Exploring the Course “Foreign Language Teaching in Primary Schools”: Perspectives of Future Teachers
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foreign language teaching, primary education, teacher education, teacher candidatesAbstract
Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, "İlkokullarda Yabancı Dil Öğretimi" dersini, hizmet öncesi sınıf öğretmenlerinin bakış açılarından değerlendirmek, dersin etkililiği ve mesleki gelişimleri üzerindeki etkisi hakkındaki görüşlerini analiz etmektir. Araştırma, Türk ilkokullarında yabancı dil eğitimi için gelecekteki öğretmenleri daha iyi hazırlamak amacıyla sınıf öğretmenliği lisans programının yeniden yapılandırılmasına katkıda bulunmayı amaçlamaktadır.
Yöntem: Çalışma, temel nitel bir tasarım kullanan nitel bir araştırma yöntemini benimsedi. Veriler, demografik sorular ve katılımcıların ders hakkındaki görüşlerini araştıran maddelerden oluşan araştırmacı tarafından geliştirilen bir görüşme formu aracılığıyla toplandı. Amaçlı örnekleme kullanıldı ve 23 aday sınıf öğretmeni katıldı. Veriler, MaxQDA nitel veri analiz yazılımı ile tümevarımsal kodlama kullanılarak tematik olarak analiz edildi.
Bulgular: Analiz dört ana temayı tanımladı: Dersten Beklentiler, Öğrenme Sonuçları ve Beceriler, Ders Uygulamaları ve Öneriler. Öğretmen adayları pratik, içerik açısından zengin eğitim beklentilerini dile getirdiler. Dil öğretim yöntemlerinde, sınıf yönetiminde ve öğrenci katılımında önemli kazanımlar bildirdiler. Ancak zorluklar arasında dil yeterliliği ve öğrenci motivasyonunun sürdürülmesi yer aldı. İyileştirme önerileri arasında daha fazla uygulamalı etkinlik ve teknolojinin entegrasyonu yer aldı.
Sonuçlar: Bulgular, yabancı dil derslerini daha pratik hale getirerek ve güncel materyalleri ve teknoloji destekli öğretim yöntemlerini dahil ederek öğretmen eğitimi müfredatını geliştirme ihtiyacını vurguladı. Bu değişikliklerin geleceğin öğretmenlerinin mesleki gelişimine katkıda bulunması ve ilkokullarda yabancı dil eğitiminin kalitesini artırması bekleniyor. Çalışma ayrıca bu tür derslerin öğretmenlerin mesleki gelişimi üzerindeki uzun vadeli etkilerine ilişkin gelecekteki araştırmalar için öneriler sunuyor.
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