STRUCTURING PROCESS AND EVALUATION OF GROUP WORK BY PROSPECTIVE PRE-SCHOOL TEACHERS

Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to examine the prospective teachers' preferences regarding groupwork, the process of structuring the group work, and assessment of their performance withinthe group. In the research, case study design was used. The participants of the study consistedof 62 prospective teachers studying in the Department of Early Childhood Education at a stateuniversity in 2017-2018 Spring Term. The data of the study were collected with the "GroupWork Questionnaire". While frequency analysis of descriptive statistics was used in theanalysis of the quantitative data obtained from the questionnaire, descriptive analysis was usedin the analysis of the qualitative data. As a result of the research, it was seen that the internalreasons were determinant in deciding the groupmate and tasks were shared by taking equaldistribution of responsibilities and skills of the members into consideration. During the groupwork, problems such as time management, disagreements among members and social loafingwere encountered. As to assessment of the performance within the group, it was determinedthat the group members found themselves competent and that the majority could prefer groupwork in future studies.