THE CONTRIBUTION OF EDUCATION TO THE SPECIAL EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS AND NEEDS OF TEACHER CANDIDATES

Year 2014, Volume: 11 Issue: 2, 135 - 155, 07.01.2015

Marilena Leana-taşcılar

Abstract

An overview of special education literature indicates that teacher training about exceptional students has vital importance. The aim of this study is to investigate the contribution of an informational undergraduate course to the opinions toward special education qualifications and needs of all teacher candidates of education faculty. A pretest-posttest quasi - experiment non-equivalent group design was used in the research. In addition a qualitative interview method was used with 5 teacher candidates. The experimental group consisted of teacher candidates from eleven different undergraduate programs (n=420) and the control group from two different undergraduate programs one from education faculty and the other from faculty of arts (psychology department) (n=107). Special Education Qualification and Need Analysis questionnaire developed by Izci (2005) was used to collect the data. The questionnaire was administered before and after the training. Informational course includes knowledge about special education, exceptional students' features and inclusion. Findings indicated that the course has affected the opinions of teacher candidates about their qualifications and needs. At the end of the study, it was found that in the experimental group 9 of 11 teaching fields had shown significant difference between the pre and posttest results in .05 level. Also there was significantly difference between experimental and control groups in .001 level. In addition, the semi-structured interviews were also emphasized the need for special education training to teacher candidates.

Keywords

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EĞİTİMİN ÖĞRETMEN ADAYLARININ ÖZEL EĞİTİM HAKKINDAKİ YETERLİKLERİNE VE İHTİYAÇLARINA ETKİSİ

Abstract

Özel eğitim literatürü incelendiğinde, sıra dışı öğrencilerin eğitiminde
öğretmenlerinin çok önemli bir rolü olduğu görülmektedir. Bu araştırmanın
amacı, eğitim fakültesinde okuyan tüm öğretmen adaylarına uygulanan bilgi temelli eğitim programının özel eğitim konusundaki yeterliklerine ve
görüşlerine etkisini ortaya koymaktır. Yarı deneysel, denk olmayan kontrol
gruplu yöntem benimsenmiştir. Ek olarak 5 öğretmen adayı ile
derinlemesine görüşme yöntemiyle veriler toplanmıştır. Deney grubu, 11
farklı bölümdeki öğretmen adayından oluşmaktadır (n=420), kontrol grubu
ise bir tanesi eğitim fakültesinde diğeri ise fen-edebiyat fakültesinde okuyan
(psikoloji öğrencileri) iki ayrı bölümün öğrencilerinden oluşmaktadır
(n=107). Veriler İzci (2005) tarafından geliştirilen Özel Eğitim Yeterlik ve
İhtiyaç Analizi ölçeği kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Ölçek eğitim programından
önce ve sonra uygulanmıştır. Bilgiye dayalı eğitim programında, özel eğitim,
özel eğitime muhtaç öğrencilerin özellikleri ve kaynaştırma ile ilgili
bilgilendirme yapılmıştır. Bulgular, eğitim programının öğretmen
adaylarının özel eğitim yeterliliklerini etkilediğini göstermektedir.
Araştırmanın sonuçları 11 öğretmen adayı grubundan 9 tanesinin özel
eğitim ile ilgili yeterliliklerinin p

Keywords

Özel Eğitim, Kaynaştırma, Öğretmen Adaylarının Yeterlikleri ve İhtiyaçları

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