Examination of Educational Films Suggested by MEB to Teachers from the Perspective of Measurement and Evaluation

Examination of Educational Films Suggested by MEB to Teachers from the Perspective of Measurement and Evaluation

Seeking new approaches on in-service trainings, The Ministry of National Education has recently developed a number of vocational training programs in order to increase teachers’ pedagogical formation skills. The films with educational content covered by this study have been suggested to teachers in those programs. Through these films, teachers are expected to gain new perspectives in a pedagogical sense and to recall existing ones. The relationship between the film outputs and the social behavior is a matter of curiosity. This study intended to examine the films proposed by the Ministry of National Education for teachers within the scope of the ‘vocational study program’ in terms of the elements of measurement and evaluation and the sub-texts they contain. Research was conducted in qualitative research design. Document analysis used in the research, The study evaluates the educational content of the films that were suggested to the teachers within the scope of September 2017 Professional Study Program which was created to increase the knowledge and skills of teachers and administrators working in pre-school, primary and secondary education institutions by the General Directorate of Teacher Training and Development of Ministry of National Education. In collecting data, a Film Evaluation Form which was developed by the researchers under 26 themes was used. Given that the films recommended by MoNE to teachers have already been watched by the majority of teachers, it is inevitable for teachers to be affected from the scenes, content and sub-texts in the educational content consciously/unconsciously and to acquire new patterns of behavior. Another important point, however, is that these well-known and popularized film are also watched by parents. They affect not only the teachers, but also behaviors of the students and parents. The result of the research, points to the fact that these films, which are proposed to teachers as part of in-service training, can lead to the acquisition of negative behaviors in view of measurement and evaluation and that they have implicit messages that can create negative perception.

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