Abstract:

It can be said that communication is one of the basic elements in creating an effective classroom environment. For this reason, it is expected that the communication skills of teachers and teacher candidates, who are the designers of the classroom environment, are high. From this point of view, in this study, the perceptions of teacher candidates towards the concept of communication were tried to be determined by metaphor analysis. In order to reach the aim of the study, the "phenomenology" method based on the qualitative research approach was used. The study included student teachers studying in different undergraduate programs (social sciences education, English language education, classroom instruction education, mathematics education, elementary mathematics education, physical education and sports education, elementary science education, early childhood education, Turkish education, guidance and psychological counseling) of an education faculty located in the northeastern part of Turkey. A total of 443 teacher candidates, of whom 230 were male and 230 female, participated. In order to collect data in the study, a questionnaire form adapted from the literature was used. The questionnaire form includes demographic characteristics of the participants as well as the sentence “Communication is like a .… because....”. As a result of the analysis from the questionnaire, it was determined that the participants created 148 valid metaphors and they were grouped under 9 categories. In addition, it was determined that 150 of the participants had not heard the concept of metaphor before. Another result obtained from the study is that the participants were aware of many aspects of communication.

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