Heads of Division’s Evaluation of Learning Opportunities Provided for Prospective Elementary Mathematics Teachers

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Derya Çelik, Zeynep Medine Özmen, Gönül Güneş, Gökay Açıkyıldız, Duygu Arabacı, Kadir Gürsoy, Mustafa Güler, Ramazan Gürbüz, Osman Birgin, Serhat Aydın

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This study aims to determine the evaluations of the heads of division related to the learning opportunities offered to prospective elementary school mathematics teachers. As one of qualitative methods case study was used in this study. This study encompasses 6 state universities in which 21 universities within the context of the project identified differ in the learning opportunities offered to elementary school mathematics teacher candidates. The sample is consisted of heads of division (DHs) of elementary school mathematics teachers training programs of these 6 state universities. A semi-structured interview was used to collect data, and the obtained data were subjected to content analysis, which is a qualitative data analysis technique. The views of DHs related to the learning opportunities offered to the teacher candidates revealed that there were differences in the lectures, content and location of the programs, the execution of the courses, and lecturers’ areas of expertise as well as their quality and quantity.

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Derya Çelik, Zeynep Medine Özmen, Gönül Güneş, Gökay Açıkyıldız, Duygu Arabacı, Kadir Gürsoy, Mustafa Güler, Ramazan Gürbüz, Osman Birgin, Serhat Aydın. (2020). Heads of Division’s Evaluation of Learning Opportunities Provided for Prospective Elementary Mathematics Teachers. Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education (TURCOMAT), 11(1), 15–52. Retrieved from https://turcomat.org/index.php/turkbilmat/article/view/224
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