An Evaluation Related to the In service Training about Laboratory Usage

Year 2007, Volume: 27 Issue: 1, 179 - 193, 01.03.2007

Hüseyin Akkuş Hakkı Kadayıfçı

Abstract

In this study, following aspects related to the twenty-three Anatolian Teacher Training High School teachers were examined: How much they are familiar with the new teaching approaches and techniques, their views related to the laboratory usage and the cognitive level of the questions they prepared to test the understanding of the students. For the study, the case study method which is one of the descriptive investigation methods was used. The data were gained by examining the teachers\' level of familiarity with the new teaching approaches and techniques, Likert scales which reveal their views about the usage of laboratory and the questions related to the topic that the teachers choose to test the understanding of the students. With the in-service training, the study results proved that there occurred meaningful changes in teacher\'s views about the new teaching approaches and laboratory usage and in question levels which the teachers prepared tKimya öğretmenleri, hizmeti-içi eğitim kursu, laboratuvar kullanımı, öğretim yaklaşımları, soru hazırlamaChemistry teachers, in-service course, laboratory usage, instruction approaches, question preparation Tam Metin

Keywords

Chemistry teachers, in-service course, laboratory usage, instruction approaches, question preparation

Laboratuvar Kullanımı Konulu Hizmet İçi Eğitim Kursu İle İlgili Bir Değerlendirme

Abstract

Bu çalışmada; laboratuvar kullanımı hizmet-içi eğitim kursuna katılan 23 Anadolu Öğretmen Lisesi kimya öğretmeninin; yeni öğretim yaklaşımları ve tekniklerinden ne derece haberdar oldukları, laboratuvar kullanımıyla ilgili bakış açıları ve öğrencilerin anlama düzeyini ölçmek için hazırladıkları soruların bilişsel seviyeleri incelendi. Araştırma için betimsel araştırma metotlarından biri olan durum incelemesi metodu kullanıldı. Veriler, öğretmenlerin yeni öğretim yaklaşım ve tekniklerinden haberdarlık seviyelerini ve laboratuvarların kullanımına bakış açılarını ortaya koyan likert ölçekleri ile öğretmenlerin seçtikleri konuyla ilgili öğrencilerin anlama düzeylerini ölçmek için hazırladıkları soruların incelenmesinden elde edildi. Araştırma sonuçları, yapılan hizmet-içi eğitim kursuyla öğretmenlerinIn this study, following aspects related to the twenty-three Anatolian Teacher Training High School teachers were examined: How much they are familiar with the new teaching approaches and techniques, their views related to the laboratory usage and the cognitive level of the questions they prepared to test the understanding of the students. For the study, the case study method which is one of the descriptive investigation methods was used. The data were gained by examining the teachers\' level of familiarity with the new teaching approaches and techniques, Likert scales which reveal their views about the usage of laboratory and the questions related to the topic that the teachers choose to test the understanding of the students. With the in-service training, the study results proved that there occurred meaningful changes in teacher\'s views about the new teaching approaches and laboratory usage and in question levels which the teachers prepared tKimya öğretmenleri, hizmeti-içi eğitim kursu, laboratuvar kullanımı, öğretim yaklaşımları, soru hazırlamaChemistry teachers, in-service course, laboratory usage, instruction approaches, question preparation Tam Metin

Keywords

Kimya öğretmenleri, hizmeti-içi eğitim kursu, laboratuvar kullanımı, öğretim yaklaşımları, soru hazırlama

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