Öğrencilerin Mutluluk Kavramına İlişkin Metaforik İfadeleri

Bu araştırma öğrencilerin mutluluk kavramına ilişkin görüşlerini metaforlar aracılığıyla belirle meyi amaçlamaktadır. Araştırma betimsel modelde tasarlanmış ve nitel araştırma yöntemlerindenmetafor analiziyle edilmiştir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu kartopu örneklem tekniğine göre se çilen 188 ortaokul ve lise öğrencisi oluşturmaktadır. Yarı-yapılandırılmış bir görüşme formu aracı lığıyla toplanan veriler içerik analizi ile çözümlenmiştir. Araştırma sonucunda, öğrencilerin genelolarak mutluluğu ve okulda mutluluğu “geçici, erişilmesi güç, çoğalan/çoğaltan bir duygu ve birözgürlük durumu” olarak algıladıkları ortaya çıkmıştır. Bununla beraber, mutluluk ve okuldamutluluk kavramlarına ilişkin üretilen metaforlar ve bu metaforların oluşturduğu kategoriler ba ğımsız olarak ele alındığında, öğrencilerin mutluluğa ilişkin ürettikleri metaforların daha olumluniteliklere sahipken; okulda mutluluk kavramına yönelik üretilen metaforların daha olumsuz nite likte olduğu görülmüştür. Bu kapsamda, öğrenciler okulda mutluluğu “geçici, imkansız, erişilmesigüç, değişken, sanal, ” gibi özelliklerle nitelemişler; bir zorunluluk, umutsuzluk, bağımlılık, yal nızlık durumu, zorunlu bir ilişki biçimi ve olumsuz bir deneyim ifadesi olarak tanımlamışlar ve budoğrultuda metaforlar üretmişlerdir.

Metaphoric Expressions of the Students about the Concept ofHappiness

This study aims to reveal the views of students about the concept of happiness through metaphors. The study was designed in descriptive model and analysed with metaphor analysis, a qualitative research method. 188 students who were selected by snowball sampling technique and studying in secondary and high schools constituted the sample of the study. The data collected through a semi-structured interview form was analyzed by content analysis. The results show that the students defined happiness and happiness at school as “a temporary, hard to reach, an increasing and enriching feeling and a state of freedom.” However, , it was also revealed that while the metaphors produced by students about happiness have more positive characteristics; the metaphors produced for the concept of happiness at school have mostly negative characteristics. In this sense, the students described happiness at school with such characteristics as “temporary, impossible, hard to reach, changeable, virtual and defined it as a state of obligation, despair, dependence, loneliness, a form of obligatory relationship and an expression of negative experience and produced metaphors in accordance with these.

___

  • Ale Yasin, M.(2001). Happiness and joy in school. Journal of Tarbiat, 1, 9.
  • Andrews, B. ve Wilding, J.M. (2004). The relation of depression and anxiety to lifestress and achievement in students. British Journal of Psychology, 95(4), 509-521.
  • Argyle, M., Martin, M. ve Crossland, J. (1989). Happiness as a function of personality and social encounters. J.P.Forgas ve J.M.Innes (Eds.) Recent Advances in Social Psychology: an international perspective içinde (ss.189–203). North-Holland: Elsevier.
  • Aristoteles (1997). Nikomakhos’a Etik, (Çev: Saffet Babür), Ankara: Ayraç yayınevi.
  • Asıcı, E. ve İkiz, F. E. (2018). Okulda öznel iyi oluşun okul iklimi ve öz-yeterlik açısından yordanması. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 34(3), 621-638
  • Aslan, H. ve Doğan, Ü. (2016). Üstün yetenekli öğrencilerin devam ettikleri okulları ile bilim ve sanat merkezine ilişkin metaforik algıları: karşılaştırmalı durum çalışması Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 16 (2), 335-350.
  • Bailey, R. (2009). Wellbeing, happiness and education, British Journal of Sociology of Education, 30(6), 795-802.
  • Baker, J., Terry, T., Bridger, R., ve Winsor, A. (1997). Schools as caring communities: A relational approach to school reform. School Psychology Review, 26(4), 586–602.
  • Bakker, A. B. (2005). Flow among music teachers and their students: The crossover of peak experiences. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 66 (1), 26-44.
  • Bastos Brito, R.M. (2017). The surprising success of the Finnish educational system in a global scenario of commodified education. Revista Brasileira de Educação 22 (70), 802-825.
