Earthquake is one of the issues of social studies education within the scope of being a phenomenon affecting social life. As a matter of fact, social studies is a course that deals with all the ...elements related to social life. Earthquake, which is an issue of social studies, should then be taught comprehensively due to its impact on individual and social life. For this very reason, the content related to earthquake in social studies coursebooks should be both adequate and appropriate for the particular levels. The aim of this study was to examine the content on earthquake in social studies coursebooks within the scope of the views of middle school students. The views of the students in 11 provinces affected by the earthquakes that took place in Kahramanmaraş province of Türkiye on February 6, 2023 were consulted. A basic qualitative design was used in the study. Maximum diversity and criterion sampling techniques were used to determine the participant group. A semi-structured interview form was resorted to with a view to collecting the data. Content analysis was utilized to analyze the data. In the study, it was determined that the students perceive earthquake as a disruptive phenomenon, that the students thought social studies course had an important role in teaching the concept of earthquake, that the students found social studies coursebooks insufficient on the elaboration of earthquake topic and thought that the books should be redesigned accordingly. Depending on the results, recommendations for researchers and education planners were made.
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the analogy-based teaching on students' achievement and students' views about analogies. In this research, Solomon group design which is one of ...the experimental designs, was implemented. The sample of the research consists of 108 students in four 6th grade classes in Turkey. The achievement test was implemented as pretest and posttest. After processing the basic parts and organelles of a cell in the lessons, the students were asked to form their own groups' analogies. After the groups had done analogies, they were asked to describe their analogies. Then, analogy of the class was determined. After application, Achievement Test and Analogy Opinion Scale (AOS) were administered to collect the data. The results proved that analogy-based teaching was more effective on the increase of students' achievement score than conventional training. The majority of students claimed that using analogies in lessons was useful. Because using analogies helped the students to understand invisible concept. The students stated that using analogy technique in science lessons was useful and it provides permanent learning. They said that some abstract concepts and invisible objects were often the most difficult to explain and learn. Some of the students stated that using analogies in the lessons was enjoyable and interesting. They said that while learning with analogies they had so much fun.
Students' views on the professional career opportunities Jurgena, I., Riga Teacher Training and Educational Management Academy (Latvia); Gedrovics, J., Riga Teacher Training and Educational Management Academy (Latvia); Cedere, D., Riga Teacher Training and Educational Management Academy (Latvia)
Engineering for rural development,
2014
13/2014
Journal Article
Along with the process of individual’s socialization, the choice of a particular profession is becoming increasingly important. A lot of experts in the field of career choice point out that changes ...in the labour market, unemployment and the constantly increasing amount o f information on various professions and the ways o f acquiring education lead to confusion, uncertainty and misinformation among young people. The present article comprises the summary of the results obtained in on e section of the international comparative study ROSE, which shows students’ views about their future profession. The study encompasses the time period from 2002 to 2012, its participants being the 9th and 12th form students from different Latvian schools. The results show that there can be observed certain changes in the views of the respondents concerning career development opportunities. In the 12th form group, the most important criteria in choosing a future profession mentioned by the respondents are the possibility to develop one’ s knowledge and skills, the importance and meaningfulness of the job as well as the remuneration for the work do ne. The students have partly realised that successful individuals are those who can align their individual goals with the changes taking place in the society. Young people are becoming more pragmatic, and their understanding of career opportunities is focused on self-realization in a purposeful self-development process. This feature is more pronounced in the views of the 12th form students.
Research on the 'ideal' or 'good' student tends to be situated within compulsory schooling. Few recent studies have focused on lecturers' conceptualisation and construction of the 'ideal' university ...student. Informed by 30 in-depth interviews with lecturers from two post-92 English universities within the social sciences, we explore how the notion of 'ideal' student is understood in contemporary higher education. We focus on lecturers' expectations of undergraduate students, as well as their views of the 'ideal' student in different teaching and learning contexts. We identified specific personal and academic skillsets that are desirable of students, including preparation, engagement and commitment, as well as being critical, reflective and making progress. The ability to achieve high grades, interestingly, is rarely mentioned as important. Implications for policy and practice are discussed as we present a much-needed update on the current features of the 'ideal' university student, which can influence student experience, especially the lecturer-student relationship.
Considerando o inglês como um idioma que tem assumido um papel cada vez mais importante no mundo globalizado em que vivemos, faz-se necessário avaliar de que forma essa língua tem sido vista e, ...consequentemente, ensinada nas escolas. Desse modo, o presente artigo analisa pontos de vista de alunos e professores sobre a língua inglesa, bem como implicações didático-metodológicas do ensino da língua em sala de aula, com base em entrevistas não dirigidas semiestruturadas com professores de inglês e com alunos do terceiro ano do ensino médio de duas escolas públicas estaduais do Vale do Taquari, no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Os resultados apontam que a língua inglesa tem sido vista como uma língua franca global, possível de ser utilizada em diferentes contextos comunicativos como língua adicional, trazendo muitos benefícios aos falantes e, por conseguinte, fazendo com que o interesse por sua aprendizagem aumente. No entanto, constatou-se que a metodologia adotada nas escolas não proporciona o desenvolvimento das habilidades necessárias para que esse idioma seja colocado em uso, sendo esse um fator preponderante para a desmotivação dos estudantes, que não veem razão para estudar regras gramaticais de forma descontextualizada e repetitiva. Sinaliza -se, portanto, que o ensino de inglês na escola precisa estar voltado para o desenvolvimento de projetos baseados em tarefas que busquem proporcionar aos estudantes situações reais de uso da língua, através das quais seja possível o desenvolvimento de uma competência linguística voltada para o princípio da inteligibilidade.
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