İNGİLİZCE ÖĞRETMEN ADAYLARININ BİLİMSEL ARAŞTIRMA TUTUM VE ALGILARININ İNCELENMESİ

Abstract

İngilizce öğretmenliği programlarında Bilimsel Araştırma Becerileri derslerinin yer almasından sonra bu derslerin daha çok araştırma türleri ve bunların nasıl yapılacağına yoğunlaştığı gözlemlenmektedir. Hâlbuki bu derslerin planlanmasında önemli bir unsur da öğrencilerin hali hazırda var olan tutum ve algılarının nasıl olduğunun bilinmesidir. Bu konularda yapılacak araştırmalar öğretmen adaylarının araştırma ile ilgili düşüncelerini ve kendilerini araştırmacı olarak görüp göremediklerini ortaya çıkarabilir. Bu çalışmada İngilizce Öğretmenliği bölümü öğrencilerinin bilimsel araştırma tutum ve algıları araştırılmıştır. Türkiye’deki bir devlet üniversitesi öğrencileri olan katılımcılara tutum ve algılarını belirlemek üzere bir anket uygulanmıştır. Sonuçlar katılımcıların araştırmaya karşı olumlu tutum içinde olduklarını ve araştırma algılarının da geleneksel bilimsel araştırma anlayışı ile aynı doğrultuda olduğunu göstermiştir. 

Keywords

• Araştırma algıları,araştırmaya karşı tutum,öğretmenin araştırma yapması,öğretmen adayları

PRE-SERVICE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS’ ATTITUDES AND THEIR CONCEPTIONS OF RESEARCH

Abstract

With the recent addition of courses, revolving around scientific research in the curriculums of ELT (English Language Teaching) classes in Turkish institutions of higher education, it was noticed that the ideals of lectures were highly focusing on the structures of investigation and how to fully participate in it. There is the need to take into account the existing perceptions of the teacher candidates to make informed choices about the planning of the research methods education. Such research could delineate teacher candidates’ views on what research is and find out to which extent they think they are research-engaged. This study examines English language pre-service teachers’ attitudes and conceptions of research. The participants were students from a state university in Turkey. They were delivered a questionnaire to determine their attitudes and conceptions.  The results showed that the participants held positive attitudes towards research and that their understanding of research was in line with conventional conceptions of scientific inquiry.

Keywords

• Conceptions of research,attitudes towards research,teacher research engagement,pre-service

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