  • Beebe, J. R. (2003). Socrates on Prozac and Happiness. Buffalo, State University of New York at Buffalo. http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~jbeebe2/Happiness.htm adresinden 25/12/2018 tarihinde indirilmiştir.
  • Beiter, R., Nash, R., McCrady, M., Rhoades, D., Linscomb, M., Clarahan, M. ve Sammut, S. (2015). The prevalence and correlates of depression, anxiety, and stress in a sample of college students. Journal of Affective Disorders, 173, 90-96.
  • Berg, B.L. (2001). Qualitative research methods for the social sciences. USA: Allyn & Bacon. Bergsma, A., Poot, G. ve Liefbroer, C.A. (2008). Happiness in the garden of Epicurus. Journal of Happiness Studies 9 (3), 397–423.
  • Bird, J. M. ve Markle, R. S. (2012). Subjective well-being in school environments: Promoting positive youth development through evidence-based assessment and intervention. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 82(1),61-66.
  • Boehm, J. ve Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Does happiness promote career success? Journal of Career Assessment, 16 (1), 101-116.
  • Bullough, R. V. (2011). Hope, happiness, teaching and learning. C. Day ve J. C. K. Lee (Ed.), New understandings of teacher’s work: Emotions and educational change içinde (ss. 17-32). New York: Springer
  • Bunnin, N. ve Yu, J. (2004). The Blackwell dictionary of Western Philosophy. MA: Blackwell Publishing. Burg, C. A. (2018). Finnish education in the 21st century: Paradoxes and Visions. Inquiry in Education, 10 (1), 1-9.
  • Capelle, W. (1995). Sokratesten önce felsefe II, (Oğuz Özügül, çev.), İstanbul : Kabalcı yayınevi.
  • Carr, A. (2011). Positive psychology: The science of happiness and human strengths. London and New York: Routledge Certel, Z., Bahadir, Z., Saracaloglu, S. ve Varol, R. (2015). The investigation of the relation between the high school students’ self-efficacy and subjective well-being. Journal of Research in Education and Teaching, 4 (2), 307-318. Cevizci, A (1999). Felsefe sözlüğü, İstanbul: Paradigma Yayınları.
  • Collins, E.C. ve Green, J.L. (1990). Metaphors: The construction of a perspective. Theory into Practice, 29 (2), 71-77.
  • Creswell, J.W. (2007). Qualİtative inquiry & research design : Choosing among five approaches. UK: Sage Publications.
  • Csikszentmihalyi, M. ve Hunter, J. (2003). Happiness in everyday life: The uses of experience sampling. Journal of Happiness Studies, 4(2), 185–199.
  • Çapulcuoğlu, U. ve Gündüz, B. (2013). Öğrenci tükenmişliğini yordamada stresle başa çıkma, sınav kaygısı, akademik yetkinlik ve anne-baba tutumları. Eğitim Bilimleri Araştırmaları Dergisi, 3(1), 201-218.
  • Deci, E.L. ve Ryan, R.M. (2008). Hedonia, eudaimonia, and well-being: An introduction. Journal of Happiness Studies, 9 (1), 1-11.
  • Delle Fave, A., Brdar, I., Freire, T., Vella-Brodrick, D., ve Wissing, M. P. (2011). The eudaimonic and hedonic components of happiness: Qualitative and quantitative findings. Social Indicators Research, 100, 158–207.
  • Dinçer, A. (2017). PISA ve TIMSS ya da Türkiye eğitimde neden başarısız? Alternatif Eğitim, 4, 159-187.
  • Downe-Wamboldt, B.(1992). Content analysis: method, applications, and issues. Health Care Women International. 13(3), 313-21.
  • Eid, M. ve Diener, E. (2004). Global judgements of subjective wellbeing: situational varibility and longterm stability, Social Indicators Research, 65, 245-277.
  • Epicurus. (1994). The Epicurus reader. Selected writings and testimonia. Indianapolis: Hackett
  • Fletcher, G. (2015). The Routledge handbook of the philosophy of well being. Routledge.
  • Fredrickson, B. L. (2013). Positive emotions broaden and build. Patricia Devine ve Ashby Plant. (Ed.). Advances in experimental social psychology içinde (ss. 1-53). Burlington: Academic Press.
  • Freire, T., Zenhas, F., Tavares, D. ve Iglésias, C. (2013). Felicidade hedónica e eudaimónica: um estudo com adolescents portugueses. Análise Psicológica, 4, 329-342.
