Community Service Practices: Prospective Teachers’ Views on Its Implementation Process and Outcomes
Abstract
The aim of this study is to investigate the opinions of prospective teachers enrolled at the Department of English Language Teaching (ELT) concerning the implementation process and the outcomes of Community Service Practices (CSP) course. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used in different phases of this descriptive study. To collect data, researchers made use of a questionnaire and interview questions. As for data analysis, the data obtained from the quantitative part of the questionnaire were analyzed using descriptive statistics. For the qualitative part of the research, content analysis was applied to analyze the views of prospective teachers about the ways of increasing the efficiency of CSP course in ELT. The results revealed that most of the prospective teachers performed the projects within the scope of CSP by experiencing/doing themselves. They believe that volunteering is essential; however, they faced some problems while carrying out the projects. They emphasized that this course would provide them the opportunity to apply the experiences they obtained in their future English teaching profession. Moreover, they also pointed out the CSP course drove them to be more sensitive to social problems. Bearing these findings in mind, some implications were drawn at the end of the study about the ways of increasing the efficiency of the CSP course. A final suggestion was that the faculty administration should support the works of the prospective teachers, solve the problems they faced, and meet their needs.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
December 22, 2018
Submission Date
February 6, 2018
Acceptance Date
November 15, 2018
Published in Issue
Year 2018 Volume: 9 Number: 4
APA
Korkmaz, S., & Cesur, K. (2018). Community Service Practices: Prospective Teachers’ Views on Its Implementation Process and Outcomes. 9(4), 9-19. https://izlik.org/JA67NN53UN
AMA
1.Korkmaz S, Cesur K. Community Service Practices: Prospective Teachers’ Views on Its Implementation Process and Outcomes. IJERs. 2018;9(4):9-19. https://izlik.org/JA67NN53UN
Chicago
Korkmaz, Sedat, and Kürşat Cesur. 2018. Community Service Practices: Prospective Teachers’ Views on Its Implementation Process and Outcomes. 9 (4): 9-19. https://izlik.org/JA67NN53UN.
EndNote
Korkmaz S, Cesur K (December 1, 2018) Community Service Practices: Prospective Teachers’ Views on Its Implementation Process and Outcomes. 9 4 9–19.
IEEE
[1]S. Korkmaz and K. Cesur, “Community Service Practices: Prospective Teachers’ Views on Its Implementation Process and Outcomes”, IJERs, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 9–19, Dec. 2018, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA67NN53UN
ISNAD
Korkmaz, Sedat - Cesur, Kürşat. “Community Service Practices: Prospective Teachers’ Views on Its Implementation Process and Outcomes” 9/4 (December 1, 2018): 9-19. https://izlik.org/JA67NN53UN.
JAMA
1.Korkmaz S, Cesur K. Community Service Practices: Prospective Teachers’ Views on Its Implementation Process and Outcomes. IJERs. 2018;9:9–19.
MLA
Korkmaz, Sedat, and Kürşat Cesur. Community Service Practices: Prospective Teachers’ Views on Its Implementation Process and Outcomes. no. 4, Dec. 2018, pp. 9-19, https://izlik.org/JA67NN53UN.
Vancouver
1.Sedat Korkmaz, Kürşat Cesur. Community Service Practices: Prospective Teachers’ Views on Its Implementation Process and Outcomes [Internet]. Vols. 9. 2018 Dec. 1;9(4):9-19. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA67NN53UN