Browsing by Author "Kildan A.O."

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Effects on the technological pedagogical content knowledge of early childhood teacher candidates using digital storytelling to teach mathematics
(2015-05-04) Kildan A.O.; Incikabi L.
This study aimed to present early childhood teacher candidates' experiences preparing digital stories and to reveal the resulting changes, if any, in self-reported technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK). This study was quasi-experimental and indicated that teacher candidates' evaluations of digital storytelling were affected by their preparation experiences. Moreover, results showed a shift from dual intersections of technology, pedagogy, and content knowledge to the triple intersection of TPACK.
Evaluating views of teacher trainees on teacher training process in Turkey
(2013-02-01) Kildan A.O.; Ibret B.ü.; Pektaş M.; Aydinözü D.; Incikabi L.; Recepoglu E.
The views of the teacher trainees who have recently started the teaching profession on teacher training process are of great value because they are new graduates and they are in their first year in the profession. Since the teachers in their first year in the profession do not have any experience, they have to pursue the educational tasks based on the knowledge and skills they acquired in their faculties. The main purpose of the study is to evaluate the views of the teacher trainees on the process of teacher training in Turkey.Being qualitative in nature, the current research was a descriptive study. The study group involved 58 newly-appointed teacher trainees from different branches who began their teaching profession in Kastamonu in 2010. An "Interview Form" was used for data collection. The data collected from the participants were analysed through Nvivo 9 software package. As a result of the study, the teacher trainees indicated that they felt insufficient especially related to curriculum and content knowledge and that teaching practice and school experience courses do not adequately contribute to their profession.
The determination of preschool children's parents' criteria for selecting children's books
(2011-12-01) Kildan A.O.; Bilgici B.G.
This study has been conducted for the purpose of determining preschool children's parents' criteria for selecting children's books. The population of the research is made up of the parents of 102 children attending the six kindergartens in the center of Kastamonu province. A Personal Information Form and an Interview Form were used to collect data. In the research, of the qualitative research methods, a descriptive analysis method was used. The percentage of the responses of the parents was given quantitatively and they were commented on. As a result of the analysis of the data of the research, it was found that the parents bought their children children's books especially at the age of four or five, they did not usually take the size and weight of the book into consideration, but they paid attention to especially the age group, authors and publishers. Furthermore, the parents expressed that the most important criteria was which age group children's books should address. However, they stated the price and durability of children's books as the last two criteria. While the parents who took part in the research usually defended that children's books should be instructive and didactic, they stated that books should address especially children's interests and needs while developing their imagination.