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Hatice Çilsalar

Whole brain teaching - 3 views

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    when ı watch this video, I realised that in little age we can create learning enviroment without losing motivation and active participation. You can find also kindergarten or higher level version of this video on youtube. Behaviorism signs can be seen in it. Because repetition of whole sentences is the learning way for this classroom. Thıs seems to be effective but another issue is the permanence of knowledge. I hope it is permanent that it seems very enjoyful class.
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    I also appreciate the class environment used in the video. Gestures, repetitions, practice on their own in pairs, materials were collaboratively used, which is very nice and especially very beneficiary for the 1. grade.
Evrim Baran

Teachers and Teaching Metaphors - 8 views

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    My best choice of educational metaphor among the slides: http://goo.gl/clcMR (Just click) Not just because of the "bike" :) But because of 1- Advice for instructor to control his/her power: Use your knowledge power in favor of the student not just for your ego! 2- Let him do it! By the way i like bikes also :D
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    And my best choice is: http://imageshack.us/a/img692/9519/28990061.png Although it is not common throughout the world to implement an educational system that raises children with consciousness about differences in cultures, religions, and thoughts among people and to impose tolerance toward these differences, a teacher should bring this idea into the classrooms (s/he can teach these values while presenting any topic, s/he can give examples and make associations about justice and tolerance etc.)
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    Most of the methaphors are impressive but my favourite ones are 6th and 10th because most working teachers have difficulties expressed in those. "You work hard, prepare things and always want students to learn the concepts perfectly but it doesn't go as you think or planned." but teaching is http://imageshack.us/a/img407/2797/slide6728.jpg
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    I like the last one most, because it emphasizes the uniqueness of the students and states that a teacher should not try to gain students what s/he know/believe; s/he should help them to find their own way and accept them as who they are.
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    Metaphors in here are pretty similar as we did in the moodle :) Anyway, I feel qualifiedas a teacher when I saw the 10th slide. I believe that breaking someone free is an amazing effort.
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    I like the one which teachers cultivate the feeds of knowledge, they plant within their students. Teaching is the long process and requires more effort from both teacher and student. And also suitable land is te essential one in order to constitute knowledge.
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    The tenth slight is interesting for me. "Teaching is like crossing borders..." I think that we can associate the border with instruction or kinds of instructional methods or theories because on one side there is the individual who learns and on the other side there is the individual who teachs. Therefore the "border" can refer to the instruction as an instrument between the teaching and learning processes.
Erdem Uygun

Thorndike's Law of Effect Principle - A Puzzle Box Demonstration - 5 views

  • This is a replication of Thorndike's famous "Puzzle Box"
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    According to Thorndike, learning occurs via the association between the sensations and the impulse (action). As for checking his theory, he created puzzle boxes for the animals that he used for his experiments. He put the animals into the boxes and measured the time they spent for learning to open the door. He discovered that animals do not have enough ability to figure out the results of their actions. They find the solution with trial and error process and mostly by chance. After finding the solution (that is the solution that leads to the correct impulse, namely escaping the door), the time for operating the correct response to a specific situation decreases. However, when the reinforcement is removed (in this experiment, escaping the door is prevented), then the corresponding sensation (attempt to pull down the lever) disappears (This event can remind us the term "extinction" used by Pavlov in his classical conditioning theory). After introducing the reinforcement again, sensation reoccurs but the animal needs time to make the escaping operation more quickly again as he learnt before removing the stimuli.
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    Erdem, thanks for sharing. I will use this in my ed psych course as well.
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    Thanks for that video. It has been a great experience for me to see what I learned before theoretically. Now, I feel that I understand the experiment better. Such videos are very effective in enhancing learning.
dozoran

