This study aims to determine the situation and importance of extra-curricular activities belonging to students’ school emotions in Bartın University, Ulus Vocational School. This research was composed of 126 students (36 women and 90 men) who were selected according to the total population sampling method. Data were obtained through a questionnaire form developed by the researchers, consisting of four parts (personal information, participation in extracurricular activities, sense of belonging to school and suggestions and opinions about the Likert scale for extracurricular activities). Frequency analysis, t-Test, one-way ANOVA (Analysis of Variance) were done on datasets to determine the difference between students’ participation in extracurricular activities that affect their sense of belonging to school and variables of student knowledge. Most of the students (63%) stated that they were taking part in extracurricular activities of their own will. In addition, 88.9% of the students think that extracurricular activities positively contribute to their sense of belonging to the school. So, extracurricular activities had positive effects on students’ sense of belonging to the school. Because of this reason, extracurricular social activities should be included to increase students’ sense of belonging to school and, measures should be
taken to improve these feelings. Keeping ideas from students for extracurricular activities, conducting these activities within a specific plan, and supporting them for participation in courses contributing to their personal development may help sense belonging to schools.

Keywords: Ulus; Vocational school; Belonging to school; Extracurricular activities; Vocational education.

In this study, it was aimed to reveal whether the levels of creative selfefficacy and design self-efficacy of pre-service pre-school and classroom teachers differ significantly according to their musical behaviors or personal variables. Two hundred seventy-three pre-service teachers studying in the third and fourth grades of pre-school and classroom teaching programs participated in the study (n=273). An instrument consisting of a personal information form, musical behaviors questionnaire, Creative Self-Efficacy Scale, and Design Self- Efficacy Scale was used to collect the data. As a result of the analyses, it was revealed that the creative self-efficacy levels of male pre-service teachers were significantly higher than female pre-service teachers. It was determined that the levels of creative self-efficacy did not differ significantly according to other personal variables or musical
behaviors. It was also revealed that the design self-efficacy levels of male pre-service teachers were significantly higher compared to female pre-service teachers. Design self-efficacy levels also differed significantly according to the grades and ages of the participants. In addition, it was found that the design self-efficacy levels of the preservice teachers differed significantly according to their belief in using their own voice effectively in education. It was determined that design self-efficacy levels did not differ significantly according to other personal variables or musical behaviors.
Keywords: Creative self-efficacy; Design self-efficacy; Self-efficacy; Music education; Pre-school; Elementary education.

In this study, classroom teachers’ individual innovativeness characteristics and their attitudes towards learning were examined in terms of various variables and the relationship between these variables was examined.
This research was designed in associational survey design. The sample of the study consists of 210 classroom teachers serving the central district of Malatya province in the first semester of the 2019-2020
academic years. In the study, two scales, namely “Individual Innovativeness Scale” and “Learning Attitude Scale” were used to collect data. As a result of the research, it was revealed that the classroom teachers’
levels of openness to experience are high in terms of their individual innovativeness characteristics, their resistance to change, opinion-leading and risk-taking levels are moderate and generally within the boundaries
of the “interrogative” category. It was determined that there was no statistically significant difference in the individual innovativeness characteristics of teachers in terms of gender and graduated school variables
in all sub-dimensions of the scale, but there were statistically significant differences in some sub-dimensions of the scale and in some teacher groups in terms of professional seniority. It was found that
classroom teachers’ attitude scores towards learning were moderate for effort towards learning sub-dimension, high for caring for learning subdimension and low for learning avoidance sub-dimension. In addition,
it was revealed that the classroom teachers’ attitude scores towards learning differ significantly in terms of graduation faculty and professional seniority. Finally, it was found that there is a moderately positive
and significant relationship between the classroom teachers’ individual innovativeness characteristics and their attitudes towards learning, and various suggestions were made in this direction.

Keywords: Individual innovativeness; Learning; Attitude; Teacher; Innovativeness characteristics.

Game is one of the methods used in teaching social studies. The aim of this study is to reveal the opinions of social studies teacher candidates about local children’s games. Phenomenology, which is one of the qualitative research designs, has been used in the research. The study group of the research consists of 20 social studies teacher candidates (female=12, male=8) who studied at the Social Studies Teaching at a state university in the 2019-2020 academic year and took the “Local Children’s Games” course. The study group was determined using the criterion sampling method, which is one of the non-random purposeful sampling methods. The data were collected using a semi-structured interview form and analyzed by content analysis method. The views obtained were collected in 54 codes. Considering the opinions of social studies teacher candidates, local games such as “hımbıl”, “bezirganbaşı”, “kördüğüm” came to the fore. They stated that local children’s games develop communication, cooperation and social participation skills, and values of responsibility,
solidarity and respect. Place problem, communication problems and difficulty in determining the appropriate game for the age level of the students were identified among the problems related to local children’s games. Arrangement of playgrounds, raising the awareness of students and increasing the lesson time were presented as suggestions.
Keywords: Social studies; Teacher candidates; Local children’s games

