. As a result of the reliability and validity analysis, it was concluded that the electronic portfolio attitude scale is a reliable and valid measurement tool for prospective teachers.

Attitude of Prospective Teachers towards the Practicum in Teachers’ Training Institutes of Sukkur and Khairpur Districts

Attitude of Prospective Teachers towards the Practicum in Teachers’ Training Institutes of Sukkur and Khairpur Districts

An Examination of the Attitudes of Teacher Candidates towards Mobile Learning

This study aims to ascertain how potential Turkish language and literature and Turkish teacher candidates tend to mobile learning. In this context, it investigates whether there are any notable differences in these aspiring teachers' attitudes toward mobile learning based on elements like gender, age, major field of study, grade level, personal tablet ownership, computer ownership, income level, social media usage, and enrollment in computer courses. A relational survey model, a quantitative research method, is used in this study. 209 females and 65 males who willingly joined the study at a university in Turkey's east comprise its participant pool. The findings reveal that prospective teachers of Turkish language and literature, as well as Turkish language teaching, strongly endorse the statements in the Mobile Learning Attitude Scale. Furthermore, their attitudes towards mobile learning do not exhibit significant variations concerning variables such as gender, major field of study, grade level, personal tablet ownership, possession of a computer, income level, social media usage, and participation in a computer course. Nevertheless, a noteworthy difference is identified in attitudes towards mobile learning across different age groups. The outcomes imply that while substantial distinctions exist among age groups, the attitudes of prospective teachers in the aforementioned fields do not significantly differ in terms of demographic or technological aspects. These results underscore the importance of integrating mobile learning into teaching and learning. Encouraging positive attitudes towards mobile learning and conducting additional research on this subject are strongly recommended.

Attitude of Prospective Teachers towards the Curriculum and Teaching Learning Process of Pre- Service Education Programs in Islamabad

This paper examined the attitude of prospective teachers’ attitude towards the curriculum and teaching learning process of pre-service education programs in Islamabad. All the B.Ed and M.Ed students from both public and private universities were conveniently taken as sample. Total 300 students were taken as sample. A self-designed survey was elected in this study.

Attitude of Prospective Teachers Towards the use of ICT for Teaching and Learning

Attitude of Prospective Teachers Towards the use of ICT for Teaching and Learning

Attitude of Prospective Teachers towards Digital Game-Based Learning (DGBL)

Attitude of Prospective Teachers towards Digital Game-Based Learning (DGBL)

Examination of prospective teachers' educational beliefs and attitudes towards educational history

The aim of this research is to reveal the educational beliefs of prospective teachers and their attitudes towards the History of Education course and the relationship between them. This research aimed to determine the opinions of prospective teachers about their future profession and to make suggestions about teacher training. The research was designed in the survey model and the relational survey model was used to determine the relationship between the variables. The sample of the study consisted of a total of 453 teacher candidates, 90 of whom were male and 363 were female. The data of the research were collected by using the "Educational Beliefs Scale" and "Attitude Scale Towards Turkish Education History Course". The data were analyzed with computer package programs. In line with the educational beliefs scale used in the research, it was revealed that the educational beliefs of the teacher candidates were 'Existentialism', 'Progressivism', 'Perennialism', 'Reconstructionism' and 'Essentialism', respectively. According to the data obtained from the scale of attitude towards education history, it was concluded that prospective teachers’ attitudes towards education history are high. Finally, it was concluded that there is a moderate, positive, and significant relationship between the educational beliefs of the prospective teachers and their attitudes towards Education History.

Investigation of Prospective Preschool Teachers’ Attitudes towards Science Education and Learning Styles

The knowledge, skills and attitudes of prospective pre-school teacher towards science education enable more effective classroom practices and science teaching. Teaching scientific processes at an early age affects students’ attitudes towards science in the coming years. In this context, this study was designed to examine the relationship between prospective pre-school teachers’ attitudes towards science education and their learning styles. The study was designed as correlational survey model. The sample of this study consists of 193 (165 female, 28 male) prospective pre-school teachers studying in the first, second, third and fourth class of faculty of education of a state university. The data were collected using the “The Science Teaching Attitude Scale” developed by Thompson and Shringley (1986) and adapted into Turkish by Özkan, Tekkaya, and Çakıroğlu (2002) and “Kolb Learning Style Inventory” developed by Kolb (1984) and adapted into Turkish by Evin Gencel (2007) in the spring semester of the 2019-2020 academic year. Descriptive statistical analysis and predictive statistical analysis were used in the statistical calculations of the data obtained in the study. As a result of the study, it was found that there was no statistically significant difference in the attitudes of prospective teachers towards science education according to their learning styles. In addition, it was determined that prospective pre-school teachers developed positive attitude towards science education and had different learning styles. Based on the results, suggestions have been made regarding the organization of learning environments according to learning styles and the studies that will increase the attitude levels towards science education.