Sugata Mitra: The child-driven education - 6 views

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    It says that children can learn with internet without any intervention from outside -like a teacher. When the topic is not defined, children can learn what they want. But for some specific topics, they at least need the very first idea -a question, sometimes even a pre-designed system of information and instruction. Are we too much interfering to students' learning process?
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    Thanks for this video. It shows an interesting method but when ı watched this video, some question come up my mind. First of them; where is creativity of instructional methods? In time students can be bored because of sitting on front of a screen for a long time and how can we motivate students effectively? Second one is; how can it be achieved the objectives which requires teachers? for example; social onjectives and values require a role model in teaching enviroment and socialization is an important issue. And also this system requires updates frequently, this is another issue. Finally, moreover someone should orginaze this computer system and design instruction process, in bire there is a teacher or orginazer on planning system in my oppinon.(Am ı more critical? :) )
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    Dincer, thanks for sharing the video. Both you and Hatice raised important questions. I've known Sugata Mitra's work quite some time now and the Hole in the Wall Project. I also investigated similar projects such as One Laptop Per Child and some other similar ones that have emerged in India. Perhaps, these models are encouraging us to question and reflect on teachers' role in the learning process. We might also ask "what it is that we want our children learn" and "how they actually learn certain things". This is also related to Hatice's question on motivation. We will see if theories of instruction will help us answer some of these questions.
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    First of all thanks for the video. It reminded me the "Fatih Project" in Turkey as well regarding the pre, primary and elementary level students using their own technological access during learning process. It is supposed to be completed at the end of 2013 however the same instructional and motivational questions trigger me to question its function. When we consider th learning as a whole such personal use may turn out to be misuse without interfere but in specific cases such as vocabulary teaching through learner's independent autonomy, I can support the idea. We should be clear about what is the target audience and the issue, though.
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    Such educational frameworks support the trend of shift from teacher-centeredness to student-centeredness. In the past, when we need to ask something, we asked to our elders- in school, to teachers. Now, we have an additional elder, the internet. It can answer almost anything. In that sense, the impact of the technology can not be ignored. The idea of providing internet access to places that is scarce in terms of teachers is reasonable - which also supports the idea of distance education. Besides, bringing technology is easier and cheaper than bringing a teacher with resources. However, we still need teachers as -cliche but vital term- "facilitators" and regulators in self-learning process. It is necessary for constructivism as well as child-driven education or for any other self-learning methods. Someone is needed for wrapping-up the knowledge gained, for assessing the results, for remedying circumstances that obstruct the learning process, for deciding goals or organizing goals to be attained, and for secure and heuristic browsing on the internet. In that sense, I support the idea of "self organized learning environments" as Mitra offers, but also I contend that there should be teachers around these environments for facilitating. In short, we should not quit important elements of education while trying to make it better.
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    I believe although computers and instructional softwares are amazing to enhance the effectiveness of instruction, they are not enough. They are always limited. It is impossible to load them all possible questions of students and their responses. Moreover, none of the computers or softwares would be able to fulfill students' emotional and motivational needs. There is also the uniqueness of the students; not all of the students would enjoy a computer-based education. Lastly, as a science educator when I think for my area; it is never the same to make an experiment on computer and in a laboratory. Students learn better when they are actively engaged in an experiment and seethe results with their eyes.
Gamze Çetinkaya

A comparison video - 3 views

  • A brief overview of theoretical perspectives, learning theory, and instructional theory.
Bilge Aslan

BBC News - State schools 'failing girls who want to study physics' - 2 views

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    Science fields do not seem famous any more.
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    This issue is a popular topic in physics education field. Studies show that boys are more successful in science courses especially in physics when compared to girls because they feel more confident and think that science is fun. Most probably, these personal beliefs are important determiners when deciding whether or not to attend a course.
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    It is always the same; "girls cannot do science, it is a boy job". Last week, in an undergraduate course at METU, we investigated college students' drawings of scientists. Nearly all of them draw a man scientist, conducting laboratory experiments. Not only physics but also all natural sciences are accepted as a man dominated area, there is no room for women.
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    The important point in this case is that only girls who study for A-level physics are the ones who came from Girls' schools. It means that as the text stated, mix schools have a kind of characteristic that stereotype the physics as if it was boys' area. However, in my opinion, that's not true. Unless a job does not require so much muscles, it can be handled by both males and females. In physics, the brain, intelligence, and the disciplined work is necessary which are highly available in human beings, not just only in males.
NSaime Yapar

Schools Without Walls - 3 views

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    The topic is about charter schools in US. It is not easy to understand what is charter school but it is like a publicly founded school where the "educational experience is qualitatively different". They just try different style of learning. "Charters were originally a progressive movement (called the "small schools" movement) started by University of Massachusetts professor Ray Budde and American Federation of Teachers leader, Al Shanker to explore best practices for education without bureaucracy." (wikipedia: charter school) Quote from the original text "Students taught by teachers with at least five years' experience outperformed students with less experienced teachers, regardless of the type of school attended, but charter school students with inexperienced teachers did significantly worse than students in traditional public schools with less experienced teachers. (The impact of this finding is compounded by the fact that charter schools are twice as likely as traditional public schools to employ inexperienced teachers.)" This means that experienced teachers are better than in experienced ones (Not suprised?) but more importantly it shows us that if you try something new it is better to have an experienced teacher :)
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    As far as I understand, if you have a brilliant idea about the ways that the education can be implemented, you can ask for being a charter school. As a charter school, you are free from governmental regulations and obligations. However, your performance is monitored closely. In that schools, new innovative methods are tried out, and apparently inexperienced teachers are not successful at all comparing to traditional ones. This is because the experience. I remember my internship time. As an intern teacher, I had difficulty even implementing techniques that I had been taught throughout my undergraduate career. It was because concrete experiences are much more hard to accomplish that abstract ones. And self-evidently being "concretely experienced" needs time. After years and years in active teaching, teachers naturally can have the ability to integrate innovative methods in their teaching. If the innovation is surprising (like technology integration while experienced teachers might not have enough knowledge), they at least have the ability not to confuse with the new innovation, they can resist and hold on their traditional experiences. New teachers may become confused with undergraduate knowledge and innovations since both of them are still not deeply got used to.
Erdem Uygun

Clusty Search Engine - 2 views

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    Clusty is a search engine which makes clusters of your search. It provide easiness to students while making research on the internet. Based on keywords, the similar websites are categorized so that a more organized amount of knowledge is provided to learners. please try it by writing a keyword like "fotosentez".
Evrim Baran

http://assets.cambridge.org/97805218/70634/excerpt/9780521870634_excerpt.pdf - 2 views

