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The learning environment, learning process and the opinions and suggestions for the problems concerning the process of students participating in distance education is thought to contribute to better planning and conducting distance education lessons. With this respect, the purpose of this study is to detect the reflections of the COVID-19 pandemic period on undergraduate education through opinions of teacher candidates. The qualitative internet research, which is one of the qualitative research models, was preferred for the study. The participant group was identified through the maximum sampling method. The participant group consisted of 27 teacher candidates studying in year 3. and year 4. The semi-structured interview form developed by the instructors was used as the data collection instrument. Content analysis was conducted through the Nvivo 11 software when analyzing the data. Positive-negative opinions of teacher candidates concerning distance education and the announcements made throughout the distance education process were collected for the study. In addition, the negative outcomes it caused on the participants, its reflections on the educational process, opinions-suggestions concerning assessment and evaluation and solution advices for the process were also identified. <p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0624/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

In this study, teacher candidates’ attitudes, self-efficacy perceptions towards inclusive education, and their situation towards in-class practices were determined. A total of a hundred thirty three pre-service teachers participated in the research voluntarily. The study was designed according to the parallel mixed methods research in which both quantitative and qualitative data (QUAN + QUAL) were used together. As data collection tools, “Attitude Scale towards Inclusive Education”, “Self-Efficacy Scale for Inclusive Education” and “In-class Practice Scale for Inclusive Education” were used. In addition, during the collection of qualitative data, teacher candidates were asked to complete the statement, “In my opinion, inclusive education is like…. because….” To determine their metaphorical perceptions. When the results of the study were examined, teacher candidates, it was determined that the perceptions of self-efficacy towards inclusive education and the concern for personal equipment differ in terms of various variables. In addition, the participants chose the positive metaphors that they produced for inclusive education. Among these metaphors, respect for differences, acceptance of diversity is expressed as coexistence due to the structure of inclusive education that unites society.

The overall aims of this study are to conduct a needs analysis of curriculum design of the “Human Rights, Citizenship and Democracy” course for the teacher candidates at the Department of Classroom Teaching and to propose a curriculum design. In this study, convergent parallel mixed methods design comprising both qualitative and quantitative data collection is used. In the qualitative aspect of the needs analysis, in-depth interviews with eight primary school teachers who taught or have been teaching the “Human Rights, Citizenship and Democracy” course in the fourth year of the primary school, three instructors from Department of Classroom Teaching at the Faculty of Education who are teaching a course with similar content and six teacher candidates registered at the 4th grade of the same department were counducted. Based on the interview results, a “Needs Analysis Questionnaire” was developed by the researchers and used for the quantitative dimension. The questionnaire is applied to 80 teacher candidates who are 3rd and 4th grade classroom teacher candidates in a a state university in Istanbul. Qualitative data were analyzed through the content analysis carried out by using NVivo11 analysis software. In the analysis of the quantitative data, a descriptive analysis was made by using SPSS.20 software package. According to results, It is seen that the teacher candidates are barely knowledgeable about the child rights; and that the teacher candidates appreciate the learning outcomes of the course design, and yet they consider themselves quite incompetent for these learning outcomes. Additionaly, the results demonstrated that an education programme on human rights, citizenship and democracy should be offered to the teacher candidates as a must course. In line with the results of the needs analysis, an education programme design model on human rights, citizenship, democracy and child rights is proposed.

Bu araştırmada sınıf öğretmeni adaylarının çocuk sevme, çocuk hakları ve çocuk hakları eğitimine ilişkin tutumlarının ilişkisel bağlamda belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırma, nicel araştırma yaklaşımından ilişkisel tarama desenine göre tasarlanmıştır. Araştırmanın katılımcı grubunu amaçlı örnekleme yoluyla belirlenmiş 314 sınıf öğretmeni adayı oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan projenin katılımcı grubunu belirlemek amacıyla üç ölçek uygulanmıştır. Uygulanan ölçeklerden alınan verilerin analizi ile projeye katılacak sınıf öğretmeni adayları belirlenmiştir. Araştırmanın verileri, Duyan ve Gelbal (2008) tarafından Türkçeye uyarlanan Barnett’in Çocuk Sevme Ölçeği, Karaman Kepenekçi (2006) tarafından geliştirilen “Çocuk Haklarına İlişkin Tutum Ölçeği ve Öztürk ve Doğanay (2017) tarafından geliştirilen ‘‘Çocuk Hakları Eğitimine Yönelik Tutum Ölçeği’’ ile elde edilmiştir. Verilerin analizinde sınıf öğretmeni adaylarının çocuk haklarına yönelik tutumları, çocuk sevme düzeyleri ve çocuk hakları eğitimine ilişkin tutumlarının farklı değişkenler açısından karşılaştırılması için “Bağımsız Gruplar t-Testi”, “Tek Yönlü Varyans Analizi”, kullanılmıştır. “Tek Yönlü Varyans Analizi-ANOVA” sonucunda ortaya çıkan anlamlı farklılığın hangi alt gruplar arasında olduğunu belirlemek için ise “Post-Hoc LSD Testi” analizleri kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda sınıf öğretmeni adaylarının çocuk sevme, çocuk hakları ve çocuk hakları eğitimine yönelik tutumları farklı değişkenler açısından ilişkisel olarak ele alınmış ve bu doğrultuda da çeşitli tespitlerde bulunulmuştur. Sınıf öğretmeni adaylarının çocuk hakları eğitimine yönelik tutumları cinsiyet değişkenine göre değişmektedir. Ayrıca adayların anne ve babalarının eğitim düzeylerine göre çocuk sevme düzeylerinde anlamlı farklılık ortaya çıkmıştır.