Perceptions of Primary School Teacher Candidates towards the Turkish Education System, School, Teacher, and Student: A Metaphor Analysis    
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Prof. Dr. Emel TÜZEL İŞERİ Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Uğur AKIN Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü Diğer hakemli uluslarası dergilerde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı International Journal of Higher Education
Dergi ISSN 1927-6052
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler Journals Indexed in Eric
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 08-2019
Cilt No 8
Sayı 4
Sayfalar 239 /
DOI Numarası 10.5430/ijhe.v8n4p239
Makale Linki http://www.sciedu.ca/journal/index.php/ijhe/article/view/15851
Özet
This study aimed to determine the perceptions of primary school teacher candidates about the Turkish education system, school, teacher, and student concepts by means of metaphors. The study group consisted of 82 primary school teacher candidates enrolled in the senior class of a university in the Black Sea Region in Turkey in 2018. The study data were collected using a questionnaire which involved gap filling questions aiming to determine the metaphors for the Turkish education system, school, teacher, and student. Findings indicated that the majority of the primary school teacher candidates had a negative perception of the Turkish education system. More than half of the negative metaphors that the participants used were about the unceasing change of the system. Primary school teacher candidates' perceptions of the school concept were mostly positive. The participants saw school as a home that educates and shapes people. Nevertheless, a considerable number of the participants
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