The opinions of preschool teacher candidates on vocational and personal achievements from the drama lesson

Authors

  • Turan Çakır Sakarya University

Keywords:

Preschool, drama, teacher candidates, personal gain, vocational gain

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the opinion and attitudes of the preschool teacher candidates about the contribution of the drama lesson for their vocational and personal developments. The research sample consists of 62 students who take drama lessons in 2nd class in Department of Preschool Teaching of Teachers College of Sakarya University in 2014-2015. This study is actualized by descriptive research method that is one of the qualitative research techniques. Semi-structured interview form is used as the data collection tool. The content analysis is made by being interpreted the data collected. According to the results obtained, the teachers like the drama lessons when they took in university, and this lesson makes major contributions to their personal life and careers. It is confirmed at the end of this research that the attendees and the preschool teacher candidates notice the importance of the drama lesson at the right time and afterward as well. It is seen that the personal and vocational gains such as communication skills, verbal ability, empathy and social ability, body language, self-reliance, problem-solving, creativity, cognitive skills, awareness, learning by experience, psychomotor skills, taking responsibility skill are the qualifications that wanted to be gained by the students.

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Author Biography

Turan Çakır, Sakarya University

Assist. Prof. Sakarya University, Faculty of Education, Department of Preschool Teaching

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Published

2017-06-13

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Çakır, T. (2017). The opinions of preschool teacher candidates on vocational and personal achievements from the drama lesson. Journal of Human Sciences, 14(2), 2047–2060. Retrieved from https://j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/4616

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 2 (2017)

Section

Primary and Pre-School Education

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