Student and Teacher Roles in the Process of Mathematical Task Implementation

Year 2017, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 1 - 23, 30.06.2017

Mehmet Fatih Özmantar , Biten Aslan

Abstract

This study aims to examine the roles that teachers adopt and roles that they determine for their students in task implementation as well as the effects of those roles on the implementation process. In this respect, of the qualitative approaches, multiple case study method was employed. The data for this study was composed of video-records and wirtten plans of one mathematics and one classroom teacher’s task implementations as part of their regular teaching activities. The data was examined to designate the roles asisgned to students and adopted by the teachers. The results indicate certain dynamics that shape the teacher and student roles. Among them were teacher orientations, the nature of the task, the use of teaching materials and time allocated to implementation. The paper discusses the effect of these dynamics as well as the interaction between the teacher and student roles with regard to the implementation process.

Keywords

Mathematics teaching, Task Design, Teacher and Student Roles

Matematiksel Etkinliklerin Uygulanması Sırasında Ortaya Çıkan Öğretmen ve Öğrenci Rolleri

Abstract

Bu çalışmada öğretmenlerin etkinlik uygulama sırasında üstlendikleri ve öğrencileri için belirledikleri roller ile bu rollerin etkinlik uygulamasına olan etkilerinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu çalışmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden çoklu durum çalışması kullanılmıştır. Bu bağlamda bir matematik ve bir sınıf öğretmeninin uyguladıkları etkinliklerin video kayıtları ve planlarının yazılı dokümanları incelenmiştir. İncelemede öğretmen ve öğrencilerin ortaya çıkan rolleri belirlenmiştir. Yapılan analizler sonucunda etkinlik uygulama sürecinde öğretmen ve öğrenci rollerinin şekillendiren bir takım dinamikler belirlenmiştir. Bunlar arasında, öğretmen oryantasyonu, etkinlik için seçilen görevin özelliği, materyal kullanımı, uygulama için ayrılan süre ve bu sürenin kullanım şekli konuları öne çıkmıştır. Bu dinamikler ile birlikte ortaya çıkan roller arasındaki etkileşimin de uygulamaya olan etkisi tartışılmıştır.

Keywords

Matematik öğretimi, Etkinlik tasarımı, Öğretmen ve öğrenci rolleri

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