The Role of Media in Geography Courses from the Perspectives of PreService Social Studies Teachers
In this article, the authors explore the social studies teacher candidates’ understanding of the role of media in geography courses which they took. Qualitative research techniques were used in the study designed using phenomenological pattern. The study was conducted with 134 pre-service social s...
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doaj-06c5e0fd91bd48cab4c361a4da27900f2020-11-25T03:44:40ZengJournal of Social Studies Education Research Journal of Social Studies Education Research1309-91082015-05-0161172189The Role of Media in Geography Courses from the Perspectives of PreService Social Studies TeachersCemalettin Ayas0Sinop UniversityIn this article, the authors explore the social studies teacher candidates’ understanding of the role of media in geography courses which they took. Qualitative research techniques were used in the study designed using phenomenological pattern. The study was conducted with 134 pre-service social studies teachers at a state university’s Faculty of Education, Department of Social Studies Education in the 2013-2014 academic year. Data were collected via semi-structured interview technique. Data of the study were analyzed by using qualitative descriptive analysis. According to results from the analysis, social studies teacher candidates have been accessing the geographical knowledge mostly by means of internet, but they didn’t use internet fruitful. Teacher candidates thought that their geography lecturers have not been using media in geography courses adequately. After appointment to teacher profession, they will have used instructional media technologies effectively. http://jsser.org/article/view/5000118379/pdf_15Social studies pre-service teachersgeography coursesuse of mediateacher trainingqualitative descriptive analysis |
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In this article, the authors explore the social studies teacher candidates’ understanding of the role of
media in geography courses which they took. Qualitative research techniques were used in the study designed
using phenomenological pattern. The study was conducted with 134 pre-service social studies teachers at a state
university’s Faculty of Education, Department of Social Studies Education in the 2013-2014 academic year.
Data were collected via semi-structured interview technique. Data of the study were analyzed by using
qualitative descriptive analysis. According to results from the analysis, social studies teacher candidates have
been accessing the geographical knowledge mostly by means of internet, but they didn’t use internet fruitful.
Teacher candidates thought that their geography lecturers have not been using media in geography courses
adequately. After appointment to teacher profession, they will have used instructional media technologies
effectively.
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Social studies pre-service teachers geography courses use of media teacher training qualitative descriptive analysis |
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