Pluralistic Leadership Characteristics: A Research in Education Institutions*

The purpose of this study is to analyze the pluralistic leadership behaviours of school principals in the Turkish educational context. The exploratory design was used in this study, which employs the first qualitative, and then quantitative data collection methods. The sample of the study was determined using the maximum variation sampling technique; hence, 24 school principals and 327 teachers participated in the study. The data of the study were collected using semi-structured interviews and the ‘Pluralistic Leadership Scale’, which was developed by the authors. The findings of the study indicate that (i) school principals desire to participate in the management processes of teachers, (ii) teachers with leadership qualities and ideals are willing to participate in school administration, (iii) school principals attempt to investigate the source of the problem to solve problems and conflicts, (iv) school principals mostly showed pluralistic leadership characteristics regarding their interactions with teachers, (v) a significant difference was found in acknowledging and discussing the differences and attendance to management process dimensions based on teachers’ gender, (vi) a significant difference was found in the interaction among teachers, the interaction between school administration and teachers, and the use of power dimensions in favour of teachers working at village schools, (vii) a significant difference was found in the interaction between school administration and teachers dimension based on age and seniority of teachers. Finally, a significant difference was found in all dimensions of pluralistic leadership characteristics in terms of the number of teachers working at schools

AN INVESTIGATION OF PRESERVICE TEACHERS’ LIFE SKILLS IN TERMS OF VARIOUS VARIABLES

This study aims to investigate whether preservice teachers’ opinion about perspectives on life skills vary by gender, undergraduate program and grade level. It is a survey study. A total of 460preservice teachers from the preschool education and classroom education departments of the Educational Faculty of Afyon Kocatepe University constituted the participants. The Life Skills Scale developed by Bolat and Balaman (2017) was used to collect the data. The scale consists of 30 five-point Likert-type items. The scale has five dimensions: coping with stress and emotions, showing empathy and self-awareness, decision making and problem solving, creative and critical thinking, and communication and interpersonal relationships. Bolat and Balaman (2017) found a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of .90 for the scale. This study also found a Cronbach's alpha internal consistency of .90 for its sample. The data were analyzed using SPSS software. The one-group Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used to analyze the distribution of the data, and the coefficients of skewness were examined. Since the dataset had a normal distribution, parametric tests were used. The unpaired t-test was used to determine whether the preservice teachers’ perspectives on life skills vary by gender and undergraduate program. The one-way ANOVA test was used to determine whether their perspectives on life skills vary by grade level. The preservice teachers thought that they had the most creative and critical thinking skills. Compared to their male counterparts, the female preservice teachers had more positive perspectives about showing empathy and self-awareness. The preservice teachers’ ability to cope with stress and emotions decrease as their grade level increases.  Article visualizations

Role of serum cathelicidin in diagnosis of patient with prostatitis and prostate carcinoma

Background: This study investigated the diagnostic role of 75 levels measured in serum prostatitis and prostate carcinoma and in the differentiation of these two conditions. Methods: The study was conducted with 75 patients histopathologically diagnosed with prostate carcinoma or prostatitis and followed up at the Departments of Urology and Medical Oncology and 21 healthy male subjects. Serum cathelicidin levels were investigated using the ELISA method. Statistical analyses were performed using the SPSS for Windows 22.0 package software. Compliance of the variables to normal distribution was examined using visual and analytic methods. In the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test, cases with a p value of greater than 0.05 were accepted as normal distribution. Results: A total of 75 patients including 45 diagnosed with prostate carcinoma and 30 diagnosed with prostatitis, as well as 21 healthy control subjects were included in the study. Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) was detected as 23 (4–1200) ng/mL in the patients with prostate carcinoma and as 9.85 (3.9–405 ng/mL) in the patients with prostatitis. The cathelicidin levels were diagnostically significant when assessed by ROC analysis in the prostate cancer, prostatitis and control groups (p = 0.005). The cutoff values derived from the ROC curve analysis were 3.5151 ng/mL for distinguishing prostate cancer from prostatitis, 2.2620 ng/mL for prostate cancer versus control group and 1.2340 ng/mL for prostatitis versus control group. Conclusions: In this study we showed that the serum cathelicidin levels were significantly higher in the patients diagnosed with prostate carcinoma. Measurement of serum cathelicidin levels could be used as a diagnostic marker in prostate carcinoma as well as facilitating differential diagnosis to strengthen the diagnostic suspicion before prostate biopsy and distinguish the diagnosis from prostatitis cases. © 2022, The Author(s)

