The Journal of International Education Science/Uluslararası Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi, Year 2020 Issue 25

ORGANIZATIONS AS POLICY

SİBEL DOĞAN — 2026-07-16

MATHEMATICS IN PRESCHOOL PERIOD

Özlem ALTINDAĞ KUMAŞ — 2026-07-16

0 - 8 age period, which is called as early childhood period, is the fastest and most open to the effect of the environment. In this period, the development of children's brains is reported to be rapid and early experiences affect their brain structure and ability to regulate information. During this period, it is seen that children started to learn and use many concepts related to mathematics together with many concepts and skills. The mathematical skills gained in the early period form the basis of the more complex mathematical knowledge to be gained during the school years by supporting the skills such as problem solving, analysis and hypothesis which form the basis of the scientific thinking skills of the children. In addition, children's early mathematics skills are directly related to future academic success, higher grade completion, higher employment rates, and professional achievement. Consequently, parents and educators have a major role to play in supporting early mathematical skills. From this point of view, the characteristics of early mathematics skills in preschool period and the basic skills affecting these skills were discussed and suggestions were given to parents and educators working in the field.

ANALOGICAL THINKING ON STORIES IN TERMS OF ABSTRACT THINKING SKILLS

Pervin NEDİM BALMualla MURAT ve Büşra ERKAN — 2026-07-16

ABSTRACT According to Piaget, language development parallels cognitive development. Since the highest stage of cognitive development is the abstract operational period and this period covers students in the second level, Turkish teachers should consider this period very well. In this period, when the development step of abstract operations is neglected, lifelong language will be incomplete and imperfect. An individual who does not understand an expression and cannot express himself always experiences communication conflict with other individuals in the society. In order to avoid this problem, it is necessary to pay attention to the activities and practices related to the abstract operational period while the texts appropriate to the student's level are processed in Turkish language education. In this study, “analogical thinking” was considered alone during the period of abstract operations, and it was aimed to draw attention to the importance of the expression of emotions and thoughts in the 18 stories of “Refik Halid Karay” collected under the name of “Hometown Stories” (Memleket Hikayeleri) in Turkish language education in terms of language development through analogies. As the result of the research, it has been revealed that the analogy method, which is known to be mainly used in science, can also be used in Turkish language courses. In this qualitative study, the narrative analysis method was used.

INVESTIGATION OF THE REFRAMING OF PREVENTING ADAPTATION PROBLEMS OF YOUTH

Songül Yasemin ÖZGÜNFatma Ebru İKİZ — 2026-07-16

This research aimed to investigate the negative thoughts about adaptation problems experienced by university students, and their coping strategies based on reframing. The content analysis of the qualitative research model was used in the study. The research sample consisted of 44 female and 20 male students in the associate degree program. Through presenting different scenarios, it was also aimed to determine these young people’s emotional and cognitional responses to adaptation problems, and their approaches to re-evaluating these problems. The responses given to the scenarios were transferred to a previously created code table. NVivo 12 content analysis program was used to analyze the data. Research findings showed that the words "sadness, helplessness, regret, anger and indecision" were the most frequently expressed emotional reactions in the adaptation problem scenarios presented. It was observed that the four most common intellectual responses to adjustment and adaptation problems were positive thinking, dichotomous thinking, personalization and emotional decisions. It was observed that most of the young people were able to adopt a reframing strategy in the face of adaptation problems.

AN EXAMINATION OF RELIGIOUS CULTURE AND MORAL KNOWLEDGE COURSE BOOK FOR INCLUSION OF ROOT VALUES

Cevat EKERSümeyra ÜNLÜ — 2026-07-16

In this study, it is aimed to examine the status of values in the reading texts in the 5th grade The Education of Religion and Ethics course book and to specify the distribution of these values through the texts. In this research, qualitative research method was applied, document analysis technique was preferred to collect data, as for data analysis descriptive analysis method was used. Primarily, the expressions in the reading texts about the values of "justice, friendship, honesty, self-control, patience, respect, love, responsibility, patriotism, helpfulness", which are stated as base values in instruction programs, were determined, interpreted and stated under the title of the related value. The findings of the research are presented in a table with the frequency and percentage values within the table. As a result of the research, it has been observed that the most common root value is "love" and the least root value is "friendship and patience" in the examined units. The results of the study revealed that the levels of the root values especially emphasized in the education program in the 5th grade The Education of Religion and Ethics textbook and identified the deficiencies. Within the context of the obtained data, it is thought that the rearrangement of the reading texts which includes less than ten root values will contribute to the students in terms of teaching the basic values.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENT AND JOB SATISFACTION, LIFE SATISFACTION AND PURPOSE IN LIFE LEVELS

Avni ÜNALİbrahim GÜL — 2026-07-16

The aim of the study is to investigate the relationship between teachers’ professional commitment and job satisfaction, life satisfaction and purpose in life levels. The research was designed as a correlational survey model. The population consists of 4154 teachers working in 191 schools in the four districts of Samsun province. 587 teachers were chosen by stratified sampling. In the study, professional commitment, job satisfaction, life satisfaction and purpose in life scales were used for collecting data. According to results, teachers’ professional commitment was found to be in agree somewhat level, the level of job satisfaction was found to be in average level, the level of life satisfaction was found to be in agree somewhat level and the level of the purpose in life was found to be in definite purpose level. Among the four variables, positive correlation was found in average level. Additionally, professional commitment was predicted by three variables.

