December 2016

Group guidance services with self-regulation technique to improve student learning motivation in Junior High School (JHS)

This study aims at: determining students motivation before being given a group guidance with self-regulation technique, determining students' motivation after being given a group counseling with self-regulation technique, generating a model of group counseling with self-regulation technique to improve motivation of learning, determining the effectiveness of group counseling with self-regulation techniques to improve...

Author(s): Hadi Pranoto, Nurul Atieka, Sihadi Darmo Wihardjo, Agus Wibowo, Siti Nurlaila and Sudarmaji

December 2016

Prospective special education teachers’ metaphorical perceptions on the concept of special education teacher

The aim of this research is to define the perceptions of prospective special education teachers regarding special education teacher through metaphors. Phenomenology design was used in this research. The study group comprised 116 third year prospective special education teachers studying at Marmara University, Ataturk Faculty of Education, Special Education (Mentally Disabled Teaching) Department. The prospective special...

Author(s): Levent Deniz

December 2016

An analysis of teachers’ perceptions through metaphors: Prospective Turkish teachers of science, math and social science in secondary education

In this study, teachers’ perceptions of prospective Turkish teachers (that is, those who have completed their undergraduate studies) in the fields of Science, Mathematics and Social Sciences are investigated through teacher metaphors. These perceptions were classified in accordance with their answers to two open-ended questions within a metaphoric structure used as the data collection tool. This classification...

Author(s): Süleyman Akçay