An Investigation of Peer-Teaching Technique in Student Teacher Development

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İngiliz Dili Eğitim Programları, İngilizce öğretmeni adaylarını gelecekteki mesleklerine hazırlamak üzere yapılandırılmış programlardır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda söz konusu programlar öğrencilere mesleki bilgi ve becerileri kazandırmak için çeşitli teknik ve stratejiler sunarlar. Öğrencilerin mesleki donanımı kazanmalarında etkili yollardan biri de akran öğretimi sürecidir. Bu çalışmada akran öğretimi uygulamasının İngilizce öğretmen adaylarının yöntem derslerinin içeriğini anlama ve kendi öğrenme ve öğretme deneyimleri üzerindeki etkisinin araştırılması amaçlanmıştır. İstanbul’da bir devlet üniversitesinde yürütülen bu nitel çalışmaya yöntem dersine kayıtlı 38 İngilizce öğretmeni adayı katılmış, çalışma 14 hafta sürmüştür. Veriler gözlem, görüşme, akran değerlendirme formları ve öz değerlendirme raporları yoluyla elde edilmistir. Tüm görüşme kayıtları ve yazılı belgeler tümevarımsal yöntemle çözümlenmiştir. Bulgular, akran öğretimi tekniğinin öğrenciler tarafından etkili bulunduğunu göstermiştir. Çalışmaya katılan öğrenciler bu surecin kendi öğretim tekniklerini ve değerlendirme becerilerini geliştirdiğini öne sürmüşlerdir

Anahtar Kelimeler

• akran-öğretimi, öğretmen adayları, öz değerlendirme, akran değerlendirmesi

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50. About the Author(s):
51. * Suzan KAVANOZ earned her doctorate in foreign languages education from the Middle East Technical University in
52. She is an assistant professor in Foreign Languages Education Department at Yıldız Technical University, Turkey. Her
53. research interests include EFL teaching methodoloy, teacher cognition, and multiculturalism in teacher education.
54. e-mail: [e-mail]
55. ** H.Gülru YÜKSEL is an assistant professor of applied linguistics and TEFL in the Department of Foreign Languages,
56. Yıldız Technical University, Turkey. Her research areas are reading skills development, lexical knowledge, teaching English
57. to young learners and second language acquisition. Currently, in addition to teaching undergraduate courses and supervision
58. of students, she also acts as the chair of the department.
59. Yıldız Technical University, Faculty of Education, Istanbul, TURKEY Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] GSM:[phone]
60. URL: http://www.yarbis.yildiz.edu.tr/hayuksel
61. e-mail: [e-mail]