There are limited examples of practical applications and activities on how the geography curriculum, which was prepared in 2005, updated in 2011 and underwent a comprehensive change in 2018, can be implemented. In this study, the expository teaching approach is examined which advocates the formation of the most used cognitive and meaningful learning in geography lesson teaching. The importance of planning teaching activities was explained and a lesson plan template was created. Then, a lesson plan on “The Inner Structure of the Earth” is presented as example of how the expository teaching strategy could be aplied in geography classes. The aim of the study is to examine the expository teaching approach which is one of the most used strategies in teaching geography lesson and to prepare a sample lesson plan and suggestions about how this strategy can be moved to classes. The method of document examination and descriptive-interpretive analysis technique were used in the research. By using the materials and actively participating in the students, the subject was processed and avoided from rote learning. It was revealed that the the expository teaching approach was widely used in geography lessons. The subject that will be taught in geography teaching with the expository teaching approach through presentation should be elaborated from general to specific. The student should be avoided from being a passive recipient. It is hoped that the study will contribute to the work to be done.

Keywords: The expository teaching strategy; Geography; Geography teaching; Lesson plan.

A prerequisite for being a good reader is to have a positive attitude. Maintaining an attitude towards reading is a long process occurring as a result of experience and permanent learning. Therefore, it is necessary to help students like reading and to promote reading habit at very early ages. An individual having a positive attitude towards reading is expected to possess conceptualized vocabulary, not a rich vocabulary. Conceptualization is to add a new meaning to an object or an entity beyond its existing meaning. The aim of this study in which mixed method is used is to determine the connection between pre-service primary teachers’ skills of conceptualization and their attitudes towards reading. The study group of this research consists of 51 fourth grade students in Primary Education Program, Faculty of Education, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University. In this study, students were asked to write a composition about “window” to determine conceptualization skills and the data is analyzed using content analysis method. With the aim of determining students’ attitude towards reading, ‘A Scale to Measure Attitudes Toward Reading’ developed by İpek-Eğilmez and Özşavlı (2015) is used. Correlation analysis is conducted using SPSS 20.0 Package Program to determine the connection between form teacher candidates’ skill of conceptualization and attitude towards reading. As a result of the study, it is stated that there is a positive correlation between form teacher candidates’ skill of conceptualization and their attitudes toward reading.

Keywords: Turkish education; Attitude towards reading; Conceptualization; Teacher candidate.

The concept of disability has several dynamics depending on different approaches. These perspectives can be named as medical, social and bio-psycho-social models. Disability is seen as individiual’s own problem by medical approach and as environment’s barriers by social view. On the other hand, bio-psyho-social model focus on disability with a perspective of human rights and equality. Such approach has also impact on hearing impairment or deafness. This study investigates deafness, deaf culture and identity by the help of such disability approaches. In many areas of life, deafness or hearing impairment turns into a barrier for deaf people to access services. Therefore, raising awareness toward deafness and provide equal educational, social and psychological services for all is one of important steps in this context. Aim of this study is to create awareness for not only disability issues but also deafness in order to increase accesibility of services.

Keywords: Identity; Culture; Hearing impaired; Deaf; Deaf identity; Deaf culture.

The purpose of the study is to examine preschool child books illustrations with respect to the preschool teachers’ opinions. The sample is 96 pre-school teachers. Research used scanning model, both the quantitative and qualitative methods are used. In the research, the teacher talkback form and book illustration review scale are used for data collection. The reliability and validity of the data collection tools are made in the research. The content validity index and exploratory factor analysis are used for validity, and Cronbach’s Alpha reliability coefficients are calculated for reliability. In the analysis of the data; frequency-percentage calculations were performed for the coded and coded data by qualifying the qualitative data according to the opinions of the teachers. Excerpts from the views of some participants were included in the study. As a result of the research, it was revealed that according to the institution, age, education level of teachers, pre-school teachers’ opinions differed, but there was no difference between views according to seniority status.

Keywords: Pre-school period; Illustration; Pre-school teacher; Child book; Pictural illustration; Child books illustrations.