AN EXAMINATION OF PRE-SERVICE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS’ PROBLEM-POSING SKILLS IN FRACTIONS

Ahmet Oğuz AKÇAYFeyzanur ARDIÇ — 2026-07-16

Being able to produce problems as well as solving problems in mathematics is an equally important competence, and even it is an advanced mental process. Problem posing is an important part of mathematical development and is an activity for the essence of learning. The aim of this study was to determine the pre-service primary school teachers’ problem posing skills on the given situation. Pre-service primary school teachers were asked to pose a problem that could only be solved by the - =? process. Seventy-seven pre-service primary school teachers participated in this study. Data were analyzed in 10 categories with descriptive analysis, taking into account the types of errors determined by Kar and Işık (2014). The most common type of error in the problems posed by pre-service teachers is the loading of natural numbers in the result of the operation, and the least common type of error is the loading of natural numbers in the fraction numbers in the subtraction. Failure to problem posed by pre-service teachers about the fraction subtraction process indicates that the primary pre-service teachers have conceptual problems in this regard.

A CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS OF THE TEXTBOOKS PREPARED IN LINE WITH THE SOCIAL SCIENCES CURRICULA OF 1968, 2005 AND 2018

Bayram TAYFakı DANABAŞ — 2026-07-16

This comparative descriptive study aims to investigate the change and possible development in terms of conceptual content in the 4^th grade social studies textbooks published in Turkey over 50 years and prepared according to the 1968, 2005 and 2018 curricula. A qualitative research model was adopted. Data were collected through document analysis, and the MAXQDA 12 program was used. Of the 91 concepts that should be included in the 4^th grade social studies textbooks prepared according to the 1968, 2005 and 2018 Social Studies curricula, 86 are included in all three of the textbooks. The concepts of “Climate” and “Waste” are included in the 4^th grade social studies textbooks prepared according to the 1968 and 2018 curricula, but not in the 4^th grade social studies textbook prepared according to 2005 curriculum, whereas the concepts of “Judiciary”, “Constitution” and “Religion” were detected only in the 4^th grade social studies textbook prepared according to the 1968 curriculum.

A MODEL ABOUT 4TH GRADERS’ OBTAINING HELPFULNESS VALUE IN PRIMARY SCHOOL “CUSTOMS AND TRADITION BOX

Ömer Faruk SÖNMEZAli YURDAKUL — 2026-07-16

In this study, it is aimed to analyze the infuence of the “customs and traditions box” project on primary school students’ acquisition of helpfulness value. The matching design , a kind of quasi-experimental design, has been used in the research. The study group of the research consists of students studying in the 4-A and 4-B classes of a school affiliated to the Ministry of National Education in the 2018-2019 academic year. In the research, the pretest-posttest achievement scale has been used to collect data. The data acquired after the research has been analyzed through SPSS for Windows 22.0 programme. In accordance with the research objective,the pretest-posttest scores of the developed helpfulness achievement scale and the control and experimental groups have been analyzed through “T” test which is one of parametric tests and the comparisons of these tests have been made. As a result of the study, before the experimental procedure, there was no significant difference between the groups according to the success pre-test mean scores applied to the control and experimental groups, while at the end of the experimental process, a significant difference was found between the groups according to the mean scores of the control group and the experimental group. It was concluded that the tradition box activity applied in gaining the value of benevolence was more effective than the teaching methods suggested in the curriculum.

Nezaket Bilge UZUN Cenk AKAY ,Ramazan KARATEPE — 2026-07-16

INVESTIGATING OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN POSITIVE TEACHER QUALITIES AND MOTIVATION TO STUDY, AND CLASS ENGAGEMENT FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF STUDENTS

İnci AYDANAli ERYILMAZ — 2026-07-16

The purpose of this research, motivate students to study and attendance to lesson also learn to relation with positive teacher characteristics. The working group are between 14 and 19 years old high school students ;105 girls and 143 boys, total 243 teenager. In this research has been used "Class Participation Scale" , "Motivation to Study Lesson Scale" and "Positive Teacher Scale ". The results are calculated by Pearson Korelasion and Multi Regresion . They are motivate students to study , active participations in class and positive teacher scale. The relation between positive teacher and intrinsic motivation is in the positive direction and meaningful. The relation of amotivation , positive teacher, intrinsic motivation andextrinsic motivation are negative direction and meaninful. A positive and significant relation was found between positive teacher and subdimensions of motivate scale, the emotional participation and cognitive participation about students. Behavioral participation , which is the subdimension of the motivate scale , was found positive when a positive level of teacher characteristics.

INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL HEALTH PERCEPTION AND HEALTH SEARCH BEHAVIOR AND HEALTH INFORMATION PROCESS

Zührem YAMANHavva Nur ATALAY — 2026-07-16

Amaç: Bu çalışma bireylerin sağlık algısının sağlık arama davranışı ile ilişkisinin ölçülmesi amacıyla yapılmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Araştırmada nicel araştırma deseni kullanılmış olup tanımlayıcı niteliktedir. Veri toplama aracı olarak Kadıoğlu ile Yıldız(2010) tarafından Türkçe ’ye çevrilip güvenilirlik testleri yapılmış olan Diamond ve arkadaşları(2007) tarafından geliştirilen iç tutarlık katsayısı 0,70 ile 0,77 arasında değişen Sağlık Algısı Ölçeği ve Kıraç(2019) tarafından geliştirilip geçerlilik güvenirliği yapılmış ve iç tutarlık katsayısı 0,75 olan Sağlık Arama Davranışı Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Bu bağlamda kolayda örnekleme yöntemi kullanılarak Türkiye’de yaşamakta olan 633 bireye ulaşılmıştır. Ayrıca araştırmada frekans, yüzde, ortalama, standart sapma gibi tanımlayıcı analizlerin yanı sıra bağımsız gruplarda t testi, tek yönlü varyans analizi (ANOVA) ve Pearson Korelasyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Araştırmaya katılan 633 bireyin %61(386)’i kadın %39(247)’u erkektir. Katılımcıların 52,9(335)’u sağlık durumlarını iyi; %27,2(172)’si orta olarak değerlendirmiştir. Araştırmaya katılan bireylerin %16,4(104)’ü herhangi bir sağlık sigortası kapsamında değilken, %76,3(483)’ünün genel sağlık sigortası, %7,3(46)’ünün ise özel sağlık sigortası kapsamında olduğu görülmektedir. Yapılan t-testi sonucunda katılımcıların cinsiyetlerine ve kronik hastalıkları olup olmama durumlarına göre sağlık algılarında anlamlı bir fark bulunamamıştır. Ancak katılımcıların sosyal medya kullanımlarına göre sağlık algısı ölçeğinin kesinlik alt boyutunda ve online sağlık arama davranışında anlamlı bir fark bulunmuştur. Buna göre sosyal medya kullanan bireylerin kesinlik algısının sosyal medya kullanmayan bireylerden daha düşük olduğu ve sosyal medya kullanan bireylerin online sağlık arama davranışının sosyal medya kullanmayan bireylere göre daha yüksek olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Katılımcıların öz farkındalık düzeyleri ile sağlığa verdikleri önem arasında pozitif yönlü orta düzeyde anlamlı bir ilişki; profesyonel sağlık arama davranışları ile öz farkındalık düzeyleri arasında negatif yönlü orta düzeyde anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Ayrıca araştırmaya katılan bireylerin geleneksel sağlık arama davranışları ile kontrol merkezi algısında pozitif yönlü düşük düzeyde anlamlı bir ilişki; geleneksel sağlık arama davranışları ile kesinlik algısında pozitif yönlü düşük düzeyde anlamlı bir ilişki vardır. Sonuç: Sonuç olarak bireylerin sosyal medya kullanım durumlarına, yaşına ve bir yılda sağlık kurumuna ortalama gidiş sayısına göre sağlık algılarında; cinsiyet, eğitim durumu ve gelir düzeyine göre sağlık arama davranışlarında anlamlı farklılıklar olduğu görüşmüştür. Bunun yanı sıra katılımcıların online sağlık arama davranışları ile sağlık algısının kontrol merkezi(r=0,242) ve kesinlik(r=0,214) alt boyutları arasında pozitif yönde düşük düzeyde anlamlı bir ilişki tespit edilmiştir. Diğer bir ifade ile bireylerin online sağlık arama davranışları arttıkça kesinlik sağlık algısı ve kontrol merkezi algısı da artmaktadır. Buradan hareketle bireylerin online sağlık arama davranışı gösterdiklerinde aradıkları durum ile ilgili kesin ve kontrol edilebilir sonuçlara ulaştıklarına inandıkları yorumu yapılabilmektedir. Son olarak sağlık algısı ile sağlık arama davranışı arasında düşük düzeyde anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu gözlemlenmiştir.