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Ozkan, Gulbin; Akcay, Hakan – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate preservice science teachers' conceptual understanding of astronomy concepts. Qualitative research methods were used. The sample consists of 118 preservice science teachers (40 freshmen, 31 sophomores, and 47 juniors). The data were collected with Astronomy Conceptual Questionnaire (ACQ) that includes 13…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes
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Palavan, Ozcan; Cicek, Volkan; Atabay, Merve – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Outdoor education stands out as one of the methods to deliver the desired educational outcomes taking the needs of the students, teachers and the curricular objectives into consideration. Outdoor education focuses on experimental, hands-on learning in real-life environments through senses, e.g., through visual, auditory, and tactile means,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Outdoor Education, Experiential Learning
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Turan-Özpolat, Esen; Bay, Erdal – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2017
The purpose of this research was to analyze the curriculum alignment of teachers in secondary education 5th grade Science course. Alignment levels of teachers in dimensions of acquisition, content, teaching methods and techniques, activity, material and measurement - assessment, and the reasons for their alignment/non-alignment to the curriculum…
Descriptors: Secondary School Science, Alignment (Education), Science Teachers, Foreign Countries
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Park, Mi-Hwa – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Consideration of children's emotions in a classroom provides more opportunities for improvement in children's engagement. However, the literature about emotional scaffolding in early childhood settings is underdeveloped. This qualitative case study focuses on the construction and implementation of strategies of scaffolding emotions by two early…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Learner Engagement, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
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Ozkan, Hasan Huseyin – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
This study analyses the opinions of school directors related to their levels of recognition, comprehension and explanation, along with their support and their supervisory duties in the process of the implementation of the curriculum. Although this study is designed appropriately to the qualitative research design, phenomenological research design…
Descriptors: Administrators, Administrator Attitudes, Knowledge Level, Curriculum Implementation
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Savas Basturk – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
The aim of this study was to determine pre-service teachers' perspectives on constructivism and its implementation in schools. In order to do this, a semi-structured interview was conducted with 12 primary pre-service teachers from the grades 2, 3, and 4. Four pre-service teachers were voluntarily selected from each grade for interview. Each…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Primary Education