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Cigerci, Fatih Mehmet – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2020
This study aimed to examine metaphorical perceptions of 4th-grade primary school students on the concept of "peace". The study was conducted with Turkish and Syrian students who attend primary schools in Sanliurfa, a city on the west eastern part of Turkey during the fall semester of 2019-2020 academic year. The results of the study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Minority Group Students, Student Attitudes, Peace
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Cansever, Belgin Arslan; Aslan, Nese – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
The purpose of this study is to determine the perception of teachers by 10 year-old primary school childrens by the metaphors they developed. The sample covers totally 441 children [224 females (50.8%) and 217 males (49.2%)] living in Izmir, Turkey. Participants were asked to complete the prompt "Teacher is like..., because...''. In…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Elementary School Students, Teacher Student Relationship, Student Attitudes
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Martínez-de-la-Hidalga, Zoe; Villardón-Gallego, Lourdes – International Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017
The Conceptions about the teaching profession affect professional performance, and metaphors are a tool to identify them. In this qualitative study metaphors are used to gain insight into conceptions held by pre-service teachers, and their development during Initial Teacher Training in the Bachelor's Degree in Primary Education. A total of 247…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Student Teacher Attitudes, Teaching (Occupation), Preservice Teacher Education
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Arikan, Elif Esra; Unal, Hasan – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
The aim of this study is to investigate the metaphors images of gifted students about mathematics. The sample of the study consists of 82 gifted students, which are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 graders, from Istanbul. Data were collected by asking students to complete the sentence: "Mathematics is as …, because…". In the study content analysis was…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Figurative Language, Student Attitudes, Grade 2
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Kiliç, Çigdem; Yanpar Yelken, Tugba – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2013
Problem Statement: Recent studies in education have focused on how to handle metaphors as research and evaluation tools. Metaphors have many advantages for researchers, educators and learners with the most important being that they can help educators understand pre-service teachers' thinking and belief systems of mathematics. A study of previous…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Figurative Language, Language Usage