Primary Education Teachers’ Mythic and Romantic Understanding Activities in First Reading and Writing Teaching
Abstract
Mythic and romantic understanding that were appeared first by Egan in 1970s highlight
creative thinking and educated mind in first reading and writing activities. This paper studied
that primary education teachers placed mythic and romantic understanding aspects in their
first reading and writing activities regarding their views. The study was conducted in
phenomenology method of qualitative research approach and 9 primary education teachers
participated in the study. Semi-structured interview forms were applied to gather data. There
was used a rubric developed by the researchers including mythic and romantic
understanding aspects. With the guidance of the rubric, the data were analyzed in content
analysis method. As a result, it was found that primary education teachers integrated mythic
understanding aspects in first reading activities; however, they followed traditional methods
in first writing activities and exercises. Teachers prefer dictation of traditional methods in
evaluation processes and they prefer mostly to evaluate writing skills. Teachers do not benefit
from teachers’ guidance books, they only consider introductory activities of these books
effective to adapt. The objectives for first reading-writing period of Ministry of National
Education are complementary with mythic and romantic understanding context. According
with the MONE’s objectives, using mythic and romantic understanding features in readingwriting
activities will contribute to children’s future developments in education and life in
order for teachers to support children’s creative learning, integrate cultural aspects of the
language, and raise the curiosity for reaching knowledge.
Keywords
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Details
Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
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Journal Section
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Authors
Bilge Aslan Altan
MUĞLA SITKI KOÇMAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ
Türkiye
Güler GÖÇEN Kabaran
MUĞLA SITKI KOÇMAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ
Türkiye
Hasret Kabaran
Özel Marmaris Çağdaş Bilim Koleji
Türkiye
Publication Date
April 1, 2016
Submission Date
April 1, 2016
Acceptance Date
March 15, 2016
Published in Issue
Year 2016 Volume: 5 Number: 5