This research aimed to apply seven principles for good practice with cooperative learning at the sixth-grade particulate nature of matter unit. A quasi-experimental method with pre-and posttest of quantitative approach was used in this research. The sample of this research consisted of a total of 56 sixth grade students from three classes of the centrum of Erzurum. The Scale of Seven Principles (SSP) and Semi-Structured Interviews (SSI) were used for collecting data. To check the validity of these tools, expert opinions were taken and necessary arrangements were made. The reliability coefficient Cronbach Alpha (α) for the SSP was .78. For analysis data, descriptive statistics; percentage, frequency, and predictive statistics; one-way ANOVA, covariance analyses ANCOVA, and the effect size (η²) of these tests were used. The ANOVA and ANCOVA analyses of the SSSP showed that seven principles for good practice were implemented as successfully in 6th grade the particulate nature of matter unit (p<.05). Also, the findings indicated significant differences in favor of the group of seven principles.

Keywords: Seven principles for good practice; Cooperative learning; Particulate nature of matter.

The purpose of this study is to describe the process of teaching vocational skills to students with intellectual disabilities based on labor market analysis and job analysis. This research was designed as an action research project. The data collection tools consistedof observation, interview, diary, field notes, visual and auditory documents, meetingreports, and process products. During theresearch, three students, a boy and two girls with mild intellectual disabilitiesbetween the ages of 16 and 17, were studied.At the end of the study target students demonstrated capability of working completelyindependently in a real job environment.

Keywords: Labor market analysis; Job analysis; On-T-the-job training; Vocational training; Individuals with intellectual disability.

Some instruments are necessary in order to reach the goals in education programs. Implementing education, enabling timely and permanent learning can only be possible through the use of these instruments. The most frequently used instruments in teaching environments are textbooks; it is quite easy to reach and use them. Development in technology has bombarded people all around the world in terms of visuals. With the effect of visual media, which is more popular than the other media instruments, learning through eyes rather than reading has become more popular and visual phenomenon have started to become more important. The texts that are included in these course books should be in a quality that enables students to gain reading skills as it is the most basic part of a native language. As a result, several criteria should be taken into consideration while choosing these texts for the course books. One of these criteria is readability. In this study it is aimed to evaluate the readability of 8th grade Republic of Turkey Revolution History and Kemalism course book and to determine whether it is suitable for the target age-level and it in terms of visual design principals. A total of 80 teacher candidates studying at Artvin Çoruh University, Faculty of Education, analyzed 8^th grade Republic of Turkey Revolution History and Ataturkism textbook according to the visual design principals scale; the scale was developed by Alpan and was made of five sub dimensions. Three texts were selected from different parts of the course book and the readability formula developed by Ateşman (1997) for Turkish language was used. Arithmetic mean of the obtained findings was calculated and it was determined that the textbook was sufficient in terms of typographic features, text organizers, design of visual elements, page design, cover design and external structure features for production sub-dimensions. According to the results, readability level of one of the three selected texts is found to be really difficult and readability levels of the other two texts are found out as difficult. This shows that the texts included in the course book are difficult fort he target population.

Keywords: Textbook; Visual design; Readability; Revolution history.

In the main aim of this study is to create exercises, exercises and pre-exercises for teaching the traditional performing techniques in the bağlama instrument. For this purpose, four of the folk songs, which are considered suitable for the traditional performing forms of study, were chosen as examples and both the exercise of these songs and the exercises were conducted for the teaching of the performing style studied. In also; the studies related to this study, exercise and pre-exercises were sent to the connecting bağlama lecturers who work in universities in seven regions of our country and who are experts in their field. Moreover, their opinions and personal opinions were tried to be learned through questionnaire questions prepared by the guidance of experts. The data obtained from the survey were analyzed and according to the results of this analysis; It was determined as a common opinion by the experts that the written study, exercise and pre-exercises were suitable for the purpose and which would contribute to the bağlama education. Based on these results and evaluations, some suggestions have been formed.

Keywords: Bağlama; Traditional performing; Education of baglama; Traditional performing techniques; Education of traditional performing techniques.

