Analysis of issues related to education of pre-service physics teachers in Turkey

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Tezin Türü: Yüksek Lisans

Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Eğitim Fakültesi, Matematik ve Fen Bilimleri Eğitimi Bölümü, Türkiye

Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2006

Öğrenci: MEHTAP TAM

Danışman: ALİ ERYILMAZ

Özet:

The purpose of this survey is to analyse the issues related to education of pre-service physics teachers in Turkey. After reviewing the related literature, the problems were grouped in three categories; (1) Problems occurred before entering Physics Teacher Education Program, (2) Problems occurred during Physics Teacher Education Program, and (3) Problems occurred after graduation from Physics Teacher Education Program. Three questionnaires; Pre-service Physics Teacher Questionnaire-1 (PPTQ-1), Pre-service Physics Teacher Questionnaire-2 (PPTQ-2), and Lecturers Questionnaire (LQ) were developed to get information about opinions of the pre-service physics teachers and the lecturers on problems of physics teacher education. The research was conducted on 245 the pre-service physics teachers in 5 years, 297 the pre-service physics teachers in 4+1.5 years, and 85 lecturers in Physics Teacher Education Programs in 2005-2006 spring semesters. The data obtained from the administration of the measuring instruments were analysed by using Ms-Excel and SPSS programs. Results of the statistical analyses indicated that the pre-service physics teachers and the lecturers think that; the pre-service physics teachers do not come to 5 years Physics Teacher Education Program willingly and consciously; characteristics which are important and necessary to be a good physics teacher can not be measured with university entrance exam; Physics Teacher Education Programs can not cause the pre-service teachers to gain the efficiencies in physics subject matter knowledge, general pedagogical knowledge, and general knowledge which are determined by Ministry of National Education completely; increasing the period of Physics Teacher Education Program do not supplement better qualified physics teachers in Turkey; quantity and quality of the lecturers in Physics Teacher Education Program are not sufficient; and Public Personnel Selection Exam can not measure whether the pre-service physics teachers have characteristics of a good physics teacher or not.