This study aims to examine the supervision process experiences of psychological counselor candidates with qualitative and quantitative methods. The participants of the study are psychological counselor candidates who are attending a psychological counseling and guidance undergraduate program at a university and who have completed the course of individual counseling practicum. In the qualitative part of the study, a total of 68 participants, 29 male and 39 female, aged between 21 and 25 were included. In the quantitative part of the research, a total of 52 participants, 19 male and 33 female, aged between 21 and 24, took place. In the study, personal information form, metaphor work form and inventory of evaluation process in supervision were used as data collection tools. According to the qualitative findings obtained as a result of the research, it was seen that the metaphors related to the supervision process were grouped under four categories as supervisor-candidate consultant relationship, guiding, gaining insight-transformation and evaluation. The quantitative findings obtained in the study showed that the online supervision process is significantly more effective than the face-to-face supervision process. The findings obtained were discussed in the light of the literature.

Keywords: Psychological counselor training; Online supervision; Faceto- face supervision; Metaphor.

In this study, it was aimed to examine the financial literacy attitudes and behaviors of primary school 4th grade students according to different variables. The research, in which the quantitative research method was adopted, was carried out as a descriptive study in the scanning model. Participants of the study consist of 193 primary school 4th grade students studying in Erbaa district of Tokat province. “Marmara Financial Literacy Attitude and Behavior Scale” was used as data collection tool in the study. According to the results of the study, it was found that students’ financial literacy attitude and behavior levels were high, and they showed statistically significant differences according to the variables of “family type, having a piggy bank, the frequency of going shopping, having pocket money, the frequency of getting pocket money”; It was determined that there was no statistically significant difference according to the variables of “gender, number of siblings and average income of the family”. According to these results, it has been concluded that the financial literacy attitudes and behaviors of primary school 4th grade students are affected by various demographic variables and these variables are mostly related to family and parental attitudes.

Keywords: Primary school; Financial literacy; Financial knowledge; Financial attitude; Financial behavior.

Meslekî olgunluk, bireylerin meslekî gelişim süreçlerini anlamanın ve gelişim düzeyini değerlendirmenin önemli bir parçasıdır. Bu araştırmanın amacı, lise son sınıf öğrencilerinin mesleki olgunlukları ile umutsuzlukları arasında bir ilişki olup olmadığını incelemektir. 523 Türk 12. sınıf öğrencisi tarafından “Meslekî Olgunluk Ölçeği” (VMS), “Beck Umutsuzluk Ölçeği (BHS)” ve demografik bilgi formu doldurulmuştur. Sonuçlara göre hem kız hem de erkek öğrencilerin mesleki olgunluk ve umutsuzlukları arasında negatif yönlü anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu belirlenmiştir. Meslekî olgunluk ve umutsuzluk arasındaki ilişkinin değerlendirilmesi, bireylerin mesleki tercih yapma süreci ile karşılaştıkları lise son sınıfa varmadan, mesleki olgunluk düzeylerinin yükselmesini sağlayacak ve dolaylı olarak umutsuzluğun ortaya çıkmasını sınırlandıracak müdahalelerin geliştirilmesi açısından uygun hedefler sağlayabilir.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Mesleki olgunluk; Meslekî gelişim; Umutsuzluk; 12. sınıf; Cinsiyet.

Beginning from infancy, recognizing one’s body is crucial for the development of basic senses as well as the construction of self and identity. The relationship built between a mother and her baby through touching constitutes the fundamental process in terms of developing an awareness of body boundaries. One’s knowledge of own body boundaries result in recognizing others’ body boundaries and acquisition of knowledge about what constitutes a violation of these boundaries and how to react when it occurs. In cases of sexual abuse of children, awareness of body boundaries is one of the most important variables to consider. The aim of this study is to teach children the concepts of body boundaries, distinction of good-bad touch and consent. To this end, an action research which is a type of qualitative study, is carried out with primary school children. An intervention program focusing on these concepts was developed and the interview data gathered before and after application of the program was compared to determine any changes due to the program. The results of the study revealed that the children’s
awareness of body boundaries changed in a positive manner and that they reported the concept of consent more in relation to types of touch. The findings of the study revealed that the program was effective in terms of increasing children’s awareness of body limitations and acquisition of concept of consent in this context.

Keywords: Body boundaries; Good touch; Bad touch; Consent; Action research.

