Üstkavramsal öğretim etkinliklerinin 7. sınıf öğrencilerinin hukuk ilintili kavramları anlamalarına ve tutumlarına etkisi

Year 2020, Volume: 9 Issue: 2, 154 - 178, 30.04.2020

Osman Sabancı , Şefika Kurnaz , Nejla Yürük

https://doi.org/10.19128/turje.657698

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı üstkavramsal faaliyetleri aktif hale getirici etkinliklerin geleneksel öğretimle karşılaştırıldığında 7. sınıf öğrencilerinin sosyal bilgiler dersindeki hukuk konularına ilişkin kavramsal anlamalarına ve sosyal bilgiler dersindeki kavramlara ilişkin tutumlarına etkisini araştırmaktır. Bu araştırma yarı deneysel araştırma deseni kullanarak tasarlanmıştır. Çalışma grubu uygun örnekleme yöntemi kullanarak oluşturulmuştur. Bu çalışma bir sosyal bilgiler öğretmeninin dört sınıfında gerçekleştirilmiştir. Sınıflardan ikisi deney ve diğer iki sınıf da kontrol grubu olarak rastgele atanmıştır. Bu dört sınıf, Ankara ilinin merkez ilçesinde okumakta olan toplam 114 7. sınıf öğrencisinden oluşmaktadır. Deney grubundaki katılımcılara üstkavramsal faaliyetleri aktif hale getiren öğretim etkinlikleri uygulanırken, kontrol grubunda ise mevcut olan geleneksel öğretim programı kullanılmıştır. Ölçme aracı olarak araştırmacı tarafından geliştirilen hukukla ilgili kavramsal anlama testi ve öğrencilerin kavramlara ilişkin tutumlarını belirlemek üzere bir tutum ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen sonuçlara göre, üstkavramsal faaliyetleri kolaylaştıran etkinliklerin, öğrencilerin hukuk ilintili kavramlara yönelik kavramsal anlamaları ve tutumları üzerinde daha olumlu bir etkisi olduğunu göstermektedir.

Keywords

Hukuk ilintili, Kavramsal anlama, Sosyal bilgiler, Tutum, Üstkavramsal öğretim etkinlikleri

The effect of metaconceptual teaching activities on 7th grade students’ understandings of and attitudes towards law related concepts

Abstract

The aim of the study is to examine the effect of teaching activities supported with metaconceptual processes on 7th grade students’ conceptual understandings and attitudes of law related concepts in social studies course when compared with traditional instruction. In this quasi-experimental study, convenience-sampling method was used. This study was conducted in four classes of a social studies teacher. Two of the classes were randomly assigned as experimental group and the other two classes were randomly assigned as control group. The participants composed of 114 7th grade middle school students enrolled in a state school in Ankara. Experimental group was exposed to teaching activities supported with metaconceptual processes while control group was exposed to traditional teaching based on the current teaching program. For data collection, conceptual understanding and attitudes tests developed by researcher were used. The results indicate that teaching activities facilitating metaconceptual processes had more positive impact on students' conceptual understanding and attitudes towards law related concepts.

Keywords

Attitude, Conceptual understanding, Metaconceptual teaching activities, Law-related, Social studies

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