Abstract:

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of the applications in the multigrade class primary schools on the teaching attitude of the fourth year students of the classroom teacher program in the multigrade classrooms. The only group of research is pretest-posttest experimental design. The population of the study is composed of the fourth grade students studying in the Yozgat Bozok University Faculty of Education. There are 27 students in the multigrade classrooms. Attitude scale related to teaching was used as data collection tool. The research was conducted in February and March 2017. In the scope of the research, a four-week period was applied in the unified class primary schools in Yozgat. Experimental procedure was carried out with fourth grade students in the classroom teaching program that took the teaching class in the multigrade classes. Within the scope of the plan prepared by the researcher, lesson activities and practices were realized by the students in the multigrade classes. In the analysis of the data, t test was applied for the related samples. At the end of the study, it was determined that there was no significant difference between the pre-test and post-test scores of the attitude scale related to teaching, t(26)=1,48, p>.05. When the mean scores of the attitude scale (=4.20) and posttest mean scores (=4.37) of the students were examined, it was determined that the students of the senior education department had a positive attitude towards teaching. Although there was no significant difference between the pre-test scores of the attitude scale and the posttest scores of the teaching attitude scale, it was observed that it contributed a little to the teaching attitude.

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