TY  - JOUR
T1  - Mentor Support to Pre-service Teachers on Theory-Practice Gap in Practicum:  An Online Practice
TT  - Uygulama Öğretmenlerinin Hizmet Öncesi Öğretmenlere Kuram-Uygulama Boşluğu Desteği: Bir Çevrimiçi Uygulama
AU  - Yaylı, Derya
PY  - 2018
DA  - December
Y2  - 2018
DO  - 10.17556/erziefd.484594
JF  - Erzincan Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi
JO  - EUJEF
PB  - Erzincan Binali Yıldırım Üniversitesi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2148-7758
SP  - 590
EP  - 601
VL  - 20
IS  - 3
LA  - en
AB  - Recent research hasput much emphasis on the mentor teacher as an important stakeholder of thepracticum period of teacher education. Also the issue of theory-practice gaphas been studied in the field. With the developing technology in mind, thisstudy aimed at investigating the mentor teacher support to pre-service teacherson theory-practice gap issues during the practicum. The qualitative data werecollected through a) semi-structured interviews, b) online reflection andfeedback, and c) a focus group interview. As a result of the content analysis,the emerging themes were mentor role vs. teacher role, knowledge of recenttheory and personality traits. The findings were discussed under thesesub-headings along with online collaboration among the participants.
KW  - Pre-service teacher education
KW  - Mentor support
KW  - Theory-practice gap
N2  - Öğretmen yetiştirmesüreçlerinin önemli paydaşlarından biri olan okullarda uygulama öğretmenlerininhizmet öncesi öğretmenlere vermiş olduğu destek son yıllarda bir çalışma konusuolmuştur. Aynı zamanda uygulama okullarında yaşanan kuram-uygulama boşluğusorunu da çalışılmaktadır. Gelişen teknolojinin de ışığında, bu çalışmanınamacı uygulama öğretmenlerinin uygulama okullarında öğretmen adaylarınakuram-uygulama boşluğu açısından verdikleri desteği incelemektir. Bu nitel çalışmadaveri a) yarı yapılandırılmış görüşmeler, b) bir çevrimiçi yansıtma ve dönütortamı ve c) bir odak grup görüşmesi yoluyla toplanmıştır. İçerik analizisonucunda söz konusu destekle ilgili olarak ortaya çıkan alt başlıklar;danışman rolü-öğretmen rolü, yeni kuramsal bilgi ve kişilik özellikleri olarakbelirlenmiştir. Bulgular bu alt başlıklar ve çevrimiçi ortamda işbirliğiaçılarında yorumlanmıştır.
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.17556/erziefd.484594
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/603977
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