Cases Method in Teacher Education

Year 2010, Volume: 9 Issue: 2, 253 - 277, 01.12.2010

Sami Şahin Bilal Atasoy Sibel Somyürek

Abstract

The aim of this study is to explore the use and the research about case-method in teacher education. The content of the 115 academic studies published in the journals indexed in the Educational Research Information Center (ERIC), Academic Search Complete, Professional Development Collection, and Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection were examined in this study. The result revealed that there are various approaches and practices in the use of case-method in teacher education. This paper presents a list of the academic disciplines using case teaching method, the benefits and the challenges in the use of this method and the research methods used in the investigation of case teaching method in preservice teacher education

Keywords

case method, teacher education, content analysis, learning/teaching methods

Öğretmen Eğitiminde Örnek Olay Yöntemi

Abstract

Bu çalışmada öğretmen eğitiminde örnek olay yönteminin kullanımına ilişkin uygulama ve araştırmaların incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çalışmada Educational Research Information Center (ERIC), Academic Search Complete, Professional Development Collection ve Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection indekslerinde yayınlanan 115 araştırmanın içerik incelemesi yapılmıştır. İnceleme sonucunda örnek olay öğretim yönteminde çeşitli yaklaşım ve uygulamaların var olduğu görülmüştür. Çalışmada örnek olay öğretim yönteminin öğretmen eğitiminde uygulandığı akademik disiplinler listelenerek, bu yöntemin uygulanması ile elde edilen kazanımlar ortaya konmuştur. Ele alınan çalışmalarda kullanılan araştırma yöntemleri ile araç ve ortamlar belirlenerek, örnek olay yönteminin kullanımına ilişkin zorluklar ve problemler aktarılmıştır

Keywords

örnek olay yöntemi, öğretmen eğitimi, içerik analizi, öğrenme/öğretme yöntemleri

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