Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri Başkenti Abu Dabi’de Geniş Çaplı Eğitim Re- formu: Öğretmenlik Programı Öğrencileri Neler Düşünüyor?

Abstract

Abu Dabi’deki tüm devlet okulları, geniş çaplı bir eğitim reformunun bir parçası olarak, geçtiğimiz altı yıl boyunca büyük çapta gelişim göstermiştir. Bu yıllar boyunca Emirlikte devlet okullarında çalışan öğretmenlerin çalışma hayatındaki gerçeklikler oldukça değişmiştir. Bu araştırma, dört beş yıl önce Abu Dabi’de herhangi bir yükseköğretim kurumunda öğretmen eğitimi programına kaydolmuş ve yakında öğretmen olarak mezun olacak son sınıf öğrencilerinin, öğretmenlik mesleğine yönelik algılarının reformdan etkilenip etkilenmediği sorusunu sormaktadır. Bu öğrencilerin algıları, aynı kurumda birinci sınıfta yer alan öğrencilerin algılarıyla kıyaslanmıştır. Hem birinci sınıf, hem son sınıf öğrencilerinden oluşan toplamda 138 öğrenciye şu sorulara cevap aramak amacıyla anket uygulanmıştır: Abu Dabi’deki eğitim reformuyla ilgili Emirlikteki öğretmenlik programı öğrencilerinin algıları nelerdir ve bu algıların kariyer planlarına etkileri nelerdir?

Keywords

• Eğitim reformu, Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri, öğretmen adayları, algılar

Wide-scale educational reform in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: What do the teacher training students think?

Abstract

All government schools in Abu Dhabi, as part of widescale educational reforms undertaken in the United Arab Emirates, have undergone massive developments over the past six years. Over the course of these years, the reality of working life for Emirati teachers working in government schools has been widely altered. This research asks the question whether final year students who enrolled on a primary teacher-training program at a Higher Education Institution in Abu Dhabi four or five years ago and who will soon graduate as teachers, have had their perceptions of the profession affected by the reform. Their perceptions were compared to those of first year students in the same institution. A total of 138 students, both first and final year, were surveyed in order to answer the questions: What are the perceptions of these Emirati teacher training students about the Educational Reform in Abu Dhabi, and what are the implications of these perceptions to their graduate career plans?

Keywords

• Educational reform, United Arab Emirates, pre-service teachers, perceptions

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