Özel Eğitimde İş Birliğine Dair Özel Eğitim Öğretmenlerinin Metaforları: Roller ve Algılar

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 25 Sayı: 4, 2659 - 2685, 15.12.2025

Mehmet İnce , Eylem Dayı , Erdem Zekeriya Kapıcı

https://doi.org/10.17240/aibuefd.2025..-1695739

Öz

Bu araştırmanın amacı, özel eğitim öğretmenlerinin iş birliği süreçlerinde kendilerini nasıl algıladıklarını ortaya koymaktır. Nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden olgubilim desenine dayanan araştırmada, 115 öğretmenin metaforik ifadeleri değerlendirilmiştir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu, Millî Eğitim Bakanlığı’na bağlı resmî okullarda görev yapan özel eğitim öğretmenleri oluşturmuştur. Araştırmanın verileri, araştırmacılar tarafından oluşturulan bir form yoluyla toplanmıştır. Elde edilen veriler, içerik analizi yoluyla incelenmiştir. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre, öğretmenlerin altı kategori altında 83 farklı metafor ürettikleri görülmüştür. Öğretmenlerin kendilerini liderlik, rehberlik, bakım, destek, bağlantı, yaratıcılık ve yenilikçilik gibi çeşitli rollerde konumlandırdıkları belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca, iş birliği süreçlerinin öğretmenler üzerinde hem olumlu hem de olumsuz duygusal etkiler yarattığı anlaşılmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

İş birliği , Metafor , Özel eğitim öğretmeni

Special Education Teachers’ Metaphors About Collaboration in Special Education: Roles and Perceptions

Öz

The aim of this study is to reveal how special education teachers perceive themselves in collaboration processes. The metaphorical expressions of 115 teachers were evaluated in the research based on phenomenological design, one of the qualitative research methods. The study group of the research consisted of special education teachers working in public schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education. The data of the study were collected through a form created by the researchers. The data obtained were analysed through content analysis. According to the results of the research, it was seen that teachers produced 83 different metaphors under six categories. It was seen that teachers positioned themselves in various roles such as leadership, guidance, care, support, connection, creativity and innovation. In addition, it has been observed that collaboration processes have both positive and negative emotional effects on teachers.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Collaboration , Metaphor , Special education teacher

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