Öğretmenlerin Eğitimde İnsansı Robot Teknolojisini Kabul Düzeyleri

Bu araştırmada öğretmenlerin eğitimde insansı robot teknolojisini kabul düzeylerinin belirlenmesi ve çeşitli değişkenler açısından incelenmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Araştırmada nicel araştırma modellerinden olan temel tarama modeline dayalı ilişkisel araştırma deseni kullanılmıştır. Araştırma 2018-2019 eğitim-öğretim yılında Tunceli il merkezinde bulunan okul öncesi, ilkokul, ortaokul ve lise düzeyindeki okullarda görev yapmakta olan 294 öğretmen üzerinde yapılmıştır. Araştırma verilerinin toplanması amacıyla öğretmenler için quot%253BEğitimde İnsansı Robot Teknolojisi Kabul Ölçeği [EİRTKÖ] geliştirilmiştir. Yirmi dört maddeden oluşan EİRTKÖ%253B Algılanan Fayda, Algılanan Kullanım Kolaylığı, Algılanan Öz-Yeterlik, Kaygı ve Kullanım Niyeti olmak üzere toplam beş faktörden oluşmaktadır. Araştırma bulgularına göre öğretmenlerin insansı robotların eğitimde kullanımını orta düzeyde (kararsız) kabul ettikleri sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Öğretmenlerin eğitimde insansı robot teknolojisini kabul düzeylerine ilişkin görüşleri farklı değişkenler açısından incelendiğinde%253B cinsiyet, branş, hizmet verilen okul düzeyi ve mesleki kıdem değişkenleri açısından anlamlı bir farklılık olmadığı belirlenmiştir. En son mezun olunan eğitim kademesi değişkenine göre ise yüksek lisans mezunu öğretmenlerin eğitimde insansı robot teknolojisini kabul düzeylerine ilişkin kullanım niyetlerinin lisans mezunu öğretmenlere göre daha yüksek olduğu, ancak bu fark için hesaplanan etki büyüklüğünün düşük olduğu gözlenmiştir. Okul türü değişkeninde ise özel okulda görev yapan öğretmenlerin eğitimde insansı robot teknolojisini kabul düzeylerine ilişkin algılanan fayda, algılanan kullanım kolaylığı ve kullanım niyetlerinin devlet okulunda görev yapan öğretmenlere göre daha yüksek olduğu, ancak bu farkın da düşük düzeyde etkiye sahip olduğu görülmüştür

Experiences of Infant and Child Care of Mothers with Disabilities in Turkey: A Qualitative Study

Mothers with disabilities have difficulties fulfilling their gender and motherhood roles. The purpose of this study was to determine the infant and child care-related experiences of mothers with disabilities in Turkey. A conventional content analysis was used in this qualitative design. Fourteen mothers with disabilities participated in semi-structured in-depth interviewsconsisting of open-ended questions about their infant and child care experiences. Three themes and eight subthemes emerged from the data analysis. The themes were: role fulfillment, barriers, and coping and support. All of the women said that they wanted to become mothers, and when they did so, they felt they had fulfilled their roles in society. However, there was a societal misconception that woman with disabilities ‘could not give birth to children or would not properly care for them. Measures should be taken to eliminate negative social perceptions of mothers with  disabilities. Public support should be provided to meet the needs of mothers with disabilities. (Afr J Reprod Health 2018; 22[4]: 81-91).Keywords: Mothers with disabilities; child care; infant care; qualitative research, Turke

N-(3-Oxo-1-thia-4-aza­spiro­[4.5]dec-4-yl)-6-phenyl­imidazo[2,1-b][1,3]thia­zole-3-acetamide hemihydrate

The title compound, C21H22N4O2S2·0.5H2O, crystallizes with two mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit. The dihedral angles between the phenyl and imidazothiazole ring systems are 19.16 (9) and 21.37 (9)°. In the imidazothiazole ring systems, the cyclohexane rings adopt chair conformations, while the thiazole rings have distorted envelope conformations. The two mol­ecules are stabilized by intra­molecular N—H⋯O, O—H⋯O and C—H⋯S inter­actions and the crystal structure is stabilized by inter­molecular N—H⋯O, O—H⋯O, C—H⋯O and C—H⋯N inter­actions

Partial Atrophy of The Pancreas in Endoscopic Ultrasonography may be a Sign of Pancreatic Cancer

Introduction:Solid and/or cystic lesions of the pancreas can range from benign to malignant, and the differential diagnosis of pancreatic carcinoma (PC) is of uttermost importance. Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) is frequently used and is helpful in detecting small (37 U/mL, and partial atrophy in the pancreas were independently associated with PC. For solid lesions, age and size >24 mm; and for cystic lesions, male gender and mucinous pathology were independently associated with PC. Thirty-six of the cystic lesions had mucinous pathology. Cyst and serum CEA, string sign, wesung connection, and tail location was associated with mucinous pathology. Cyst CEA cut-off for mucinous pathology was 80 ng/mL (AUC: 0.89). CEA >80 ng/mL was found to be associated with mucinous pathology in multivariate analysis.Conclusion:High CA19-9, solid lesion, and lesion-related partial atrophy of the pancreas are associated with PC, and these should be alarming for clinicians in practice. The mucinous character, which is a significant risk of PC for cystic lesions, can be optimally defined with the CEA cut-off value of 80 ng/mL

Dizayn edilen çevre eğitimi dersinin ilköğretim öğrencilerinin çevresel tutumlarına olan etkisi.

