The Evaluation of the English Language Teacher Education Program in Turkey

This study aims to evaluate the English language teacher training program which was put into practice in 2006, according to the views of lecturers and English teachers. This study aims to contribute to the studies on foreign language teaching by presenting an evaluation of teacher education, which is an important dimension of English as a foreign language teaching. The qualitative method was used in the study, which was designed in a descriptive survey model. The population of the research consists of 35 lecturers working at the English Language Teaching Department of different Education Faculties in the 2016-2017 academic year and 11 English teachers working in public schools affiliated with the Ministry of National Education and who have not completed 5 years in the profession. NVIVO-11 program was used in the analysis of the data. The results of the study were compared with the 2018 English teacher education program renewed by the Council of Higher Education. English teachers and lecturers think that the content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, and general culture courses in the teacher training program are insufficient. According to English teachers and lecturers the content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, and general culture courses in the English language teacher education program are insufficient. Furthermore, English teachers stated that they could not apply what they learned during their training to real-life conditions. Therefore, they propose that the English language teacher training program should be revised considering the current conditions

The influence of vaginal progesterone on Uterine Artery Pulsatility Index

Objectives: Uterine artery Doppler is frequently used in the first trimester and it is one of the more effective measurement methods in the prediction of preeclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). Progesterone is a hormone that is used quite frequently in various indications in obstetrics and gynecologic practice. We aimed to investigate the influence of progesterone on the uterine artery Doppler pulsatility index (PI) at 11–14 gestational weeks. Material and methods: This study is a retrospective case-control study conducted in Selcuk University Faculty of Medicine between January and December 2019. Uterine artery Doppler PI values of patients using progesterone were compared with PI values of patients not using progesterone. Uterine artery PI was measured two times, left and right. Then the mean PI was calculated. All measurements were made by two operators and by the same ultrasonography machine. Results: A total of 288 patients, 140 patients using progesterone and 148 patients not using progesterone were included in the study. Demographic characteristics were similar between the groups (p > 0.05). There were no significant differences between the groups in the right and left uterine artery PI values. There was no significant difference for average uterine artery PI between the groups (p < 0.05). Conclusions: Progesterone has no significant influence on uterine artery PI. However, more prospective studies in which all potential confounding factors are considered including serum progesterone levels are needed for this subject

Doğum sonrası maternal kilo tutulumunun ve etkileyen faktörlerin incelenmesi

Bu araştırma, annelerin doğum sonrası 12.-18. aylarda kilo tutulumlarının ve etkileyen faktörlerin kilo tutulumu üzerine etkisinin incelenmesi amacıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmanın evrenini, İzmir ili Gaziemir Sağlık Grup Başkanlığı’na bağlı Gaziemir 3 No’lu Gazikent Aile Sağlığı Merkezi’ne kayıtlı anneler oluşturmuştur (n=350). Araştırmanın örneklemini ise; yukarıda belirtilen aile sağlığı merkezine gelişigüzel örnekleme yöntemi ile belirlenmiş 31 Ocak - 31 Haziran 2012 tarihleri arasında başvuran, doğum sonrası 12-18. aylarda olan, araştırma kriterlerine uyan ve araştırmaya katılmaya gönüllü olan 239 anne oluşturmuştur. Veri toplama aracı olarak, annelerin sosyo-demografik ve diğer değişkenlerin özelliklerini belirleyen Anne Tanıtım Formu, Uluslararası Fiziksel Aktivite Anketi (Kısa Form), Öz-Etkililik-Yeterlilik Ölçeği, Çok Boyutlu Algılanan Sosyal Destek Ölçeği, Beck Anksiyete Envanteri kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada elde edilen veriler, sayı, yüzde, ortalama, standart sapma, Pearson Ki-kare testi, Mann-Witney U testi, Lojistik Regresyon analizi kullanılarak değerlendirilmiştir. Sonuçlar %95 güven aralığında, anlamlılık p0.05). Bu çalışmanın sonucunda; doğum sonrası 12-18. aylarda annelerde kilo tutulumunun olduğu ve kilo tutulumunu etkileyen pek çok faktör olduğu belirlenmiş olup, bu faktörlerden en önemlisinin gebelikte alınan aşırı kilolar olduğu saptanmıştır