The impact of a game and simulation-based probability learning environment on the achievement and attitudes of prospective teachers

This study aimed to examine the impact of game and simulation-based learning environments on the success, concept knowledge, and attitude of prospective teachers regarding probability. The sample of the study consisted of 94 prospective mathematics teachers. The study was conducted in accordance with the quasi-experimental study design and the data were collected through achievement tests, concept tests, attitude scale, worksheets, simulations, games and observations made by the researcher. The course was taught with games, worksheets, concrete materials, games and simulations in the experimental group and via theoretical and practical training in the control group. The achievement test, concept test, and Attitude Scale towards Probability and its Teaching were applied to the groups as pre-test and post-test. The data collected were analysed quantitatively using arithmetic average, standard deviation, independent sample t-test, and covariance analysis. According to the findings, it was determined that there was a significant difference between the achievement and concept test scores and the attitude scale towards statistics scores of the prospective teachers in favour of the experimental group. According to the results, it was proposed that teachers and prospective teachers should adopt and utilize games and simulations as part of their teaching methods when teaching probability.

Değerler Eğitiminde Video Blog Kullanımı

Bu çalışmada, karakter ve değerler eğitimi (KDE) dersinde gerçekleştirilen video blog uygulamalarının öğretmen adaylarının değer eğitimine yönelik tutumları üzerindeki etkisini ve öğretmen adaylarının bu uygulamalar hakkındaki görüşlerini belirlemek amaçlanmıştır. Çalışmada karma araştırma yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Çalışmanın nicel boyutunu öntest-sontest kontrol gruplu deneysel desen oluşturmaktadır. Çalışmada nicel veri toplama amacı ile Değer Eğitimine Yönelik Tutum (DET) Ölçeği kontrol ve deney gruplarına derslerin başlangıcında ve sonunda, öntest ve sontest olarak uygulanmıştır. Çalışmanın nitel boyutunu ise video blog uygulamalarına katılan olan 11 öğretmen adayı ile yapılmış olan yarı yapılandırılmış görüşmeler oluşturmaktadır. Deney grubu ile yürütülen ders sürecinde normal ders içeriğine ek olarak video blog uygulamaları gerçekleştirilmiştir. Video blog uygulamalarında, blog üzerinde örnek olay videoları paylaşılmış, öğretmen adaylarının bunları ders saatleri dışında izleyerek yorumlamaları istenmiştir. Analizler sonucunda, grupların değerler eğitimine yönelik tutumları arasında deney grubu lehine anlamlı bir fark olduğu belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca, deney grubu öğretmen adaylarının DET ölçeğinin faktörleri olan “değerler eğitiminin gereğine inanç”, “değer eğitimini içselleştirme” ve “değer eğitimine yönelik olumsuz inanç” faktörlerinden aldıkları öntest ve sontest puanlarında sontest puanları lehine anlamlı bir fark olduğu görülmüştür. Bunun dışında öğretmen adayları video blog uygulamalarının KDE derslerini daha akılda kalıcı ve ilgi çekici hale getirdiği, öğrencilerin derse katılımını kolaylaştırdığı yönünde yorumlarda bulunmuştur.

Investigation of Prospective Teachers' Attitudes towards Game and Physical Activities Course

The purpose of this research is to determine the attitudes of prospective teachers towards game and physical activities subject. In the first part of the study, it is aimed to describe the attitudes of prospective teachers towards game and physical activities course. In the second part of the study, it was analyzed whether the variables of gender and department studied significantly differed on the attitudes of prospective teachers towards game and physical activities course. Screening method was used in this research. Candidates studying in the physical education and sports teaching, classroom teaching and preschool teaching departments of Kırşehir Ahi Evran University participated in the study on a voluntary basis. "Personal Information Form" and "Attitude Scale for Game and Physical Activities Course" were used in the data collection process. When testing the research data, 0.05 significance level was taken. In the analysis of the data, ANOVA technique was used. The prospective teachers' attitudes towards the course of game and physical activities course are generally high (X̅ = 4.01). The attitudes of teacher candidates towards the course of game and physical activities course differ significantly according to their genders (p <.05) and departments (F = 8,278, p <.05). Research results show that prospective teachers' attitudes towards the course of game and physical activities course are generally at a high level. However, the mean of male candidates is higher than the mean of female candidates. The attitudes of prospective teachers towards physical education and sports teaching are positive and at high level.