This study aims to measure the effect of designed environmental education lectures that is based on general environmental problems on primary school students’ attitudes toward environment. The participants of this study obtained from a governmental school in Yüzüncü Yıl districts of Ankara and consists of 51 (18 fourth grade and 33 fifth grade) students. In the study that is held in 2006-2007 education year students implemented to environmental education lectures for one month. The lectures included the “sustainable development” and “ecological footprint” concept, as well as the general environmental problems, their reasons and recycling as solution for reducing environmental problems, and student-centered teaching methods such as discussion, role playing, cooperative learning and questioning were used during the lectures in addition to the traditional teaching method. The data concerning the effect of the lectures was obtained by the environmental attitude questionnaire implemented to the students before and after the treatment as pre-test and post-test. Independent sample t-test and paired sample t-test were conducted for data analysis and the result of the study indicated that environmental education lectures increased the environmental attitudes of the students.M.S. - Master of Scienc

Türkiye’de çevre eğitiminin mevcut durumu: Ankara örneklemi.

The purpose of this study is to explore the current state of implementation and the needs of elementary school program and teacher education program in Turkey in the words of the people who engage in teaching; university lecturers, pre-service science teachers and in-service science teachers. Mixed methods research design, which includes both qualitative and quantitative data collecting strategies, is utilized in this study. The steps followed for the study involves reviewing the related literature, constructing the sample, developing the instruments for data collection, pilot testing of the instruments and data collection. The participants of the study is composed of 4 university lecturers, 150 pre-service science teachers and 250 in-service science teachers that was selected from Ankara by convenient-sampling. Two instruments, which have been developed by the researcher, were used in this research. One of them is EE SoAQ that aims to follow up the progress and determine the needs about EE implementations in elementary schools in Turkey. The other instrument is EE-U IP that aims to recognize current state and the needs about EE applications in both elementary schools and teacher education program in Turkey. For data collection, pre-service science teachers and in-service science teachers were implemented the questionnaire, and university lecturers were applied the interview. As a result, perceptions of the participants were investigated, and intersecting and distinctive points was revealed in order to contribute to the development of EE implementations in Turkey.Ph.D. - Doctoral Progra

Tasarım Araçlarının Tasarım Fikir Gelistirme Sürecinde Analoji ve Metafor Kullanımına Etkisi

Analojik ve metaforik düşünce, tasarımcıların fikir geliştirme safhasında kullandığı yöntemler arasında yer almaktadır. Analoji ve metafor, aralarında benzerlikler bulunmasına rağmen, tasa- rım bağlamında ele alındığında amaç ve kullanım süreci açısından farklılaşır. Tasarım sürecinde analoji ve metafor kullanımını destekleyen farklı biçimlerde (yöntemler, kart desteleri ve veri tabanları gibi) çeşitli tasarım araçları bulunmaktadır. Bu çalışma, tasarım araçlarına ait özellik- lerin fikir geliştirme sürecinde metafor ve analoji transferini hangi şekillerde etkilediğine dair içgörüler edinmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Araştırma kapsamında lisansüstü tasarım öğrencileri ile metaforik ve analojik düşünceye odaklanan bir fikir geliştirme çalıştayı gerçekleştirilmiş ve kart destesi formunda bir tasarım aracının yardımıyla tasarımcıların metafor veya analoji odaklı yaklaşımlarının nasıl şekillendiği incelenmiştir. Katılımcılarla yapılan görüşmeler doğrultusun- da, geliştirilen fikirlerin metafor veya analoji çağrışımlarının oluşmasında, tasarım aracının yazılı ve görsel niteliklerinin yanı sıra katılımcıların bireysel algı ve deneyimleri ile izledik- leri stratejilerin belirleyici olduğu görülmüştür. Çalıştay çıktılarının içerik analizi sonucunda, metafor odaklı yaklaşımın anlam yaratımına yöneldiği, analoji odaklı yaklaşımın ise işlevsel bir mantık yürütme içerdiği gözlemlenmiştir. Çalışmayla birlikte tasarımcıların fikir geliştirme sürecinde metafor ve analojilerden nasıl faydalandığı araştırılarak, çıktıların yaratıcılığı destek- lemeye yönelik özelleşmiş araçların tasarımına girdi oluşturması hedefenmiştir