The aim of the research was to reveal the compliance between the competencies of managers who work at different stages of formal schools in the individual-social, technical, legislative and managerial areas before they begin management and the competencies that institutions expect from the managers in these areas. The qualitative research method was determined in the research and purposeful sampling method was used in determining the study group. As the participants, 71 managers (principals, deputy principals) who work in different educational stages in Düzce province during the academic year of 2017-2018 were assigned. Research results demonstrate that the individual-social competencies that principals possess and that institutions expect from the principals are leadership, self-efficacy, motivation, commitment, communication and having a vision. The technical social competencies that principals possess and that institutions expect from the principals are mostly teaching-learning processes, teaching programs, institutional structure, financing, policies, organization, and technical competence. The fact that these items are common in both of them indicates that principals meet the expectations of the institution in these areas most. The legislative competencies that principals, vice-principals possess and that institutions expect from the principals are generally common in legislation and regulations. This demonstrates that principals meet the expectations of the institution in these areas. The managerial competencies that principals possess and that institutions expect from the principals include planning, coordination, organization, and supervision. It reveals that principals meet the requirements of the institution in these areas most.

Keywords: Individual competence; Legislative competence; Managerial competence; Technical competence.

The aim of this study was to examine the schadenfreude and helping behavior in terms of taking a dark triad, self-esteem, empathy and per-spective taking. 245 female and 49 male university students participated in the study (M=21.25, sd=3.47). Participants answered the questions of Dark Triad, the self-esteem, Interpersonal reactivity Index (empathy and perspective-taking subscales), respectively. Then the participants were given 3 different types of scenarios. Participants answered the questions of schadenfreude and sympathy for each scenario. Then they answered the question about helping behavior. According to the results, helping behavior was predicted significantly by schadenfreude, self-es-teem, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, perspective taking and empathy. Schadenfreude was predicted significantly by sympathy, Machiavelli-anism, narcissism, psychopathy, perspective taking, empathy, self-es-teem and helping behavior. High levels of psychopathy, and a high level of Machiavellianism are associated with high levels of schadenfreude. High levels of helping behaviors are associated with low levels of scha-denfreude. Results of the study are discussed within the light of litera-ture.

Keywords: Schadenfreude; Helping behavior; Dark triad; Self-Esteem; Empathy.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of child’s mental health curriculum of 10^th grade in the field of child development and education, Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School. This study was conducted in the 2018-2019 academic year. This study was designed as a phenomenological study, one of the qualitative research methods. Within the context of this study, 10 participants’ views were consulted, who are 4 teachers and 6 students in the field of child development and education. Data was collected through semi-structured interview forms developed by researchers and analyzed via content analysis. Based on the findings, teachers and students from child development and education field uttered 154 discourses while evaluating the effectiveness of the child’s mental health modular curriculum. These discourses were studied separately for teachers and students and expressed under 2 themes, which are “evaluation of curriculum” and “general evaluation of lesson”. These themes were grouped under 5 categories; “discourses for objectives”, “discourses for application process”, “discourses for measurement and evaluation activities” and “overall discourses for lesson”. Teachers expressed their opinions regarding the effectiveness of curriculum with 30 codes while students did with 18 codes in the study.

Keywords: Curriculum evaluation; Modular curriculum; Vocational and technical training; Child development; Child’s mental health.

The number of communities such as congregations and sects, which nowadays are based on any religion, has increased. Kant did not regard some of these formations as genuine religious communities because the true religious community sees no violation of any universal moral law for itself. Today, the most appropriate example of Kant’s true non-religious community is the Fethullah Terror Organization. As it is known, although the FETO terrorist organization lost its effectiveness in our country, it continues its activities in many countries. In this study, the FETO terrorist organization is considered as one of the most important philosophers in the history of moral philosophy. In the Kant approach, genuine religious communities see God as the universal legislator to be respected. For this reason, they do not want others to do what they do not want. According to Kant, the respect for the law is to respect the man and also God. Therefore, Kant’s understanding of the ethical and legal laws is included in the study. In the last part of the study, some actions of the FETO terrorist organization (inter-religious dialogue process, 17-25 December period, treacherous coup attempt) were evaluated in the context of Kant’s ethics. In the study, it is concluded that FETO, who claims to be based on a religion when it is considered within the framework of Kant’s approach, is an international organization which conducts praises sessions, regularly asking for help from the divine being deprived of the content and presenting them in prayer sessions. 