  • Fowers, B. J. (2005). Virtue and psychology: Pursuing excellence in ordinary practice. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
  • Giacomoni, C. H., Souza, L. K. ve Hutz, C. S. (2014). O conceito de felicidad en crianças (The concept of happiness in children). Psico-USF, Bragrança Paulista, 19, 143-153.
  • Göksoy, S. (2017). Situations that make students happy and unhappy in schools. Universal Journal of Educational Research 5 (12A),77-83.
  • Haidt, J. (2006). The Happiness hypothesis. NY: Basic. Jennings, P. A. ve Greenberg, M. T. (2009). The prosocial classroom: Teacher social and emotional competence in relation to student and classroom outcomes. Review of Educational Research, 79, 491–525.
  • Jensen, D. F. N. (2006). Metaphors as a bridge to understanding educational and social contexts. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 5(1), 1-17.
  • Jiang, S., Lu, M. ve Sato, H. (2012). Identity, inequality, and happiness: evidence from urban China. World Development, 40( 6), 1190-1200.
  • Johnson, L.B. (1965). Inaugural address of Lyndon Baines Johnson http://avalon.law.yale. edu/20th_century/johnson.asp adresinden 17/11/2018 tarihinde indirilmiştir.
  • Kapçı, E.G. (2004). İlköğretim öğrencilerinin zorbalığa maruz kalma türünün ve sıklığının depresyon, kaygı ve benlik saygısıyla ilişkisi. Ankara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi, 37 (1), 1-13.
  • Krippendorf, K.(2004). Content analysis an introduction to its methodology. USA: Sage Publications. López-Pérez, B., Sánchez, J. ve Gummerum, M. (2016). Children’s and adolescents’ conceptions of happiness. Journal of Happiness Studies. 17 (6), 2431-2455.
  • Low, G. (2008). Metaphor and education. R. W. Gibbs (Ed.), The Cambridge handbook of metaphor and thought, içinde (s. 212-231). New York: Cambridge University Press.
  • Lu, L. (2000). Gender and conjugal differences in happiness, Journal of Social Psychology, 140 (1), 132-141.
  • Lyubomirsky, S., King, L. ve Diener, E. (2005). The benefits of frequent positive affect: Does happiness lead to success? Psychological Bulletin, 131 (6), 803-855.
  • Malaty, G. (2006). What are the reasons behind the success of Finland in PISA? Gazette des Mathematiciens, 108, 59-66.
  • McCabe, K., Bray, M.A., Kehle, T.J., Theodore, L.A. ve Gelbar, W. (2011). Promoting happiness and life satisfaction in school children. Canadian Journal of School Psychology 26(3) 177–192
  • McMahon, D. M. (2006). Happiness: A history. New York: Grove Press.
  • Miles, M. B. ve Huberman, A. M. (1994). Qualitative data analysis: A source book. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications.
  • Morgan, G. (1998). Yönetim ve örgüt teorilerinde metafor (G. Bulut, Çev.). İstanbul: Mü-Ka. Moser, K.S. (2000). Metaphor analysis in psychology —method, theory, and fields of application. Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 1(2), 1-10.
  • Noddings, N. (2003). Happiness and education. UK: Cambridge University Press.
  • Nussbaum, M. (2000). Women and human development: The capabilities approach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • OECD. (2017). PISA 2015 Results (Volume III): Students’Well-Being, Paris: PISA, OECD Publishing. http://www.oecd.org/education/pisa-2015-results-volume-iii9789264273856-en.htm adresinden 14/11/2018 tarihinde indirilmiştir.
  • Ortony, A. (1975). Why metaphors are necessary and not just nice. Educational Theory, 25, 45–53.
  • Oxford, R., Tomlinson, S., Barcelos, A., Harrington, C., Lavine, R. Z., Saleh, A. ve Longhini, A. (1998). Clashing metaphors about classroom teachers: Toward a systematic typology for the language teaching field. System, 26 (1), 3–50.
  • Ören, N. ve Gençdoğan, B. (2007). Lise öğrencilerinin depresyon düzeylerinin bazı değişkenlere göre incelenmesi. Kastamonu Eğitim Dergisi 15 (1), 85-92.
  • Özdemir, M.(2012). Lise öğrencilerinin metaforik okul algılarının çeşitli değişkenler bakımından incelenmesi. Eğitim ve Bilim, 37(163), 96-109.
  • Özdemir, S. ve Akkaya, E. (2013). Genel lise öğrenci ve öğretmenlerinin okul ve ideal okul algılarının metafor yoluyla analizi. Kuram ve Uygulamada Eğitim Yönetimi, 19 (2), 295-322.
