Student Teachers’ Cognitive Structure on the Concept of “AIDS”: The Drawing-Writing Technique Sample

Abstract

The current study aims to determine student teachers' cognitive structures on the concept of AIDS. A case study design was applied in this qualitative research. The data were collected from 298 student teachers via drawing-writing technique. Content analysis was utilized and data were interpreted according to categories. Categorizations of student teachers' cognitive structures related to the concept of AIDS were determined to be categorized as “results of AIDS, AIDS carriers and AIDS transmission routes". One of the important results obtained was that the participants had alternative concepts related to the AIDS concept and that the cognitive structures were not in sufficient level in all the determined categories. It was seen that 67.91% of the participants did drawings without representations/cartoon drawings. It was determined that the participants did mostly draw drawings of concepts such as Death, Unhappy People, Male, and Female in different categories.

Keywords

• Cognitive Level,AIDS,Drawing-Writing Technique,Qualitative Research Model

Öğretmen Adaylarının “AIDS” Kavramı Konusundaki Bilişsel Yapıları: Çizme-Yazma Tekniği Örneği

Öz

Bu araştırmada öğretmen adaylarının AIDS kavramı konusundaki bilişsel yapıları nasıldır? sorusuna cevap aranmıştır. Çalışmada nitel araştırma modeli kapsamında durum çalışması deseni kullanılmıştır. Çalışmaya farklı branşlardan 298 öğretmen adayı katılmıştır. Veriler çizme-yazma tekniğiyle  toplanmıştır. Elde edilen verilerin analizinde içerik analizinin kullanımı tercih edilmiş olup veriler kategorilere göre yorumlanmıştır. Katılımcıların AIDS kavramı hakkındaki bilişsel yapılarının yoğunlaştığı kategorilerin “AIDS’in sonuçları, AIDS’in taşıyıcıları ve AIDS’in bulaşma yolları” kategorileri olduğu belirlenmiştir. Araştırmanın önemli sonuçlardan biri ise belirlenmiş olan tüm kategorilerde katılımcıların AIDS kavramıyla ilgili farklı kavramlara sahip oldukları ve bilişsel yapılarının yeterli düzeyde olmadığı tespit edilmiştir. Çünkü katılımcıların %67.91’inin temsili olmayan-karikatür çizimler yaptıkları görülmüştür. Katılımcılar kategorilerde en fazla Ölüm, Mutsuz insanlar, Erkek, Kadın gibi kavramlara ait çizimler yaptıkları belirlenmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Bilişsel Seviye,AIDS,Çizme Yazma Tekniği,Nitel Araştırma Modeli

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