Papers by Bilge Aslan Altan
Education Quarterly Reviews
Practicing online teaching activities has been favored quite some time, and it continues to gain ... more Practicing online teaching activities has been favored quite some time, and it continues to gain popularity with the evolving technology as well as global dynamics (as COVID). Online-Based Microteachings (OBM), in this sense, can enforce preservice teachers to practice digitally-saturated new, possibly an ongoing, set of skills that will contribute to their teaching behaviors in future. Leaning on this idea this paper outlines the experiences of preservice teachers on online teaching activities that are inspired by microteaching strategy, which may initiate a discussion point for teacher trainers and trainees to practice more online-saturated teaching activities that can be developed as online-based microteachings in initial teacher education (ITE) programs. Doing so, the study was built upon case study design including 50 (32 females, 18 males) participants of preservice teachers from different fields. Findings indicate that preservice teachers had many new experiences that may reinforce their existing and future teaching skills as well as many challenges that resulted from digital-based drawbacks. The documented experiences can be used as evidences for international researchers and teacher educators to empower preservice teachers’ online teaching skills because apparently, they had real challenges to design and practice online teaching activities in this local-context. Implications of the study suggest that ITE programs may need additional contents in which necessary online pedagogy and skills are harmonized to enable preservice teachers to be much more-ready for future circumstances and to be familiar with online teaching qualifications.
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Trakya Eğitim Dergisi, 2021
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Erzincan Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 2021
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Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 2021
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Batı Anadolu Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi, Jun 28, 2021
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Journal of Human Sciences, 2018
This study concerns the importance of preventive implementations for physical, psychological, and... more This study concerns the importance of preventive implementations for physical, psychological, and sexual child abuse through curriculum. Therefore, the study has examined the interpretations of primary education teachers on one of the attainments of Safe Life unit in Life Sciences course that has been recently revised and put into force for 2017-2018 academic year. 12 volunteer primary education teachers participated in the study. The study was conducted with phenomenology design of qualitative research method. Semi-structured interview forms were developed and applied by the researcher as the data collection. The data were transcribed first and then analyzed through descriptive and content analysis. The findings have highlighted that most of the teachers have not associated the objective with child abuse issue, on the contrary, they have interpreted it as a precaution for physical harms and damages (accidents, injuries, wounds, etc.) and communication in respect (asking for permiss...
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Cumhuriyet International Journal of Education, 2019
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Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2017
Vocational high schools are one of the controversial topics, and also the hardly touched fields i... more Vocational high schools are one of the controversial topics, and also the hardly touched fields in educational field. Students’ profiles of vocational schools, their visions, and professional identity developments are not frequently reflected in the literature. Therefore, the main aim of the study is to research whether vocational high school students’ professional identities are supported with extracurricular activities. Followingly, it was also researched whether vocational high school students’ future professional identities complied with their selected school and/or specialized fields. The research was conducted on qualitative research approach through semi-structured question form and analyzed via descriptive and content analysis of qualitative research methods. Results revealed that vocational high school students did not take part in extracurricular activities regarding their professional identities since the schools did not organize these activities. The responses also empha...
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Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
In globally developing education system, technology has made instructional improved in many ways.... more In globally developing education system, technology has made instructional improved in many ways. One of these improvements is the Interactive Response Systems (IRS) that are applied in classroom activities. Therefore, it is “smart” to focus on interactive response systems in learning environment. This study was conducted aiming to focus on using Socrative application as a feedback agent among IRSs. The study mainly focused on how could Socrative program as a smart feedback agent be effective in fostering students’ learning. Additionally, students’ responses were examined to have an overall sense of a digitally supported learning period. The study was designed on action research. The research was conducted with 53 junior year students who were prospective teachers in different fields at the same time. In order to obtain, 11 item-survey was developed by the researchers to realize how Socrative program could contribute to reinforce learning in detail. Besides, unsystematic interviews ...
