Abstract:

The primary goal of this study was to determine teachers' efficiency in the light of elementary school students' views. The study group of this research consists of 426 elementary school students in Elementary Schools in Ankara chosen for 'teaching practice'. The data were collected in May, 2002. the data were collected from the third and fifth year elementary school students. Frequency and percentage methods were employed to analyze the study. According to the results of the study, it was concluded that the teachers gave enough examples to illustrate their point of view, they asked questions related to the subjects they taught, they were tolerant, and in good intention. However, they did not give enough importance to games, discussion activities, group studies which can serve to help them become active participants. Furthermore, the results demonstrated that the teachers did not move around in class and they did not create equal opportunities for the students to participate. Moreover, it came into the light that parents did not participate in school activities sufficiently. A majority of students saw their students successful, and added that a successful and efficient teacher should have such characteristics as love for children, being patient and tolerant, treating everyone equally and having a smiling face. In this study some suggestions were made to make teaching-learning process more efficient and effective, and some suggestions were also given to live up to student expectations

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