%0 Journal Article
%T The Perspectives of Teacher Trainees¡¯ Regarding the Concept of ¡°Child¡± by Means of Metaphors (A Longitudinal Study)
%A A. O£¿uzhan KILDAN
%A Berat AH£¿
%A M¨¹ge ULUMAN
%J Journal of Kirsehir Education Faculty
%D 2012
%I Ahi Evran University
%X This study was carried out to reveal the changes related to the ¡°child¡± concept of the teacher trainees through metaphors in their first and forth years based on behaviourism and constructivism. 104 teacher trainees studying at the faculty of education of a state university between 2007 and 2011 participated in the study. As a data collection tool, teacher trainees were given a paper on which ¡°a child is like¡­; because¡­¡± was written. This paper was accepted as a written document. Qualitative and quantitative techniques were carried out in order to analyse the data. The metaphors gathered through the papers were analysed according to qualitative analysis principles. Kruskal-Wallis H Test was performed in order to find out whether the relation between the departments of the teacher trainees and the philosophical foundations of the metaphors they devised was significant. As a result of data analysis, it was observed that there was not an important change in the philosophical foundations of the metaphors devised by the teacher trainees regarding the concept of ¡°child¡±. In addition, there was not a significant difference between the departments of teacher trainees and the philosophical foundations of the metaphors they devised in their final year.
%K Teacher trainee
%K Child
%K Metaphor
%U http://kefad.ahievran.edu.tr/archieve/pdfler/Cilt13Sayi1/JKEF_13_1_2012_149-165.pdf