Teaching and learning of middle school social studies in Turkey : an analysis of curriculum implementation

This study investigates how teachers and students assess curriculum implementation in social studies courses at middle school in Turkey. Through a survey questionnaire, teachers and students were asked to express their perceptions of the curriculum guidelines, course objectives, materials and instructional and evaluation procedures. The results indicated that the curriculum guidelines assist teachers in selection of the topics and their sequence in all social studies courses. However, they do not leave much room for flexibility fa the individual teacher in these aspects. Teachers find less help in the guidelines in terms of determining instructional methods, materials and evaluation strategies they use in their class. The curriculum focuses mostly on transmission of knowledge while other significant goals like developing thinking skills, positive attitudes toward the subject are emphasized to a lesser degree, and this orientation seems to be reflected in implementation as well. The most common approach to classroom instruction in social studies is recitation and lecturing followed by student presentation. The use of materials other than the course textbook is very limited, and textbook-related activity (e.g., reading) is the common mode of homework assignment given to the students. Short-answer test and oral exams are the most common mode of student evaluation in social studies classes.peer-reviewe

The Experience of recently qualified speech and language therapists in inter-professional collaborative practice

Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) is a very small profession that treats people with communication and swallowing disabilities. SLT professionals work in diverse settings alongside a range of other professionals. There has, however, been very little research into the nature of this interprofessional collaboration or the preparation of SLT graduates for such collaboration. In this context, this research aims to examine SLTs’ experiences of interprofessional collaborative practice together with their attitudes towards Interprofessional Education (IPE) and its relevance to their existing Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (IPCP). This is an exploratory study that uses the qualitative methodological approach of interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). The participants were 21 SLTs who had graduated from the UK’s De Montfort University in the previous five years. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to collect data, which were then analysed using Thematic Analysis (TA). Four major themes emerged from the interview data: 1) interprofessional team working, 2) interprofessional communication, 3) how it is feels to be an SLT and 4) IPE. Several subthemes also emerged from data: understanding of interprofessional team working, what makes teams work well, leadership and hierarchy, decision-making, barriers to interprofessional team working, communication types, communication skills, not being understood, what it is like to be an SLT, understanding of IPE, benefits of IPE, what participants learned from IPE, and IPE as preparation for practice. The findings lend valuable insights into IPCP in SLTs’ early careers. It clearly illustrates the complex working lives of SLTs moving in and out of different teams with various leadership arrangements. The personalities of a range of professionals and the complexity of their work environments determined the effects on the SLTs’ interprofessional relationships and IPCP. This resulted in a need for negotiation and for promotion of their role to other professionals. SLTs felt undervalued and little understood. SLTs also see IPE as important and as a preparation those for IPCP, although it does not necessarily reflect real world conditions. In this scenario, the study examines the implications of this research on pre-registration IPE in SLT and IPCP in the SLTs’ current clinical practic

Multi-dimensional change process in higher education : a qualitative investigation of organizational change in a public university in Turkey

This paper is a part of larger study that was designed to investigate administrative processes in a large Turkish public university. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect the data. The data were subjected to content analysis and the results suggested that change process is a complex process with several dimensions: forces for change, change domains, means of change, and problems of change process. A hierarchy identified among these dimensions and this hierarchy enabled a model for organizational change process. Using this model the findings interpreted within the framework of both the recent global developments in higher education and peculiar characteristics of the Turkish Higher Education System.peer-reviewe

Factores de motivación de los maestros en formación para elegir sus profesiones

The purpose of this research is to determine the motivation factors of teacher candidates regarding the teaching profession. For this purpose, this study was designed with a cross-sectional scanning model, since the data collection process was carried out in one go. The study group of the research, which was designed with the phenomenology pattern, which is one of the qualitative research methods, consists of 20 teacher candidates studying in various departments of Atatürk University Kazım Karabekir Faculty of Education in the 2021-2022 academic year. The data obtained with the semi-structured interview form were analyzed with the help of content analysis. According to the results of the research, teacher candidates are more positively motivated by internal factors related to the teaching profession. Almost all of the negative motivational factors are exogenous. It is seen that these motivational factors affect the attitudes and perceptions of teacher candidates towards their profession. It can be ensured that competent teachers who are motivated by their work can be trained by increasing the motivational elements that are seen as positive by the novice teachers and by reducing the elements that are seen as negative. In this way, significant gains can be achieved at the point of achieving educational goals.El propósito de esta investigación es determinar los factores de motivación de los candidatos a docentes respecto a la profesión docente. Para ello, este estudio se diseñó con un modelo de barrido transversal, ya que el proceso de recolección de datos se realizó en un solo momento. El grupo de estudio de la investigación, que se diseñó con el patrón de fenomenología, consta de 20 candidatos a docentes que estudian en varios departamentos de la Facultad de Educación Kazım Karabekir de la Universidad de Atatürk en el año académico 2021-2022. Los datos obtenidos con el formulario de entrevista semiestructurada fueron analizados con la ayuda del análisis de contenido. Según los resultados de la investigación, los candidatos a docentes están más motivados positivamente por factores internos relacionados con la profesión docente. Casi todos los factores motivacionales negativos son exógenos. Se ve que estos factores motivacionales afectan las actitudes y percepciones de los candidatos a docentes hacia su profesión. Se puede asegurar que los docentes competentes que están motivados por su trabajo pueden ser formados aumentando los elementos motivacionales que los docentes novatos ven como positivos y reduciendo los elementos que ven como negativos. De esta manera, se pueden lograr ganancias significativas al punto de lograr las metas educativas

