Preservice Teachers’ Intercultural Competence: A Comparative Study of Teachers in Switzerland and Turkey

Abstract

Mock trial is an activity commonly used both in and out of the class in citizenship education. Mock trial is a simulation technique rooted in experiential learning. This study aimed to evaluate the Mock trial method used by a primary school teacher in Turkey to solve the problems faced during lessons. Research Methods: This research is designed as an intrinsic case study, which involves the use of Mock trials to solve the classroom problems. Participants were a classroom teacher and 20 fourth grade students attending her class. Research data were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis. Findings: Mock trial procedure was conducted during the last 15 minutes of the lessons at one-totwo-month intervals. The problem to be handled in the Mock trial is decided by the consensus of the

Prospective Teachers' Personal Characteristics to Multicultural Education

“…Results of the study carried out by Polat and Metin [44] as well as the study carried out by Polat and Barka [43] parallel with the study carried out by Polat [42] and this paper result about teachers' scores of "Multicultural Personality Questionnaire" is high, moreover "cultural empathy" sub-dimension has the highest score, "open-mindedness" sub-dimension has the second highest score, "social initiatives" sub-dimension has the third highest score.…”

Sınıf ve Okul Öncesi Öğretmen Adaylarının Çokkültürlü Eğitime Yönelik Tutumları ile Kültürlerarası Duyarlılıkları Arasındaki İlişki: Uludağ Üniversitesi Örneği

“…Bu nedenle öğretmen yetiştiren kurumlarda öğretmen adaylarının farklı kültürlere saygılı ve duyarlı bireyler olmaları konusunda desteklenmeleri gerekmektedir. Yapılan araştırmalar incelendiğinde çokkültürlü eğitime yönelik olarak yapılmış çeşitli ölçek çalışmaları ve araştırmalar olduğu görülmektedir (Başbay ve Kağnıcı, 2011;Cırık, 2008;Çoban, Karaman ve Doğan, 2010;Jimenez, Guzman ve Maxwell, 2014;Kaya ve Söylemez, 2014;Özdemir ve Dil, 2013;Polat, 2009;Polat ve Barka, 2014;Sharma, 2005;Tortop, 2014;Van Oudenhoven ve Van der Zee, 2002;Yavuz ve Anıl, 2010;Yazıcı, Başol ve Toprak, 2009). Ancak bu araştırmaların sınırlı düzeyde olduğu söylenebilir.…”

Investigation of Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs, Locus of Control and Intercultural Sensitivities from the Perspective of Individual Differences

“…In the same way, there was a tendency to believe that relativist approach to cultural differences was part of the female-specific relativist view. However, nowadays there are researches that show that cultural sensitivity is not related to gender (Üstün, 2011;Polat & Barka, 2014;Yılmaz & Göçen, 2013). On the other hand, there are researches that show that the cultural sensitivities of the teachers do not differ according to the education level (Tortop, 2014;Onur Sezer & Bağçeli Kahraman, 2017).…”