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Saban, Aslihan – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2020
YouTube is one of the social media tools that have become a part of our lives. It is used by many educators as a pedagogical instrument. To determine the perceptions and views students about YouTube can support the effective use of YouTube. For this purpose, metaphors and opinions of secondary school students about YouTube were tried to be…
Descriptors: Social Media, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Video Technology
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Saban, Ahmet; Koçbeker-Eid, Beyhan Nazli; Saban, Aslihan – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2014
In this study, Turkish primary teacher candidates' experienced and ideal conceptions of learning were examined through metaphors. The participants of this phenomenological study included 193 sophomores taking the "Principles and Methods of Teaching" course at Ahmet Kelesoglu Education Faculty, Necmettin Erbakan University, in the fall of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Elementary Education, Student Attitudes
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Saban, Aslihan – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2011
In this phenomenological study, prospective computer teachers' mental images related to the concepts of "school" and "computer teacher" were examined through metaphors. Participants were all the 45 seniors majoring in the Department of Computer and Instructional Technologies at Selcuk University, Ahmet Kelesoglu Faculty of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Computer Science Education, Figurative Language, Student Attitudes
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Saban, Aslihan – Education, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine the metaphors of exit-level Turkish computer teacher candidates about the concept of "internet". Participants included 45 seniors (23 boys and 22 girls) majoring in the Department of Computer and Instructional Technologies at Selcuk University, Ahmet Kelesoglu Faculty of Education. They were asked…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Content Analysis, Internet, Figurative Language
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Saban, Ahmet; Kocbeker, Beyhan Nazli; Saban, Aslihan – Learning and Instruction, 2007
This study investigated the metaphors that prospective teachers in Turkey (N = 1,142) formulated to describe the concept of "teacher". Participants completed the prompt "A teacher is like...because..." by focusing on only one metaphor to indicate their conceptualization of teaching and learning. Altogether 64 valid personal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Figurative Language, Preservice Teachers, Cues