Keywords: Kant; FETO; Ethics; Law; Religious communityli.

Social entrepreneurship, in essence, emphasizes sociality and entrepreneurship. In simple terms, it involves dealing with social problems from an entrepreneurial perspective. The concept that the social phenomenon adds to the concept is that social entrepreneurs are interested in social problems. Theology and Religious sciences are intertwined with social life. The majority of the graduates of these faculties are teachers. There is no study on the social entrepreneurship characteristics of those who are studying in these departments or graduates. The purpose of this study was to determine the social entrepreneurship characteristics of the students of the Faculty of Theology and Religious Sciences in the TRNC in terms of various variables. The samples of the study consisted of the students who were studying at the Faculty of Religious Sciences of the Near East University and Cyprus Social Sciences University in the 2017-2018 academic year. The social entrepreneurship scale of the candidate teachers developed by Konaklı and Göğüş (2013) was used to obtain data ort he research. The scale consists of 3 dimensions named risk-taking, self-confidence, and personal creativity as well as 21 items. The data of the study were analyzed using frequency, percentage, t Test, and ANOVA. IBM SPSS 23.0 program was used in the analysis. As a result of the research, students’ social entrepreneurship levels were found to be higher. As a result of the significance test, the higher the grade point average, the higher the creativity. It was also found that those who read 1-4 books per month were more creative than those who never read. Significant differences were found between the mediocre and the good and between the mediocre and the very good ones.  

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Social entrepreneurship; Theology; Religious sciences; Teacher candidate.

Vocational Schools are one of the bodies of tertiary education providing vocational education. There is a wide range of vocational programs within vocational schools. The evaluation of these programs is fun-damental in that it will provide a general picture of the current status. This study aims to determine the perceptions of the faculty, students, alumni and employers towards the Control and Automation Technology Program. The method entails qualitative techniques. Data collection procedures have two stages. The first stage involved interviews with the participants using semi-structured interview forms. The participants were classified into groups such as the faculty, students, graduates, and firm representatives. The second stage involved interviews with the firm representative where the students enrolled in the program were interns, and the interviews focused on the employability status of the students as interns. Thematic analysis was used in the data analysis procedures. The results showed that the graduates were eligible to work in the firms in terms of their professional skills. It was found out that the graduates’ professional interests were sufficient. It was also found out that the majority of the students who are interns at the firms wanted to be employed in the same firms. It was concluded that the collaborations between the management of the program and the firms must be boosted, and the collaborations were especially beneficial, in many different ways, to the faculty, students, graduates, and firms. Notwithstanding, some problems were having a negative impact on vocational education and it was noted that these problems should be provided with solutions soon.

Keywords: Vocational education; Vocational schools; Control and automation technology program; Program evaluation; Sectoral collaboration.

It was aimed at analyzing elementary school teachers’ acquiring special field competencies (SFC) as to teaching training and professional experience. The survey model is employed and the sample group includes 480 elementary school teachers at 32 elementary schools in central districts of Gaziantep selected through randomized sampling in 2019-2020 Academic Years. The data were collected using “Elementary School Teaching SFC Self-Assessment Scale”, devised by the researchers. Independent samples t-test and one-way ANOVA were conducted in data analysis. In conclusion, it was determined teachers acquisition of SFC through professional experience more than teaching training. The acquisition does not differ significantly as to gender and seniority. Self-evaluation scores of teachers who stated that they gained special field competencies with professional experience did not differ significantly according to gender, but it is observed that a significant difference in favour of those with high professional experience according to seniority.

Keywords: Teacher education; Classroom teaching; Special field competencies; Professional experience.