Perception of Preservice Teachers Regarding the Concept of Erosion: A Phenomenographic Study


Ozgen N.

HACETTEPE UNIVERSITESI EGITIM FAKULTESI DERGISI-HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, cilt.28, sa.2, ss.321-334, 2013 (SSCI, TRDizin) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 28 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Dergi Adı: HACETTEPE UNIVERSITESI EGITIM FAKULTESI DERGISI-HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF EDUCATION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.321-334
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Erosion, geography education, phenomenography, perception of erosion, preservice teacher
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The aim of this study is to analyze the perception of preservice teachers regarding the concept of erosion using a phenomenographic method. In the study, an open-ended questionnaire form consisting of three questions was used as data collection tool and it was applied to 159 preservice teachers. The responses of the preservice teachers to the questions in the questionnaire were evaluated and according to this evaluation it was determined that their perception of erosion was separated into 5 categories and they had 13 different solutions for preventing the erosion. When the opinions of the preservice teachers regarding the prevention of erosion were examined, it was determined that the elementary preservice teachers had '12', social sciences preservice teacher had '8', and science preservice teacher had '2' solutions. In defining the concept of erosion and in suggestions for solutions for preventing the erosion, it was determined that the preservice teachers' having different opinions was appropriate to the aim of the phenomenographic study.