Gökhan İskifoğlu

We explored the extent to which 7 dimensions (truth-seeking, openmindedness, analyticity, systematicity, inquisitiveness, criticalthinking, self-confidence, and maturity of judgment) of the critical thinking disposition of graduating university students can be explained by their reading habits, age, university entrance examination grade, cumulative grade point average, family socioeconomic level, mother's education level, and father's education level. Participants comprised 1,164 students who were graduating from various universities in Turkey. We used descriptive and inferential approaches to data analysis. Results indicate that reading habits was the most significant first-order factor predicting a strong critical thinking disposition, followed by mother's education level, cumulative grade point average, and university entrance examination grade. Age and father's education level explained the smallest amount of variance in critical thinking disposition. Implication...

Bu araştırmada, mezuniyet aşamasına gelmiş Rehberlik ve Psikolojik Danışma programı öğrencilerinin, bireyle psikolojik danışma hakimiyetleri ve karar verme stratejileri farklı bağımsız değişkenler göz önünde bulundurularak incelenmiştir. İncelenen veriler 2017-2018 Bahar döneminde Kuzey Kıbrıs’ta özel bir üniversitede mezuniyet aşamasına gelmiş son sınıf Rehber ve Psikolojik Danışman adaylarından toplanmıştır. Araştırmanın örneklemi 52’si kadın, 52’si erkek olmak üzere 104 kişiden oluşmuştur. Veriler SPSS programı yardımıyla analiz edilmiş olup değişkenlerin türüne göre bağımsız gruplar t-testi, tek örneklemli t-testi ve tek yönlü varyans analizi sayısal çözümleme teknikleri kullanılmıştır. Analiz sonuçlarına göre katılımcıların bireyle psikolojik danışmanlık kuramlarına ilişkin performanslarının literatürün belirlediği standartlardan anlamlı düzeyde düşük olduğu saptanmıştır. Bu bulguya rağmen, katılımcıların en iyi performans gösterdikleri kuramın Psikanalitik Kuram olduğu görülür...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the practicum course of the pre-school teacher education programs across Atatürk Teacher Training Academy (ATTA) and Girne American University (GAU). The participants of this study were composed of senior level fourth grader pre-service teachers who were enrolled in the pre-school teacher education programs of ATTA and GAU during the 2012-2013 academic years. In the research, a curriculum assessment approach was implemented. This approach is based on pre-service teachers’ beliefs regarding the extents to which they actualize the objectives of the practice teaching course in a real classroom setting, and on their opinions as to how this course could be improved. Data were collected from “teaching skill scale” and an open-ended question. The results of both quantitative and qualitative data analysis revealed that pre-service teachers displayed high teaching competency level across ATTA and GAU with no statistically significant difference between. In addition, the analysis of the results derived from content analysis yielded some considerable suggestions such as extending the duration of the practicum course with richer content, enhancing the faculty-school collaboration, and reducing the theory-practice dilemma to an extent where pre-service teachers find better opportunities to practice what they have learned in theory.