An Investigation of Metaphors on the Concept of Teacher among Preservice Turkish Teachers
Autori:
Talat AYTAN
Cod: ISSN: 1583-3410 (print), ISSN: 1584-5397 (electronic)
Dimensiuni: pp. 65-84
How to cite this article:Aytan, T. (2014). An Investigation of Metaphors on the Concept of Teacher among Preservice Turkish Teachers. Revista de Cercetare si Interventie Sociala, 46, 65-84. |
Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to investigate the perception of preservice Turkish
teachers with respect to the concept of teacher through metaphors. The research
has the research pattern adopted the phenomenology pattern, a qualitative research
approach which prioritizes examining and understanding social phenomena within
the context they belong to. The participants consist of freshman students studying
at the departments of Turkish Language Teaching at Yildiz Technical University
(46), Sabahattin Zaim University (36) and Aydin University (32) during 2013-
2014 academic year. The present study is of a particular importance since the
sample includes preservice students from private universities. The questions
pursued in the study are which metaphors preservice Turkish teachers produce for
the concept of teacher and which conceptual categories those metaphors are sorted
out based on their common features. To that end, the participants are asked to
complete the sentence “A teacher is like ..... , because ......”. Content analysis, a
qualitative data analysis method, is employed during the data analysis process.
According to the findings, the preservice Turkish teachers have produced 42 valid
metaphors. The results obtained in the research yield that preservice Turkish
teachers consider the concept of teacher as source of information, mentor and
guide, example of love and sacrifice, molder.
Keywords:
preservice Turkish teachers, concept of teacher, metaphors, education, student, teacher.
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