Investigation of the Perceived Causes of Pre-Service Physics Teachers' Problems Encountered in School Experience

This study investigates a group of pre-service physics teachers' perceptions about the causes of problems in school experience through the attribution theory. The participants were thirteen pre-service physics teachers from a public university in Turkey. Data were collected through the intervie...

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Published in:European Journal of Physics Education 2015-01, Vol.6 (1), p.25
Main Authors: Körhasan, Nilüfer Didis, Didis, M Gözde
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administrators
Attribution Theory
Audio Equipment
Behavior
Coding
Cooperating Teachers
Education
Educational Facilities
Foreign Countries
High School Students
Learning Theories
Perception
Physics
Preservice Teacher Education
Preservice Teachers
Problems
School Administration
Science education
Science Instruction
Science Teachers
Secondary School Teachers
Self Concept
Semi Structured Interviews
Student Attitudes
Student Experience
Student Teacher Supervisors
Student Teachers
Student Teaching
Teacher education
Teacher Education Programs
Teachers
Teaching Methods
Teaching Skills
Turkey
Universities
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Summary:This study investigates a group of pre-service physics teachers' perceptions about the causes of problems in school experience through the attribution theory. The participants were thirteen pre-service physics teachers from a public university in Turkey. Data were collected through the interviews by requesting the participants to reflect their own problems encountered during school experience, and discuss the reasons for these problems. Audio-recorded interviews were transcribed and coded under six themes. The results revealed that (i) 1/3 of the attributions regarding the causes of problems in their school experience were internal, (ii) the internal and external attributions were mainly linked, and (iii) a limited number of attributions have an iterative relation with each other. Improvement of internal elements might be effective for preventing the external causes of the problems.
ISSN:1309-7202
1309-7202
DOI:10.20308/ejpe.67198