PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS ABOUT CONCEPT OF MIDDLE EAST THROUGH WORD ASSOCIATION TEST

dc.contributor.authorTokcan, Halil
dc.contributor.authorTopkaya, Yavuz
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-07T13:20:07Z
dc.date.available2024-11-07T13:20:07Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.departmentNiğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe present study aims to reveal prospective teachers’ cognitive structure about the Middle Eastthrough Word Association Technic (WAT). Research sample consisted of 420 prospectiveteachers studying at Ömer Halisdemir University Education Faculty and Kilis 7 AralikUniversity Education Faculty. Data were collected through WAT. As result of WAT, frequencytable including key concepts and answer words was prepared. According to this frequency tableconcept network were drawn by the researcher. Results indicated that the prospective teachersmostly associated the Middle East with oil and war. This finding is similar to previous studiesconducted through prospective social studies teachers. Moreover perception of the Middle Eastamong the participant prospective teachers varies between the universities. Prospective teachersfrom Ömer Halisdemir University generally associate the Middle East with general words suchas Saddam Hussain, Egypt, Turkey, weapon, Arab Spring, kingdom-sheikh while the participantprospective teachers from Kilis 7 Aralik University mostly associate the Middle East withdeath, massacre, bomb, rocket, poverty, section clashes, and dictator. In other words, it can beconcluded that while the prospective teachers have general knowledge about the Middle East,the prospective teachers studying in Kilis 7 Aralik University have perception based ongeography where they live, and experience that they underwent. This finding can be viewed as aproof that living place influence perception. Furthermore, it can be concluded that WAT iseffective way in disclosing cognitive structure of individuals.
dc.identifier.endpage57
dc.identifier.issn1694-7215
dc.identifier.issn1694-7215
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.startpage45
dc.identifier.trdizinid320544
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/320544
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11480/13623
dc.identifier.volume7
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofManas Journal of Social Studies
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241107
dc.subjectEğitim
dc.subjectEğitim Araştırmaları
dc.subjectAsya Çalışmaları
dc.subjectKültürel Çalışmalar
dc.titlePROSPECTIVE TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS ABOUT CONCEPT OF MIDDLE EAST THROUGH WORD ASSOCIATION TEST
dc.typeArticle

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