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Cumhuriyet International Journal of Education, 2016
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Journal of Turkish Studies, 2017
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Journal of Education
By asking questions, students can practice many cognitive processes, and these processes may refl... more By asking questions, students can practice many cognitive processes, and these processes may reflect clues about their thinking skills. In order to understand students’ cognitive levels in thinking, questions can be used as agents. Doing so, this study focuses on examining students’ questions in terms of cognitive levels of Bloom’s revised taxonomy, namely, remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, and create. For this purpose, the study followed a qualitative research design with 106 high school students and eight language and literature teachers. To capture the relevant data, students were given two types of texts (narrative and informative), then asked to generate text-based questions as well as their answers. Along with students, teachers were interviewed to find out how they direct students to ask comprehension questions according to instructional strategies they used in asking questions. The data were analyzed through descriptive and content analysis. The results showed ...
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The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of Web 2.0 tools applied in microteachings ... more The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of Web 2.0 tools applied in microteachings on prospective teachers’ web pedagogical content knowledge and teacher self-efficacy, and to examine their views on the procedure. This research used mixed research design and was conducted with 24 prospective teachers who participated in teacher training certificate program in Faculty of Education in a state university in Turkey. Web pedagogical content knowledge scale, teacher self-efficacy scale, and an open-ended question form were used as data collection tools. Paired samples t-test and Pearson correlation analysis were applied for the analysis of quantitative data; content analysis was used to analyze the qualitative data. The findings showed that there was a significant difference on prospective teachers’ web pedagogical content knowledge and teacher self-efficacy levels after Web 2.0 tools implementation. The research also concluded that there was a medium level positive relation...
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Kastamonu Eğitim Dergisi
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The study concerns the effects of the technology use among students in basic education. Therefore... more The study concerns the effects of the technology use among students in basic education. Therefore, the study aimed to benefit from primary education teachers' experiences on students cans and cants due to technology use. The study was based on qualitative research approach with descriptive design. 60 primary education teachers, 30 from rural and 30 from urban school district, participated in the study. The participants were asked two open-ended questions with a written form and the responses were analyzed via content analysis. The results showed that teachers had consensus on students' cans due to technology while students' cants differed between rural and urban region teachers. All teachers highlighted that students are good at playing games, doing research, making quick decision and operating any technological devices. However, rural region teachers embarked that students were lack of individual and social skills while urban region teachers emphasized lack of academic skills due to technology use. The results provided a frame that students as young learners get affected from technology both positively and negatively. However, unimproved skills seem more prominent regarding this study. In the light of the results, related recommendations were presented for stakeholders. Öz. Bu çalışma teknoloji kullanımının ilkokul öğrencileri üzerinde bıraktığı etkileri temel almaktadır. Bu sebeple, öğrencilerin teknoloji kullanımından kaynaklı kazançları ve kayıplarına yönelik ilkokul öğretmenlerinin deneyimlerinden faydalanılması amaçlanmıştır. Çalışma nitel araştırma yaklaşımını temel alan betimleyici desende yürütülmüş bir çalışmadır. Çalışmaya 30'u kırsal 30'u şehir bölgesinde görev yapan toplamda 60 sınıf öğretmeni katılmıştır. Katılımcılara yazılı formda iki açık uçlu soru yöneltilmiş ve bu cevaplar içerik analizi yöntemi ile incelenmiştir. Elde edilen sonuçlar tüm öğretmenlerin kazançlar konusunda ortaklaştığını, fakat kayıplar konusunda şehir ve kırsal bölgede görev yapan öğretmenler arasında farklılaşma yaşandığını göstermiştir. İki bölgede görev yapan öğretmenler kazançları, oyun oynama, araştırma yapma, hızlı karar verme ve yeni teknolojik araçları kullanabilme konusunda ortaklaşırken; kırsal bölgede görev yapan öğretmenler bireysel ve sosyal becerilerde kayıplar yaşandığını, şehir bölgesinde görev yapan öğretmenlerse akademik becerilerde kayıplar yaşandığını belirtmiştir. Sonuçlar öğrencilerin hem olumlu hem de olumsuz şekilde teknoloji kullanımından etkilendiğini gösterse de, bu çalışmada olumsuz etkiler biraz daha ön plana çıkmıştır. Bu bağlamda ilgili paydaşlara önerilerde bulunulmuştur. Anahtar Sözcükler: Temel eğitim, teknoloji kullanımı, öğrenciler, kazanç ve kayıp 1 Some part of this manuscript was orally presented at 5 th Curriculum and Instruction Congress (ICCI).
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