The Effects of Teaching Applications with Real Life Content on the Levels of Pre-Service Teachers' Abilities to Associate Daily Life with Astronomy and Electrical Learning Topics

Öğrencilerin bilgilerini günlük yaşamla ilişkilendirmeleri; okul ortamında öğrenmiş oldukları konuların önemini anlamaları, nerede ve nasıl kullanılacağını görmeleri ve konuların aslında günlük yaşantıyla bütünleşik olduğunun farkına varmaları açısından büyük önem taşımaktadır. Bu bağlamda; öğrenme ortamlarına bu ilişkileri yansıtacak olan öğretmenlerin yeterli bilgi ve deneyim sahibi olmaları gerekmektedir. Araştırmada; Gerçek yaşam içerikli öğretim uygulamalarının öğretmen adaylarının astronomi ve elektrik öğrenme alanları ile günlük yaşamı ilişkilendirebilme düzeylerine etkisinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Katılımcılar Fen Bilgisi Eğitimi Anabilim Dalında öğrenim gören toplam 30 dördüncü sınıf öğrencisinden oluşmaktadır. Çalışmada astronomi ve elektrik öğrenme alanları seçilmiş ve bu öğrenme alanlarında gerçek yaşam problemlerine dayalı etkinlikler yapılmıştır. Çalışmadaki veriler, bu etkinliklerin öğretmen adaylarının astronomi ve elektrik konularını günlük yaşamla ilişkilendirme durumlarına dayalı olarak elde edilmiştir. Araştırma deneysel nitelikte olup veriler önson test desen kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Veriler nitel olarak, öğrenme alanlarının günlük hayatta kullanımına ilişkin açık uçlu anketler ile toplanmıştır. Çalışma sonunda öğrenme alanlarının günlük yaşamla ilişkilendirme düzeylerinin elektrik öğrenme alanında ve astronomi öğrenme alanında yaklaşık iki katına çıktığı görülmüştür

Gerçek Yaşam İçerikli Öğretim Uygulamalarının Öğretmen Adaylarının Astronomi ve Elektrik Konularını Günlük Yaşamla İlişkilendirmelerine Etkisi

Students’ associating their knowledge with daily life demonstrates great significance in terms of understanding the importance of topics they learn in school as well as knowing where and how they are used in their daily life. In this context, teachers who will reflect these relationships in learning environments must have sufficient knowledge and experience. In this research, it was aimed to investigate the effects of teaching applications with real life content on the levels of pre-service teachers' abilities to associate daily life with astronomy and electrical learning topics. The sample consisted of totally 30 fourth class students who were at the department of Science Teaching in the Faculty of Education. In the research, astronomy and electrical learning topics were chosen and activities based on real life problems in these were applied. The data gathered were based on the effects of these activities. The research was conducted following an experimental design and data were collected applying the pre-post test pattern. The data were collected through open-ended questionnaires related to the use of learning topics in daily life. As a result, it was found that the levels of associating the learning topics with daily life were nearly doubled in the field of electrical and astronomy learning topics

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