Attitudes of Student Teachers Towards A Collaborative and Student-Centered Learning in an EFL Teacher Education Setting

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the attitudes of ELT student teachers towards collaborative and student centered way of teaching the Language Acquisition course in a Turkish ELT teacher education program. Data was collected by means of pre- and post-questionnaires and two sets of interview. The results showed that student-teachers have positive attitudes
towards the course and found collaborative learning activities more motivating in comparison with the teacher centered teaching. They indicated that peer collaboration helped them to retain what they had learned in this course and enabled them to make use what they learned in other courses. 

Keywords

• Collaborative teaching and EFL teacher training

Attitudes of Student Teachers Towards A Collaborative and Student-Centered Learning in an EFL Teacher Education Setting

Abstract

Bu bir İngiliz Dili ve Eğitimi programında işbirlikçi öğrenci merkezli eğitimin Dil Edinimi dersinde kullanılması sonucunda öğrencilerin bu tekniğe karşı geliştirdikleri tutumları araştırmak için yapılmıştır. Veri bir ön-anket bir de son-anket kullanılarak ve her iki anket uygulamasından takiben yüz yüze görüşme yapılarak toplanmış. Sonuç olarak öğretmen adaylarının bu derse karşı olumlu tutumlar geliştirmiş olduklarını ve işbirlikçi eğitim faaliyetlerini öğretmen merkezli öğretime göre daha güdüleyici bulduklarını göstermektedir. Öğrenciler, bu ders süresince arkadaşlarıyla işbirliği yaparak öğrenmenin bilgilerin daha kalıcı olmasına yardımcı olduğunu ve bu bilgileri diğer derslerde kullanabilmelerini sağladığını belirtmişlerdir.

Keywords

• İşbirlikçi eğitim, öğrenci merkezli eğitim ve öğretmen eğitimi

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