Öğretmen Adaylarının Plastik Sanatlara Yönelik Tutumlarını Etkileyen Faktörler: Türkiye’deki Bir Eğitim Fakültesi Örneği

This research aims to determine the factors affecting the attitudes of prospective teachers, who study at the 3rd and 4th grades of a Faculty of Education in Turkey, towards plastic arts. Population of the research consists of prospective teachers who study at the 3rd and 4th grades of a Faculty of Education in Turkey. Total 646 prospective teachers constitute the sample group of the research. Personal information form and attitude scale were used to collect data. SPSS Package Programme was used for quantitative analyses. Frequency (f), percentage (%), standard deviation (S), t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used for analyzing the data obtained from personal information form and attitude scale. According to the results of the research, it was determined that the factors affecting the attitudes of prospective teachers towards plastic arts were whether they read newspapers, whether they like any field of art, whether they read books related to art as well as their genders. It was also found out that prospective teachers were interested in plastic arts. In line with these results, it is suggested that plastic arts education and related activities are widely included in university education.

Investigating theattitudes of special educated physical education prospective teachers towards disabled people

Purpose: It’s aimed in this study to investigate the attitudes of physical education prospective teachers who had special education lessons towards disabled ones. Material: The quantitative sample of the study consisted of 214 [n = 84 female, n = 130 male] physical education prospective teachers and the qualitative sample consisted of 19 physical education prospective teachers. Data collected with Findler, Vilchinsky and Werner (2007), “Multidimensional Attitude Scale for the Disabled” and which is adapted in Turkish according to Turkish culture by Yelpaze and Türküm (2018), and with a semi-structured interview form. Independent sample t test and one way anova were used in the analysis of quantitative data. Descriptive and content analysis used for qualitative data analysis. Results: There is no significant difference according to gender and being close to individuals with special needs. It is found that there is a difference between thoughts and behaviors according to the experiences of having special education and students with special needs. In the qualitative part of the research, the theme was “Inability to describe emotions”,“ Positive attitude”, “Feeling benefical” and “Insufficient attention”. Conclusions: It is clear from the study that having special education and experienced with special needed people effected thinking attitudes of prospective teachers. However, a decrease concluded about behavior attitudes then after having special education and experiences with disableds. Qualitative findings explain those results like content and extent of special education is not good enough.

Investigation of the Relationships between Individual Innovation and Sustainable Education Beliefs

The concept of sustainable education has seven main features: being holistic and interdisciplinary, focusing on values, directing to critical thinking and problem solving, requiring the use of multiple teaching methods, encouraging participatory decision-making, highlighting applicability and locality. The knowledge and beliefs of the people, who will start teaching as a vocation, have an important role for both teachers and students in terms of being in an innovative understanding and attitude. Describing the attitudes of prospective teachers with the potential to raise future generations is important for reviewing teacher training policies. For this purpose, two scales were used in the study. The first one, “The Beliefs for Sustainable Development Education Scale”, consists of 32 items and three sub-factors. The other is the “Individual Innovation Scale”; this 20-item 5-point Likert scale has five sub-dimensions as Innovative, Pioneer, Questioner, Sceptic, and Traditionalist. The data obtained were subjected to correlation and regression statistics and discussed in the light of literature. All in all, it can be seen that there are significant relationships between personal innovativeness and the dimensions of sustainable development education. According to findings, it was observed that as long as the willingness and openness-to-experience of teacher candidates’ taking risk increases in the context of personal innovativeness, their beliefs regarding sustainable development increase concordantly. Teacher candidates can resist change with the concern over whether the current knowledge and efforts will be valuable in the new situation afterwards.

Multicultural awareness and foreign language learning among Chinese college students: a one-year longitudinal investigation

ABSTRACT The study explored the longitudinal relationship between multicultural awareness and language development among collegiate English as a foreign language (EFL) students. Sixty-five first-year college students participated in the study. Drawing on the Multicultural Awareness-Knowledge-Skills Survey (MAKSS) [D’Andrea, M., Daniels, J., & Heck, R. (1991). Evaluating the impact of multicultural counseling training. Journal of Counseling & Development, 70(1), 143–150; Perkins, R. M. (2012). The multicultural awareness, knowledge, skills and attitudes of prospective teachers: A quantitative and heuristic phenomenological study (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of Missouri, Kansas City] and a series of proficiency measurements (vocabulary, reading and writing abilities), the study found that the participating EFL students generally had positive attitudes toward multicultural differences, however they did not seem to be confident about dealing with multicultural situations in real life. More important, the results showed that multicultural awareness measurements did not contribute to foreign language skills within a short period of time while the contribution was substantial over one academic year. Discussion and implications centred on the uniqueness of language development in the foreign language context and the indirect utilities of multicultural awareness in second or foreign language development.