The purpose of this research is to determine the views and experiences of science, elementary mathematics and social studies teacher candidates during the implementation process of the teaching practice course. This study was carried out with content analysis, one of the qualitative research approaches. The study group of the research consists of 12 preservice teachers studying at Atatürk University Kazım Karabekir Faculty of Education in the 2018-2019 academic year. Data were collected through semi-structured interview. The interview form was created by the researchers by scanning the literature in line with the research questions. After the arrangement in line with expert opinions, the final form of the interview form was applied to the teacher candidates. Common and different findings obtained from teacher candidates in all branches are presented. According to the results obtained from the research, in general, teacher candidates stated that this practice prepared the candidates well for the teaching profession, but there were negative aspects of this practice in the last grade.

Keywords: Teaching practice; Prospective teachers; Opinions.

The aim of this study is to discuss and present the reasons why clients have drop out from online mental health services, i.e. online psychotherapies that have grown in popularity in a review article. After presenting the information to support the purpose of the article, firstly, drop out behavior was discussed within the scope of demographic characteristics and reasons specific to online therapies. Afterwards, the differences between face to face and online therapies in terms of drop out was compared and contrasted. Other topics discussed were the reasons for dropping out and the characteristics of the therapist. Prospective comments were shared within the scope of the online therapies in results and recommendations section.

Keywords: Online therapy; Drop out; Therapists; Therapists’ characteristics.

It is important for parents to regulate themselves emotionally, behaviorally and cognitively in adapting to the role of being a parent. There are many factors that affect the success of parents in self-regulation. In this study, it was aimed to examine mothers’ perceptions of parental self-regulation according to various variables. The study was carried out in accordance with the descriptive survey model, which is one of the quantitative research designs. The study group of the research consisted of 170 mothers with infants aged 0-1 and residing in Tepebaşı and Odunpazarı districts of Eskişehir. The data of the research were obtained with the “Me as a Parent: Parent Self-Regulation Scale” developed by Hamilton, Matthews, and Crawford (2015). Since the data of the study showed normal distribution with Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test of normality, descriptive statistics were analyzed with t Test and Anova Test. It has been determined that the perception of parental selfregulation differs according to the mother’s age, education level, and the state of being responsible for the care of another infant before her own.

Keywords: Parent self-regulation; Self regulation; Mother; Infant.

The aim of the study is determined how university students conceptualize and perceive the concept of dean through metaphors. In the study, phenomenological design, one of the qualitative research methods, was used, and a purposeful sampling technique was used to determine the participants. A total of 101 students studying at Bingöl University Faculty of Literature in the 2020-2021 academic year were included in the research. The “content analysis” technique was used to analyze the data. According to the results of the research, the categories in terms of frequency; authorized (f=19), unreachable and unknown (f=17), guiding and enlightening (f=17), guarding and protecting (f=14), solution-generating (f=10), basic need (f=8) useful and valuable (f=7) useless and unreliable (f=6), and biased (f=3); It is seen that there are categories. As a result of the research, with the effect of the high-power distance in Turkish society, it has been determined that Bingöl University Faculty of Arts and Sciences students have the perception that it will not be possible to reach the dean and the dean and have a paternalist perspective. Considering students’ perceptions and expectations, deans
are recommended to act with open communication and a management approach that is closer to the student.

Keywords: Authority; Dean; High power distance; Paternalism; Unreachable.

Creating a harmonious and amenable atmosphere in the language classroom is an es-sential step for peaceful learning. Plurilingual and pluricultural language education was put forward in CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Lan-guages) was developed by the Council of Europe and officially launched in 2001. The purpose of this study is to examine the discrepancies between the curriculum and peace education components in English teaching classrooms in Turkey. Document analysis was made with the curriculum including activities and coursebook for 7th graders to examine the peace education components. Furthermore, interviews were conducted with the English language teacher as a key informant and ten 7th grade-students as a chosen case to get additional data to the document analysis. As a result of the content analysis of the interviews, there are three main themes that emerged which are knowledge, motivation, and culture/context. According to the results, a peace education model for EFL classrooms was proposed.

Keywords: CEFR; Content analysis; English language classroom; Peace education; Qualitative research.

Reading skill is one of the skills that should be gained in a first years of the student’s life. The inability to gain this skill can be seen as a problem in every period of his/her academic life and also has a negative effect on her daily life. In this respect, it is necessary to identify problems in reading skills and to intervene according to problems. In this context, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of echo reading and SQ4R strategies on the elimination of reading difficulties of a primary school third year student with reading difficulties. The research was designed in the action research pattern of qualitative research methods. Within the scope of the study, a student with reading difficulties was selected, and the level of reading was determined by the researcher. Then; an individualized reading program was prepared by taking into consideration the theoretical framework and the student’s reading skills. “False Analysis Inventory”, reading texts, and video recordings
were used as data collection tools. Application time was completed in twenty five course hours. The result of the research showed that the student’s reading level increased from the anxiety level to the teaching level.

Keywords: Reading difficulties; Level of word recognition; Reading comprehension.