Altın, Ahmet | Tecer, Selcen | Tecer, Lokman | Altın, Süreyya | Kahraman, Bekir Fatih

Proceedings | 2014 | 4TH WORLD CONFERENCE ON LEARNING TEACHING AND EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP (WCLTA-2013)141 , pp.1208 - 1214

In this study, secondary school students' awareness of environmental issues and problems and the level of their active participation in environmental activities have been identified, and the effects of some factors as family school and media on their environmental awareness and active participation have been investigated. The study was carried out in Balikesir city centre by conducting a survey on senior students consisting of 6 classes from three secondary schools which have different demographic and socio-economic levels. The results of the study showed a high level of environmental awareness among participant students. However, i . . .t is understood that environmental disclosures made in schools are insufficient and the participation level of students to environmental activities is low. Students rather gain experiences in the field of environment from mass media (i.e. audio, printed and visual media). It is revealed that female students have a higher level of environmental awareness and active participation level. In addition, when family income and family education level increases, environmental awareness and active participation level of students also increases. (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd Daha fazlası Daha az

Alaydın, Elif | Demirel, Gülçin | Altın, Süreyya | Altın, Ahmet

Proceedings | 2014 | 4TH WORLD CONFERENCE ON LEARNING TEACHING AND EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP (WCLTA-2013)141 , pp.1150 - 1155

The number of environmentally conscious individuals in society can be raised by increasing environmental education quality in primary schools. Starting studies about environment in the childhood years is very important. In this study, the knowledge and skill levels of primary school students in Zonguldak about waste recycling was determined, and the participation levels of theirs into recycling activities was measured. For this aim, the third and fourth grade primary school students were identified as a target group of the study, and a questionnaire assessing the impact of the parents' socio-economic structures and education status . . .on environmental awareness of theirs was prepared. The results were evaluated to determine the strengths and weaknesses of environmental education of the students, statistically. The questionnaire was conducted in three elementary schools having different social and economic levels. Questions in the first, second and last parts of the questionnaire relate with the demographic characteristics of students families, the environmental awareness of the students, and the participation of students into recycling activities, respectively. The survey reviews were carried out with a statistical program and differences between the schools were determined by using one way ANOVA test. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd Daha fazlası Daha az

Kecetep, Ilker | Ozkan, Idil

Conference Object | 2014 | 4TH WORLD CONFERENCE ON LEARNING TEACHING AND EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP (WCLTA-2013)141 , pp.660 - 664

The concepts of quality and quality assurance day by day gain importance and become more popular in the world especially in developed countries about products and services. Bologna process aims to set up European Higher Education Area and one of the most important goals of this process is to make European Higher Education competitive, transparent, diversified and leader in the world by having high quality higher education which produce sustainable socio-economic developments in the area and in the world. It is certain that developing a good working Quality Assurance system in the European Higher Education Area will make European Hig . . .her Education more competitive and strong in the world because Quality Assurance provides and guarantees high quality in teaching & learning, research etc. and it also leads to increase of student mobility by mutual degrees recognition and comparability thus it is obvious that Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education is a must and it should not be performed just as a mandatory technical work to comply with the resolutions of the Area. This study first of all will look into the concepts of quality and quality assurance then it will provide necessary and deeper understanding and information on quality assurance in European Higher Education Area and will talk about how to develop quality assurance system and effects of quality assurance on European Higher Education Area. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd Daha fazlası Daha az

Yazici, Hikmet | Ocal, Ayse

Conference Object | 2014 | 4TH WORLD CONFERENCE ON LEARNING TEACHING AND EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP (WCLTA-2013)141 , pp.834 - 838