Authentic assessment increased academic achievement and attitude towards the educational measurement of prospective teachers

<span>The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of authentic assessment on the attitudes of prospective teachers towards academic achievement and attitudes towards educational measurement and the opinions of prospective teachers on authentic assessment. In this study, the triangulation mixed design was used. In the quantitative dimension of the study, the study group consisted of prospective teachers studying in the education faculty of a state university in the 3rd grade of the Turkish education program of the 2016-2017 fall semesters. All prospective teachers in the experimental group filled in the unstructured diaries from which qualitative data were obtained and 12 of the prospective teachers in the experimental group were selected. Experimental processes were carried out during the 14-weeks assessment and evaluation course. In the experimental group, prospective teachers were given authentic assignments within the scope of the authentic task and alternative assessment practices were conducted. As a result of the study, it was determined that authentic assessment significantly increased the academic achievement and attitude towards the educational measurement of prospective teachers and also it’s an approach that can serve to provide cooperation between the theory and practice which is a major problem in the field of teacher training in Turkey.</span>

The Effects of Genders of Prospective Teachers on their Attitudes towards Teaching Profession: A Meta-Analysis

One of the factors supporting the professional success of prospective teachers is their attitudes towards teaching profession. Many studies have been carried out on determining the attitudes of prospective teachers towards teaching profession. One of the main questions in those studies is to determine if the gender is effective or not. In this study, the meta-analysis was performed in order to determine the effects of gender on the attitudes of prospective teachers towards teaching profession between 2010 and 2015. As a result of database scanning, it has been seen that there were 34 publications that contain related data for meta-analysis. According to the performed analyses, it was concluded that there was no publication bias and it was required to perform analysis according to random effects model. According to meta-analysis results, the general impact level of the publications was 0.323 and they were at small size level. In other words, attitudes of female students towards teaching profession were higher than that of male students. According to the analyses from the aspect of score type of the departments, at which the prospective teachers were studying, it can be said that the differentiation by scores was significant and the attitudes of female and male students were similar in science-math scores. In analyses performed from the aspect of geographical regions of study, it was concluded that the differentiation was not significant.

EVALUATION OF PROSPECTIVE MATH TEACHERS' ABILITY TO ENTER GRADUATE EDUCATION WITH FUZZY LOGIC ALONG WITH VARIOUS COMPONENTS

It seems that getting graduate education has become more important compared to the past. This is the case for teachers and prospective teachers. In order to be admitted for graduate education in Turkey, one must have ALES ( A cademic personnel and graduate education entrance exam ), College GPA (graduation grade point average) and a foreign language score. The road to success is a difficult process for many students to complete when represented by classification of traditional graduation grade point average. Development approaches of student achievement need to have a framework consisting of more in number and a complex success criteria in order to be more effective. Apart from the aforementioned grade data that was mainly determined in the classification that classify whether prospective teachers were suitable for graduate education or not, some other components such as; their emotional data, their level of knowledge on graduate education and how much priority they give to teaching department while doing their university preferences have also become important. The study was shaped in this context and by assessing various components related to the students with fuzzy logic, a more effective prediction and classification was tried to be presented. In the study, considering attitudes of prospective teachers towards graduate education, their genders, their levels of knowledge on graduate education, their university entrance scores, their order of preference, and their levels in undergraduate education, their suitabilities of admission to graduate education was aimed to be determined by fuzzy logic. In our study in which relationships of all above mentioned components with each other were analyzed, survey (scanning) method, of quantitative research methods, was used and the relational scanning model was preferred. In the study, the information of 390 prospective teachers who were studying at the department of primary school mathematics teaching in three different state universities and attending at formation programs but graduated from faculty of arts and sciences mathematics teaching department was used. MATLAB software was used for fuzzy logic analysis. In the research, a fuzzy logic rule base was created and 98 (25.1%) of the analyzed data were decided to be suitable for graduate education program. 29 (7.4%) of these prospective teachers were from the first year, 48 (12.3%) of them were from the fourth year, and 21 (5.3%) of them were from the formation group. The group with the highest percentage of prospective teachers considered to be suitable for graduate education is fourth year undergraduate students with 12.3%. The group with the lowest percentage is formation students with 5.3%. As a result of the analyses conducted by fuzzy logic providing a valid prediction and classification, the reason of fourth year prospective teachers have the highest percentage in the research can be explained as their having higher attitude scores and being more knowledge about graduate education and having higher scores on the university entrance exams than the other participants. In order to ensure prospective teachers to have a higher attitude towards the graduate education, their gaining awareness of research and being informed about graduate education from the first years of college can provide significant benefits. Prospective teachers in different departments may be included in the study. Considering different components related to the prospective teachers and conducting researches using other methods of artificial intelligence such as fuzzy logic, students and educators can be provided an effective prediction and classification opportunities. Article visualizations:

Effect of Blended learning On Achievement and Attitude of Prospective Teachers Towards Educational Psychology

Effect of Blended learning On Achievement and Attitude of Prospective Teachers Towards Educational Psychology