Examination of Teacher Identities of Pre-service Teachers Within the Scope of Teaching Practice

Hatice Çilsalar Sagnak; Gökçe Sancak Aydın

doi:10.30703/cije.763758

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Examination of Teacher Identities of Pre-service Teachers Within the Scope of Teaching Practice

Abstract

The pre-service teachers, who are at the beginning of the process of acquiring the teaching profession, have the opportunity to experience teaching within the scope of teaching practices during their education. It is aimed to support their development as a teacher in this experiential process. In this research, teacher identities were examined along with the process in which the pre-service teachers gained their first professional teaching experience by practicing their theoretical knowledge. In this study, which was designed within the scope of phenomenological design, 30 pre-service teachers who took teaching practice courses were identified as participants with the purposive sampling method. Data obtained by the participants' online diaries, kept throughout their teaching practices, and the interviews aiming to determine the views and perceptions of the pre-service teachers were analyzed. It has been determined that their teacher identities were developed during their teaching practice with the help of cooperating teachers and supervisors in university. It was seen that the participants indicated their natural identity and pedagogical knowledge among their teaching identities.

Keywords

Öğretmenlik Uygulaması Kapsamında Öğretmen Adaylarının Öğretmen Kimliklerinin İncelenmesi

Öz

Öğretmen adayları, öğretmenlik mesleğine hazırlanırken teorik ve uygulamaya yönelik çeşitli öğrenme deneyimleri yaşamaktadır. Bu kapsamda hizmet öncesi eğitimleri sürecinde, katıldıkları öğretmenlik uygulamaları ile eğitim-öğretimi gerçek uygulama ortamlarında deneyimleme fırsatı bulmaktadırlar. Bu çalışmada, öğretmen adaylarının öğretimi deneyimleme sürecinde profesyonel olarak mesleki gelişimlerinin yönelik yürütülen öğretmenlik uygulamalarının kapsamında araştıma ile, öğretmen adaylarının profesyonel öğretmenlik deneyimi ve uygulamaları kapsamında mesleki kimlik algılarının incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Nitel araştırma türlerinden olan fenomonolojik desen yardımıyla tasarlanan bu çalışmada, amaçlı örnekleme yöntemiyle öğretmenlik uygulamaları dersi alan 30 öğretmen adayı, çalışmanın katılımcıları olarak belirlenmiştir. Katılımcıların görüş ve algılarını incelemek amacıyla yapılan görüşmelerden elde edilen veriler analiz edilmiştir. Hizmet öncesi öğretmen adaylarının öğretmen kimliklerine dair algıları incelenirken özellikle öğretmenin kim olduğu ve ne yaptığına dair algılar üzerinde durulmuştur. Çalışmada, katılımcılar öğretmenlik uygulaması kapsamında hem uygulama öğretmeni hem de akademik danışmalarının desteği ile öğretmen kimliğinin gelişiminde olumlu yönde değişim olduğunu belirtmişlerdir. Katılımcıların profesyonel öğretmenlik kimlikleri arasında yer alan alt kimliklerinden biri olan doğal kimliği ve sahip oldukları bilgilerden biri olan pedagojik bilginin önemini vurguladıkları görülmüştür. Ayrıca öğretmen adayları profesyonel kimlikleri ile ilgili bütün alt kimliklerine yönelik deneyimlere sahip olduklarını ve eğitim fakültesinde edindikleri bütün bilgileri farklı noktalarda kullandıklarını belirtmişlerdir. Araştırmadan elde edilen bulgular doğrultusunda öğretmen eğitimine katkı sunacağı düşünülen uygulamalara ve araştırmalara yönelik öneriler çalışmada sunulmuştur.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Supporting Institution

Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi

Project Number

6602a-EF/17-138

Thanks

Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi BAP birimine teşekkür ederiz.

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Hatice Çilsalar Sagnak ^*
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Gökçe Sancak Aydın
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June 26, 2021

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July 4, 2020

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November 13, 2020

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Year 1970 Volume: 10 Number: 2

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Çilsalar Sagnak, H., & Sancak Aydın, G. (2021). Examination of Teacher Identities of Pre-service Teachers Within the Scope of Teaching Practice. Cumhuriyet Uluslararası Eğitim Dergisi, 10(2), 762-780. https://doi.org/10.30703/cije.763758

Examination of Teacher Identities of Pre-service Teachers Within the Scope of Teaching Practice

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Öğretmenlik Uygulaması Kapsamında Öğretmen Adaylarının Öğretmen Kimliklerinin İncelenmesi

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