Toplumsal Cinsiyet Dersinin Üniversite Ö¤rencilerinin Toplumsal Cinsiyet Tutumlar›, Elefltirel Düflünme E¤ilimleri ve Medya Okuryazarl›¤› Becerileri Üzerine Etkisi

The Effect of a Gender Course on the Gender Attitudes, Critical Thinking Dispositions, and Media Literacy Skills of University Students

Gülten KOÇ, Çiğdem YÜCEL ÖZÇIRPAN, Füsun TERZİOĞLU, Fatma USLU ŞAHAN, Rabiye AKIN IŞIK, Simge EVRENOL ÖÇAL, Cansu AKDAĞ TOPAL, Merve MERT KARADAŞ, Sevda YILDIRIM HAMURCU, P›nar UZUNKAYA ÖZTOPRAK, Ayşe Sevim AKBAY KISA, İlknur ATASEVER, Safiye ÖZKAN, Beril NİSA YAŞAR, Esra BAŞKAYA

Özet

Araflt›rmada, üniversite ö¤rencilerine seçmeli olarak verilen Toplumsal Cin- siyet dersinin ö¤rencilerin toplumsal cinsiyet tutumuna, elefltirel düflünme e¤ilimine ve medya-okuryazarl›¤› becerisine etkisini de¤erlendirmek amaç- lanm›flt›r. Bu çal›flma ön test-son test kontrol gruplu yar› deneysel desen kul- lan›larak yap›lm›flt›r. Araflt›rman›n örneklemini 2016–2017 ö¤retim y›l› güz döneminde Toplumsal Cinsiyet dersini alan 74 ve dersi alanlarla benzer özel- likte olan ve dersi almayan 70 ö¤renci oluflturmufltur. Sömesterin ilk haftas›n- da yap›lan ön test ve son haftas›nda yap›lan son test de¤erlendirmelerinde, her iki grupta bulunan ö¤rencilere Ö¤renci Bilgilendirme Formu, Toplumsal Cinsiyet Rolleri Tutum Ölçe¤i (TCRTÖ), Elefltirel Düflünme E¤ilimi Ölçe- ¤i (EDEÖ), Medya Okuryazarl›¤› Ölçe¤i (MOÖ) uygulanm›flt›r. Toplumsal Cinsiyet dersini alan ö¤rencilere dönem sonunda Ders Memnuniyeti De¤er- lendirme Formu uygulanm›flt›r. Toplumsal cinsiyet dersi alan ö¤rencilerin dersin sonunda TCRTÖ puanlar›n›n artt›¤› (ön test: 98.90±12.18, son test: 104.42±11.28; p

Abstract

This study aims to determine the effect of a university elective course focusing on gender on students’ gender attitudes, critical thinking disposi- tions, and media literacy skills. The research design was quasi-experimen- tal, and the study was conducted with a pretest/posttest control group. The sample of the study consisted of 74 students who took a course on gender during the fall semester of the 2016–2017 academic year and 70 students who had similar characteristics but did not receive the course. In the pretest and posttest evaluation conducted in the first week and the last week of the semester, respectively, the Student Information Form, the Gender Roles Attitude Scale (GRAS), the Critical Thinking Dispositions Scale (CTDS), and the Media Literacy Scale (MLS) were administered to the students in both groups. The Course Satisfaction Assessment Form was administered at the end of the term to the students who enrolled for the gender course. The GRAS scores of the experimental group increased at the end of the course (p