  • Pan, J. ve Zhou, W. (2013). Can success lead to happiness? The moderators between career success and happiness. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 51 (1), 63-80.
  • Peterson, C. ve Seligman, M. E. (2004). Character strengths and virtues: A handbook and classification. American Psychological Association and Oxford University Press.
  • Platon. (2000). Symposion (Şölen), (Cenap Karakaya, çev.) İstanbul: Sosyal Yayınları.
  • Ryan, R.M., ve Deci, E.L. (2001). On happiness and human potentials: A review of research on hedonic and eudaimonic well-being. Annual Review Psychology, 52, 141–166.
  • Saban, A. (2008). Okula ilişkin metaforlar. Educational Administration: Theory and Practice 55, 459-496.
  • Saban, A. (2009). Öğretmen adaylarının öğrenci kavramına ilişkin sahip oldukları zihinsel imgeler. Türk Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi, 7(2), 281-326.
  • Sahlberg, P. (2007). Education policies for raising student learning: The Finnish approach. Journal of Education Policy, 22 (2), 147-171.
  • Schnittker, J. (2008). Happiness and success: Genes, families, and the psychological effects of socioeconomic position and social support. American Journal of Sociology, 114 (1), 233-259.
  • Seligman, M. E. P. ve Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2000). Positive psychology: An introduction. American Psychologist, 55, 5-14.
  • Seligman, M. E., Ernst, R. M., Gillham, J., Reivich, K. ve Linkins, M. (2009). Positive education: Positive psychology and classroom interventions. Oxford Review of Education, 35 (3), 293-311.
  • Sezer, Ş. ve Can, E. (2019). School happiness: A scale development and implementation study. Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 79 (2019), 167-190.
  • Srivastva, S. ve Barrett, F. J. (1988). The transforming nature of metaphors in group development: A study in group theory. Human Relations, 41, 31–63.
  • Simmons, B.L. (2014). Organizational characteristics of happy organizations. P. Y. Chen, ve C.L. Cooper (Ed.), Work and wellbeing içinde (ss. 1-18). Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  • Talebzadeha F. ve Samkan, M. (2011). Happiness for our kids in schools: A conceptual model. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 29 (2011), 1462 – 1471.
  • Tasnim, Z. (2016). Happiness at workplace: Building a conceptual framework. World Journal of Social Sciences 6 (2), 62-70.
  • Tedmem. (2017). PISA 2015: Öğrencilerin İyi Olma Hali. https://tedmem.org/mem-notlari/ degerlendirme/pisa-2015-ogrencilerin-iyi-olma-hali) adresinden 15/01/2019 tarihinde indirilmiştir.
  • Thoilliez, B. (2011). How to grow up happy: An exploratory study on the meaning of happiness from children’s voices. Child Indicators Research, 4 (2), 323-351.
  • UNESCO. (2016). Happy Schools: A framework for learner-well-being in the Asia-Pacific. Paris, France.
  • Uusitalo-Malmivaara. (2012). Global and school-related happiness in Finnish children. Journal of Happiness Studies. 13 (4), 601–619.
  • van Praag, B.M.S., Romanov, D. ve Ferrer-i-Carbonell, A. (2010). Happiness and financial satisfaction in Israel: Effects of religiosity, ethnicity, and war. Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 10-095/3. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1679666 or http:// dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1679666
  • Van Hall, G., Bruggeman, B, Aertsen, P. ve Bruggeman, H. (2017). Happy teachers and happy school children: going hand in hand. European Journal of Public Health, 27 (3), 400-401
  • Veenhoven, R. (2003). Hedonism and happiness. Journal of Happiness Studies, 4, 437–457
  • Veenhoven, R. (2008). Healthy happiness: Effects of happiness on physical health and the consequences for preventive health care, Journal of Happiness Studies, 9 (3), 449- 469
  • Walsh, L.C., Boehm, J.K. ve Lyubomirsky, S. (2018). Does happiness promote career success? Revisiting the Evidence. Journal of Career Assessment, 26(2) 199-219.
  • Yazıcıoğlu, Y. ve Erdoğan, S. (2004). SPSS uygulamalı bilimsel araştırma yöntemleri. Ankara: Detay Yayıncılık.
  • Yıldırım, A. ve H. Şimşek. (2005). Sosyal bilimlerde nitel araştırma yöntemleri. Ankara: Seçkin Yayıncılık
  • Yob, I. M. (2003). Thinking constructively with metaphors. Studies in Philosophy and Education, 22 (2), 127-138.