Assessment of In-Service Training Activities for Junior High Mathematics Teachers

Autor/inn/en	Izci, Eyup; Göktas, Özlem
Titel	Assessment of In-Service Training Activities for Junior High Mathematics Teachers
Quelle	In: Educational Research and Reviews, 12 (2017) 24, S.1220-1229 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1990-3839
Schlagwörter	Secondary School Teachers; Junior High Schools; Inservice Teacher Education; Mathematics Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Case Studies; Qualitative Research; Semi Structured Interviews; Teaching Methods; Seminars; Teacher Workshops; Outcomes of Education; Foreign Countries; Constructivism (Learning); Expectation; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sekundarstufe I; Lehrerfortbildung; Mathematics; Teacher; Teachers; Mathematik; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehrerverhalten; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Qualitative Forschung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Seminar; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Ausland; Expectancy; Erwartung; Türkei
Abstract	The current education system aimed to train active deliberative individuals who learn to learn with the adoption of the constructivist educational approach. Based on this objective, there have been significant changes in the roles of teachers. To assist the development of teachers, the Ministry of Education organizes several in-service training activities every year. The present study aimed to assess an in-service training activity organized by the Ministry for mathematics teachers based on the teacher views. The study was a case study, which is a qualitative research model. The study group consists of 12 junior high school mathematics teachers who were selected by sampling method from approximately sixty junior high school mathematics teachers who participated in the activity. A semi-structured interview form was used to collect data in the study. The present study scrutinized the expectations, experiences during the process and recommendations of the teachers about the inservice training activity they participated in, and obtained qualitative data obtained were analyzed with the descriptive analysis method. Study findings demonstrated that participating teachers mostly participated in the activity to "learn different teaching methods and techniques". Since the training activity was a "special instructional methods and techniques-mathematics" seminar, the aforementioned expectation was a priority for the teachers. Almost all participants stated that the most positive aspect of the training they attended was "to exchange information with their colleagues." Furthermore, certain teachers participating in the seminar stated that they refreshed their knowledge in the process, while others mentioned that they learned new information. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01