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Abstract

This study aims to examine the effects of community service-learning (CSL) on the emphatic skills, democratic attitudes, problem solving skills and critical thinking tendencies of teacher candidates. Designed as a static group pretest-posttest experimental study, it has a control and experimental group. Participants were a total of 90 early childhood teacher candidates, 45 in the control group and 45 in the experimental one. Data were collected by using Baron Cohen and Whelwright’s (2004) Empathy Scale adapted to Turkish by Bora and Baysan (2009), the Attitude Research Laboratory’s Democratic Attitudes Scale adapted to Turkish by Gözütok (1995), Heppner and Peterson’s (1982) Problem Solving Skills Inventory adapted to Turkish by Taylan (1990), and the American Philosophy Association’s (1990) Critical Thinking Scale adapted to Turkish by Kökdemir (2003). The data collected were analyzed by using the Independent Samples T-Test for differences between groups and the Paired Samples T-Test for differences within groups. The results showed that the CSL experience positively contributed to teacher candidates’ empathic skills, democratic attitudes, problem solving skills and critical thinking tendencies

Keywords

• Community service-learning, empathic skills, democratic attitudes, problem solving, critical thinking

The effectiveness of community service-learning in teacher training / Topluma hizmet uygulamalarının öğretmen yetiştirmede etkililiği

Abstract

Bu araştırmada, topluma hizmet uygulamalarının (THU) öğretmen adaylarının empatik becerilerine,  demokratik tutumlarına, problem çözme becerilerine ve eleştirel düşünme eğilimlerine etkisinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Statik grup öntest-sontest deneysel desen olarak tasarlanan bu araştırmada, bir deney bir de kontrol grubu bulunmaktadır. Çalışma grubu 45 deney grubunda 45 kontrol grubunda olmak üzere toplamda 90 okul öncesi öğretmen adayından oluşmaktadır. Araştırmada veriler; Baron Cohen ve Whelwright (2004) tarafından geliştirilen ve Bora ve Baysan (2009) tarafından uyarlanan Empati Ölçeği; Published for the Attitude Research Laboratory tarafından geliştirilen ve Gözütok (1995) tarafından uyarlanan Demokratik Tutum Ölçeği; Heppner ve Peterson (1982) tarafından geliştirilen ve Taylan (1990) tarafından uyarlanan Problem Çözme Becerileri Envanteri ve Amerika Felsefe Derneği tarafından (1990) geliştirilen ve Kökdemir (2003) tarafından uyarlanan Eleştirel Düşünme Ölçeği ile toplanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde, gruplar arası  farklar için Independet Samples T-Testi, grup içi farklar için ise Paired Samples T-Testi kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonuçları THU deneyiminin öğretmen adaylarının empatik becerilerine, demokratik tutumlarına, problem çözme becerilerine ve eleştirel düşünme eğilimlerine olumlu yönde katkı sağladığını göstermektedir.

Keywords

• Topluma hizmet uygulamaları, empatik beceriler, demokratik tutum, problem çözme, eleştirel düşünme

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