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A CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACH TO INTEGRATED SCIENCE EDUCATION: TEACHING PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS TO DO SCIENCE

2016·Vincentas Lamanauskas

Problems of Education in the 21st Century·Cilt 2012/41, Sayı 41

Learner-centered approaches to teaching and schooling require supportive policies for preparing effective educators. Moving from constructivist philosophy, psychology and epistemology to the characterization of constructivist teaching and learning environments presents a challenge. Constructivist philosophy does not dictate how one should …

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INTEGRATED SCIENCE EDUCATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CONSTRUCTIVISM THEORY: SOME IMPORTANT ISSUES

2016·Vincentas Lamanauskas

Problems of Education in the 21st Century·Cilt 2010/25, Sayı 25

It is obvious that many scientists nowadays speak about constructivistic approach in education. This topic is becoming very trendy. Is it correct to focus our attention only to the study of this topic? This is a really complicated issue. There …

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FeTeMM Eğitimi ve Alan Öğretmeni Eğitimine Yansımaları

2014·M. Sencer CORLU, Robert M. Capraro, Mary M CAPRARO

Eğitim ve Bilim·Cilt 2014/39, Sayı 171

Reforms in education of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines have been particularly critical for the economic competitiveness of Turkey. There has been some criticism of the reforms at the teacher education level, claiming that Turkish teachers were not …

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Can Exams Change How and What Teachers Teach? Investigating the Washback Effect of a University English Language Proficiency Test in the Turkish Context

2018·Asli Lidice Gokturk Saglam

Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics·Cilt 2018/4, Sayı 2-legacy-4918

This article reports a mixed-method study that examined the washback effect from a locally-produced, theme-based, high-stakes English language proficiency test in tertiary education in a Turkish EAP context. The aim was to explore the extent to which washback on teaching …

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