Which concepts do teachers teach through play? A study based on pre-service teachers’ observation
Öz
This study particularly focuses on what pre-school education teachers teach through play activities in their class. Therefore, this study is rather crucial to scrutinize the type of concepts teachers utilize to enhance children’s learning in play activities. Convenient sampling was used for the data collection. The research drew its data from 120 play observation reports written by 120 pre-service pre-school education teachers taking “Development of Play in Childhood” course. Content analysis approach described by Berg (2007) was used to analyze the data. The findings show that although Ministry of National Education (MoNE) offers more than 100 concepts, teachers generally choose the same concepts such as colors, geometrical shapes, and simple antonymous concepts. They generally do not prefer to teach alternative concepts like feathery-featherless, sharp-stubby and deep-shallow through play.
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Birincil Dil
Türkçe
Konular
Eğitim Üzerine Çalışmalar
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Zeynep Temiz
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Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi, Van, Türkiye
Türkiye
Yayımlanma Tarihi
27 Aralık 2017
Gönderilme Tarihi
24 Kasım 2017
Kabul Tarihi
22 Aralık 2017
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2017 Cilt: 1 Sayı: 1
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