Journals / Türk Üstün Zeka ve Eğitim Dergisi / 2019 / Cilt: 9 - Sayı: 2

What Characteristics of a Student Motivate Turkish Pre-service Elementary School Teachers to Include or Not Include Students in Gifted Education Programs?

Sınıf Öğretmeni Adayları Bir Öğrencinin Hangi Özelliklerine Bakarak O Öğrencinin Üstün Zekâlı Olup Olmadığı Konusunda Karar Verir?

Pages
80–101
Publication Date
2022-11-06
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Rather than explaining their reasons basedon characteristics of the students, Turkish pre-serviceteachers increased their expectations and createdexcuses to underestimate the potentials of the students in the profiles when they were asked to explaintheir reasons for exclusion.

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Objective & Hypothesis:The purpose of this study was to investigate Turkishpre-service elementary school teachers’ reasons forincluding or not including a student to gifted education programs through eleven profiles (hypotethicalscenarios) originally created by five American experts in the field of gifted education.
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Key Findings & Data:Participants of the study were16 Turkish pre-service elementary school teacherswho were attending two colleges of Education at auniversity located in Southeast of Turkey.
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Conclusion & Impact:Rather than explaining their reasons basedon characteristics of the students, Turkish pre-serviceteachers increased their expectations and createdexcuses to underestimate the potentials of the students in the profiles when they were asked to explaintheir reasons for exclusion.
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate Turkishpre-service elementary school teachers’ reasons forincluding or not including a student to gifted education programs through eleven profiles (hypotethicalscenarios) originally created by five American experts in the field of gifted education. The originalprofiles were translated and adapted to be morerelevant to Turkish culture. These profiles werenamed “Student Profiles Survey” in this study. Theprofiles were varied based on characteristics embedded in each profile and I was able to create eightversions (piles) of the Student Profiles Survey. Thedata of this study was derived from a bigger study.Only qualitative part of the bigger data set was reported in this study. Participants of the study were16 Turkish pre-service elementary school teacherswho were attending two colleges of Education at auniversity located in Southeast of Turkey. Afterfilling the survey, Turkish pre-service teachers wereinterviewed to explain their reasons to include/ notinclude the students in the survey to gifted educationprograms. Turkish pre-service elementary schoolteachers explained their reasons for including thestudents in the profiles to gifted education programsmostly based on the personal, academic, and socialcharacteristics of the students embedded in the profiles but they did not often referred students’ characteristics when they were explaining their reasons forexclusion. Rather than explaining their reasons basedon characteristics of the students, Turkish pre-serviceteachers increased their expectations and createdexcuses to underestimate the potentials of the students in the profiles when they were asked to explaintheir reasons for exclusion.

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Bu çalışmanın amacı, sınıf öğretmeni adaylarının öğrencileri üstün zekâlılar programına dâhil edip etmeme nedenlerini belirlemektir. Çalışmada kullanılan veri toplama aracı, üstün zekâlılar alanında uzman beş Amerikalı tarafından hazırlanmış olan ve hayali üstün zekâlı öğrencileri tanıtan bir ankettir. “Öğrenci Profilleri Anketi” olarak adlandırılan anketteki on bir hayali öğrenciyi tanıtan senaryolar araştırmacı tarafından İngilizceden Türkçeye çevrilip uyarlanmıştır. Öğrencilerin farklı özellikleri dikkate alınarak kurgulanan, hazırlanan hayali senaryolar, sekiz farklı Öğrenci Profilleri Anketi’nin oluşmasını sağlamıştır. Bu çalışmada kullanılan veriler ise daha kapsamlı bir çalışmadan elde edilen verilerin sadece nitel kısmını oluşturmaktadır. Çalışmanın katılımcıları Türkiye’nin güneydoğusunda yer alan büyük bir üniversitenin sınıf öğretmenliği programına devam eden 3 ve 4. Sınıf öğrencileridir. Anketi dolduran öğretmen adayları ile görüşmeler yapılmış ve ankette yer alan hayali öğrencileri üstün zekâlılar programına dâhil edip etmeme nedenleri sorulmuştur. Sınıf öğretmeni adayları, senaryolarda yer alan öğrencileri üstün zekâlılar programlarına dâhil etme sebeplerini açıklarken genelde öğrencilerin kişisel, akademik ve sosyal özelliklerine vurgu yaparken dâhil etmeme sebeplerini açıklarken bu özellikleri göz ardı ettikleri gözlemlenmiştir. Öğretmen adayları dâhil etmeme nedenlerini açıklarken öğrenci özelliklerine vurgu yapmak yerine bahaneler üretmiş, öğrenciden yana beklentilerini yükseltmiş ve bu öğrencilerin var olan potansiyellerini hafife alarak bu öğrencileri üstün zekalılar programına dâhil etmeyeceklerini beyan etmiştirler.

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ERDİNEZ, Ö. (2022). What Characteristics of a Student Motivate Turkish Pre-service Elementary School Teachers to Include or Not Include Students in Gifted Education Programs?. Türk Üstün Zeka ve Eğitim Dergisi, Cilt: 9 - Sayı: 2, 80–101. https://ajindex.com/articles/643331

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