Bestimmung der Parameter Km und Vmax der Michaelis-Menten-Kinetik auf Basis der Versuchsplanung

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Utjecaj različitih supstrata i hormona na zakorjenjivanje reznica obične tise (Taxus baccata L.)

European yew (Taxus baccata L.), native in North and Central Europe, Mediterranean countries, Azores, Turkey and Caucasus, has a wide range of uses as a non-wood forest product. Because the species is reduced in nature as a result of widespread utilization, it is necessary to protect and reproduce yew. The effects of different greenhouse media, rooting media and hormones were investigated on propagation by cutting of European yew. For the experiment, three greenhouse media (Greenhouse-1 media with air temperature at 20±2°C, rooting table temperature at 20±2°C, Greenhouse-2 media with air temperature at 20±2°C, rooting table temperature at 25±2°C and Greenhouse-3 media without temperature adjustment), two rooting media (perlite and peat) and four hormones (IBA 1000 ppm, IBA 5000 ppm, NAA 1000 ppm and NAA 5000 ppm) were determined in the present study. The rooting percentage, callus percentage, root length and the number of roots were determined. The results showed that the highest rooting percentage was 80% in IBA 5000 ppm treatment in perlite rooting media of Greenhouse-2 media. It can be suggested that the rooting table temperature should be 5°C higher than the air temperature, perlite rooting media and 5000 ppm dosage of IBA hormone should be used for high rooting success.Obična tisa (Taxus baccata L.), prirodno rasprostranjena u sjevernoj i srednjoj Europi, mediteranskim zemljama, Azorima, Turskoj i Kavkazu, ima vrlo široku primjenu kao nedrvni šumski proizvod. S obzirom da je tisa u prirodi reducirana zbog učestalog korištenja, potrebno ju je zaštititi i razmnažati. Istraživali smo utjecaj različitih stakleničkih supstrata (SS), supstrata za ukorjenjivanje (SU) i hormona (H) na razmnožavanje obične tise reznicama. Za svrhu eksperimenta u ovoj su studiji odabrana tri staklenička supstrata (supstrati Staklenika-1 s temperaturom zraka od 20±2°C, temperaturom stola za ukorjenjivanje od 20±2°C, supstrati Staklenika-2 s temperaturom zraka od 20±2°C, temperaturom stola za ukorjenjivanje od 25±2°C te supstrati Staklenika-3 bez temperaturnih prilagodbi). Dva supstrata za ukorjenjivanje (perlit i treset) i četiri hormona (IBA 1000 ppm, IBA 5000 ppm, NAA 1000 ppm and NAA 5000 ppm). Određeni su postotak zakorjenjivanja (PZ), postotak kalusa (PK), duljina korijena (DK) i broj korijena (BK). Rezultati pokazuju da je najviši postotak ukorjenjivanja bio 80% u tretmanu IBA 5000 ppm te perlitu kao supstratu za ukorjenjivanje u supstratu Staklenika-2. Poželjno je da temperatura stola za ukorjenjivanje bude 5°C viša od temperature zraka, a za visok uspjeh zakorijenjivanja treba koristiti perlit i primjenjivati doze IBA hormona od 5000 ppm

A modular software architecture for UAVs

There have been several attempts to create scalable and hardware independent software architectures for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). In this work, we propose an onboard architecture for UAVs where hardware abstraction, data storage and communication between modules are efficiently maintained. All processing and software development is done on the UAV while state and mission status of the UAV is monitored from a ground station. The architecture also allows rapid development of mission-specific third party applications on the vehicle with the help of the core module