International Journal of New Trends in Arts, Sports & Science Education

Yazarlar: Cihat DEMİR, Sevil DEMİR

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Physics Teachers,Special Teaching Methods

Özet: Physics course is a difficult course for student since they are difficult in learning the concepts and connecting them with the daily life. In order to establish relations with daily life, and to keep away boring mathematical calculations, using special teaching methods seems to be useful. The aim of this study is to examine the use of special teaching methods of in-service physics teachers who already took the special teaching methods in university. The study was conducted with 50 physics teachers working in public schools during 2012-2013 academic year. In the study, special case method, which is one of the qualitative research approach, was used. Interviews were carried out with physics teachers, and data was collected with four unstructured questions prepared by the researchers. Descriptive analysis was used in to analyze the data. According to the findings, majority of the physic teachers use the special teaching methods. Moreover, all teachers who use special teaching methods prefer to teaching methods based on technology (computer, internet, simulation). Based on the findings, some suggestions were made.

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