Skilled manpower is considered as one of the basic factors that contribute for productive, production-based, and growth-oriented economies. For this reason, in 21st century, skilled manpower is accepted as one of the factors that carries the businesses one step ahead in a competitive environment. Maximizing the skilled manpower is possible with the systematically planned, applied and industry-indexed vocational technical education. One of the basic sectors of developing economies is furniture sector and applied training has a vital importance in terms of providing skilled manpower. Vocational technical education in Turkey at the lev . . .el of higher education is carried by vocational schools in associate degree, and also carried out by high schools and technical education faculties in bachelor degree. With the furniture and decoration programs in vocational schools, it is intended to train skilled intermediate staff (furniture technician) needed by the sector. In this study, the current status of the vocational technical education at the level of higher education is analysed and especially the problems experienced in applied training are intended to present. In conclusion part some suggestions are presented which will contribute the development of workshops, practice laboratories, and technical conditions. In addition, it will also present some suggestions concerning increasing the skill level of the entire working and ready to work population. Furniture sector is preferred as base sector of this study therefore the study is carried out on effective usage of applied courses in furniture and decoration departments in associate level. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd Daha fazlası Daha az

Kalafat, Sezai | Bora, F. Duygu | Balkan, Pelin

Conference Object | 2014 | 4TH WORLD CONFERENCE ON LEARNING TEACHING AND EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP (WCLTA-2013)141 , pp.1220 - 1223

Role-play has been one of the most preferred techniques in language teaching, especially for practicing it. However, the ways that technique is integrated with the teaching process are varied. Because the development of technology and its contributions to foreign language teaching cannot be ignored, it was underlined for the students who took part in the study to make use of technology. The application of the study included choosing certain topics from the coursebook, which is the part of the curriculum of Bulent Ecevit University Foreign Languages Preparatory Program, and the groups from each classroom were assigned with one of the . . .se topics. The groups were 30 in total. The number of the students in the groups ranged from 2 to 7. As the assigned topics required using daily life speech, the students were asked to write a conversation including the topic and perform it in an appropriate environment. Moreover, these students were asked to record what they performed. This has been achieved by uploading those video records to the computers of school laboratories and the website of Preparatory School. The participants were allowed for 2 weeks to write their dialogue and prepare the video. At the end of the study, a questionnaire was applied to the participants to clarify their motivation. Therefore, all of the students in prep class were both eager about using the language and learned the topics in a more effective way by witnessing using English in daily life and taking the advantage of technology. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd Daha fazlası Daha az

Ince, Murat

Conference Object | 2014 | 4TH WORLD CONFERENCE ON LEARNING TEACHING AND EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP (WCLTA-2013)141 , pp.670 - 674

Technology enhanced education, provided many opportunities in language learning. The main purpose of this study is to investigate instructors' views and perspectives on using technology in English Language Teaching. This study was designed within a phenomenological framework. The experiences of four English Language instructors at different universities in Turkey during the using of technology into language classroom practice were studied through a qualitative in-depth interview. These instructors were selected based on maximum variation sampling method. A semi-structured interview schedule was designed by the researcher to determin . . .e how instructors perceive using technology and implement it in the classroom. A qualitative content analysis approach was used to analyse the data obtained. The descriptive qualitative analysis resulted in five themes. The main themes were the institution's view of technology, students' and instructors' background knowledge of technology, technological equipment used, information and communication technologies and professional experience. The results showed that widespread use of technology in language teaching is one of the necessities which our constantly developing world presents us. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd Daha fazlası Daha az

Bicer, Dincer

Conference Object | 2014 | 4TH WORLD CONFERENCE ON LEARNING TEACHING AND EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP (WCLTA-2013)141 , pp.382 - 386

This study aims to investigate the learning styles of students and instructors at foreign language preparatory school of a state university. It also aims to find out whether there is statistically significant difference between the academic achievement levels of students with different learning styles and achievement levels of students who have the same learning styles as their instructors and those who do not. In this study, quantitative data was obtained from a learning styles inventory, students' placement exam scores and average exam scores within the term. The learning styles inventory was used to determine the learning styles . . .of 139 students and 12 instructors at Compulsory Foreign Language Preparatory School of Bulent Ecevit University in 2012-2013 Spring term. The data was analysed with Chi Square test and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). It was found out that the most common learning style among the participants was diverging. The distribution of the learning styles did not differ according to students' gender and the high schools they had graduated. The students' achievement levels did not differ significantly according to their learning styles. It was also discovered that there were no statistically significant differences between the achievement levels of students who have the same learning styles as their instructors and those who do not. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Open access under CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) Daha fazlası Daha az