Learning to Teach: Ethnomethodological Analysis of Pre-Service Teachers’ Instructional Decisions

Year 2020, Volume: 8 Issue: 3, 1029 - 1058, 28.07.2020

Raziye Sancar Deniz Deryakulu

Abstract

In the research, it was aimed to determine how pre-service teachers establish the meaning regarding instructional decision making based on their first instructional experiences. The research was designed as ethnomethodological research by adopting a qualitative research approach. The study group of the research consists of 16 (9 female, 7 male) pre-service teachers who have never had any teaching experience before. The data sources were interviews and video recordings obtained from pre-service teachers' in-classroom teaching experiences. The meaning of pre-service teachers regarding instructional decision making; having (the personal characteristics, content knowledge, and teaching skills), doing (the close relationship and communication with the student, the teaching method, classroom management, and assessment method), and aiming of (reach-in student life and social life). Pre-service teachers' meaning-making about being a teacher should be combined with their teaching and learning process for successful teacher education.

Keywords

Instructional decision, decision making, ethnomethodological research, teacher eduction

Öğretmeyi Öğrenmek: Öğretmen Adaylarının Öğretimsel Kararlarının Etnometodolojik Çözümlenmesi*

Abstract

Araştırmada, öğretmen adaylarının, ilk öğretim deneyimlerinden hareketle öğretimsel karar almaya ilişkin anlamı nasıl kurduklarını belirlemek amaçlanmıştır. Araştırma, nitel araştırma yaklaşımı benimsenerek etnometodolojik araştırma deseni olarak tasarlanmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu daha önce hiç öğretim deneyimi olmayan 16 (9 kadın, 7 erkek) öğretmen adayı oluşturmaktadır. Dört ay süren veri toplama sürecinde kullanılan veri kaynakları tekrarlı görüşmeler ve öğretmen adaylarının sınıf-içi öğretim deneyimlerinden elde edilen video kayıtlardır. Öğretmen adaylarının öğretimsel karar almaya ilişkin anlamı; öğretmenin sahip olması gerekenler, yapması gerekenler ve öğrenci yaşamında ve toplumsal yaşamda ulaşması gerekenler üzerinden açıkladıkları belirlenmiştir. Öğretim süreçlerinde başarılı olmak için, öğretmen adaylarının öğretmen olmaya ilişkin anlam yapılarının süreçle birleştirilmesi gerekmektedir.

Keywords

Öğretimsel karar, karar alma, öğretmen eğitimi, etnometodolojik yaklaşım

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