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AI InsightBased on these findings, positive andnegative aspects of the instructional group activities design for teacher training werediscussed, and some recommendations were presented.
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Abstract
The Instructional Group Activities Design (IGAD) refers to activities which aim toimprove professional development and learning skills, in which a learning-centered teachingprocess is adopted and students study in small groups. The study aimed to both introduce theIGAD and determine pre-service science teachers’ opinions on IGAs that were performedduring the practice hours of the course “Special Teaching Methods I.” In line with this aim,opinions of 56 pre-service science teachers on the practices were received. An opinion form,which includes open and close-ended questions, was used as a data collection tool. Accordingto the results of the study, pre-service science teachers stated that the practice mostlycontributed to their professional and social development areas. Regarding the negativeaspects of the practices, pre-service science teachers underlined that they had difficultyregarding time and experienced certain group problems. Based on these findings, positive andnegative aspects of the instructional group activities design for teacher training werediscussed, and some recommendations were presented.