Öğretmen Adaylarının Etkin Vatandaşlık Algılarının İncelenmesi

Abstract

The purpose of this particular research is to examine prospective classroom teachers’ perceptions of active citizenship, a concept which has been increasing its popularity. The population of the study consists of 138 prospective classroom teachers, 82 of whom are females and 56 males, who were being educated in the Fall semester of 2016-2017 Academic Year. Phenomenology, a qualitative research method, has been employed in the research. The views and thoughts of the target population regarding the concept of active citizenship have been collected by use of an interview form which consists of a single sentence. The data collected were analyzed by the technique of content analysis. According to the findings of the research, the prospective teachers came up with 78 different and valid metaphors about the concept of active citizenship. Those metaphors are grouped under 7 different categories according to their common characteristics (n=7). The results of the research revealed that the metaphors about the concept of active citizenship are mostly in the category of “active citizenship as having high level of social responsibility.” Besides, the participants’ most preferred metaphors about the concept were the metaphors of responsible person, bee, tree, water, diamond, ant, teacher and seed.