Research Article

The Determination of Secondary School Pupils’ Perception of Religion as a Concept via Metaphors

Volume: 11 Number: 1 January 29, 2018
EN TR

The Determination of Secondary School Pupils’ Perception of Religion as a Concept via Metaphors

Abstract

Concepts are building blocks of curriculum. Social studies course has a curriculum reflecting subjects like history, geography, economics, anthropology, psychology, philosophy, politics, law and citizenship, and it has a rich content in terms of concepts. In this study, we tried to determine the perception of secondary school pupils about one of these concepts, concept of religion, through metaphors. The study was structured with the phenomenological design which is one of the qualitative designs. The study group was 235 pupils attending 6th and 7th grades in secondary schools in Kütahya central and Altıntaş district in 2015-2016 academic years. The data were collected by means of a form consisting a sentence: “Religion is like ......… because ……...”. The content analysis method was used to analyze and interpret on data. Totally 112 different metaphors related to religion were uttered by pupils. The most uttered metaphors were light, moon, sun, star and road metaphors. After the content analysis, the metaphors were grouped under different categories and organized in these topics: a guiding, counselling foundation (%46.37); a protective, saver foundation (%9.79); an educative, instructive foundation (%8.09); a necessary foundation (%6.38); a precious foundation (%5.11); a limitless, infinite foundation (%5.11); a reflective, rewarding foundation (%5.11); a connecting foundation (%4.68); a purifying foundation (%3.83); a developing foundation (%2.98) and a formal foundation (%2.55). The results suggested that pupils’ perceptions of religion were positive regarding the categories and the uttered metaphors.  

Keywords

References

  1. Akyürek, S. (2003). Din kültürü ve ahlâk bilgisi derslerinde kavram haritalarının kullanımı. Değerler Eğitimi Dergisi, 1(3), 65-85.
  2. Alkış, S. (2012). Sosyal bilgilerde kavram öğretimi. M. Safran (Dü.) içinde, Sosyal bilgiler öğretimi (2. baskı, ss. 69-92). Ankara: Pegem Akademi.
  3. Arslan, M. M., & Bayrakcı, M. (2006). Metaforik düşünme ve öğrenme yaklaşımının eğitim- öğretim açısından incelenmesi. Milli Eğitim Dergisi, 171, 100-108.
  4. Ateş, M., & Karatepe, A. (2013). Üniversite öğrencilerinin “çevre” kavramına ilişkin algılarının metaforlar yardımıyla analizi. The Journal of Academic Social Science Studies, 6(2), 1327-1348.
  5. Aydın, F. (2010). Ortaöğretim öğrencilerinin coğrafya kavramına ilişkin sahip oldukları metaforlar. Kuram ve Uygulamada Eğitim Bilimleri, 10(3), 1293-1322.
  6. Aydın, F. (2013). Üniversite öğrencilerinin “çevre” kavramına ilişkin metaforik algıları. Doğu Coğrafya Dergisi, 16(26), 25-44.
  7. Aydın, H. (2006). Sosyal bilimlerde kavram öğretimi: Eleştirel bir yaklaşım. Aralık 4, 2017 tarihinde http://turkoloji.cu.edu.tr/GENEL/hasan_aydin_kavram_ogretimi.pdf adresinden alındı
  8. Aydın, İ. H. (2006). Bir felsefi metafor "yolda olmak". Dinbilimleri Akademik Araştırma Dergisi, 6(4), 9-22.

Details

Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

Studies on Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

January 29, 2018

Submission Date

February 18, 2017

Acceptance Date

January 10, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Volume: 11 Number: 1

APA
Yıldırım, R., & Gazel, A. A. (2018). Ortaokul Öğrencilerinin Din Kavramına İlişkin Algılarının Metaforlar Aracılığıyla Belirlenmesi. Journal of Theoretical Educational Sciences, 11(1), 30-57. https://doi.org/10.30831/akukeg.380720

Cited By