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    What is theory
Gamze Çetinkaya

Theory commitment - 1 views

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    A paleontologist man who is committed to the theory of evolution like a religion and a modern hippie woman who believes in all kinds of weird spiritual staff arguing about evolution. One of the best parts of the tv show Friends.
Evrim Baran

1. A map of social theories, 1000-2000 by Alan Macfarlane - YouTube - 1 views

shared by Evrim Baran on 01 Oct 12 - No Cached
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    A map of social theories 1000-2000
Erdem Uygun

Dağıtılan tabletlerden bozulan ve kırılanların sayısı 32 - 1 views

  • FATİH Projesi kapsamında dağıtılan 13 bin 800 tabletten sadece 1’inin kaybolduğu belirtildi. Dağıtılan tabletlerden 32’si ise kırıldı veya bozuldu.
Hatice Çilsalar

Reklam - 1 views

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    This is the biggest problem of universities and It should be solved as soon as possible. what is wrong with these faculty, are students worng with chosing them or are lecturer wrong whilw working for them or other else???
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    I feel really nervous about new generation who is willing to achieve in scientific fields. I have read that German government save %60 of their total budgets for universities to invest on science. They do not consider engineering as a science field. They basically design their university facilities with scientific equipments and labs for experiments.
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    To become a teacher is not for those faculties, the thought of at least becoming a teacher (sorry for chicken translation) makes quality of teacher education decrease. Mehmet Şişman, one of the member of YÖK, mentioned in the teacher training and development symposium in Uşak that when they tried to repeal pedagogical formation most of faculty of science argued with the issue, so they have decided to go on the system for a while. There are a lot of students studying those faculties not knowing what to do, still government insists on increasing the capacity of the departments. Without calculating the ratio of employment to the capacity, of couse those people do not want to lose one more chance of getting a job, unfortunately...
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    I think we have really problem about the role of arts&scince faculty. they are supposed to prepare students to be scientists or instructors but not teachers. however, when we look at capacity of these faculties make us think that Turkey has most crowded scientist population in the world! I think for arts&science faculty we need increase in quality but decrease in numbers of capacity.
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    The mission and vision of the arts and science faculties should be presented clearly to high school students or to people who are about to make a decision about a department. Unfortunately, being a university graduate is perceived like a rare feature so most of the high school graduates try to enter a university avoiding the profession and department. Also, the students who hold a BS degree of a department of arts and science faculty should have given more opportunities, like scholarships or job opportunities, so that they will be able to continue their graduate education in a arts and science faculty.
Evrim Baran

http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/journals/ed_lead/el_198012_kane.pdf - 1 views

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    Progress Toward a General Theory of Instruction
Bilge Aslan

Fatih Projesi Web Sayfasi - Yenilik ve Egitim Teknolojileri Genel Müdürlügü -... - 1 views

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    "FATIH PROJECT Turkey has initiated FATIH Project with the aim enabling equal opportunities in education and improving technology in our schools for the efficient usage of ICT tools in the learning-teaching processes by appealing to more sense organs in all 620.000 schools that are in the preschool education, the primary education and the secondary education through providing tablets and LCD Smart Boards.
Evrim Baran

Piaget on Piaget, Part 1 - YouTube - 1 views

shared by Evrim Baran on 24 Sep 12 - No Cached
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    I did such an experiment to my 2,5 year old cousin. I asked for his mother to bring 2 tea glasses with full of water and 2 water glasses one of which was wide and short and one of which was narrow and tall. Next, I asked my cousin if the water amount is the same in both tea glasses. She said "Yes". Then I said "now watch carefully" and slowly poured one of the tea glasses into the wide&short glass and poured the other one into the narrow&tall one. In narrow&tall glass, the level of water seems above from the wide&short one despite the fact that the amount of water is the same in both glasses. Then I asked if water amount of the glasses is the same. And she answered "No, there is much more water in the narrow&tall water (She was pointing to level of water in narrow&tall glass with her finger while telling it)" Then I asked for 6 biscuits from her mother and separated them into 2 groups each of which contain 3 biscuits. Then asked if they are the same and she said "Yes". After that, I took one of the group which contains 3 biscuits and divided each biscuits so that numerically they looks like there are 6 biscuits with half length. Now I had 2 groups one of which had 3 standard biscuits and the other one contained 6 biscuits pieces with half length of standard biscuits. Afterwards I asked her again if the amount of the biscuits are the same in each group and she says "No". When I ask "why" she said, " This one is much because it has more biscuits(by pointing out the group containing 6 biscuits pieces)" It was nice to see such an experiment. It means that children at a specific developmental stage process their observations in line with their own perceptions, not the ones adults have and as such it supports the idea that children build their own knowledge by making interpretations on what they see, on what they interact with the world.
Evrim Baran

http://website.education.wisc.edu/kdsquire/tenure-files/50-reigeluth-ed-tech-theories.pdf - 0 views

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    Emerging Work on the New Paradigm of Instructional Theories
Hatice Çilsalar

the story of american public education. - 1 views

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    You can find the story of this system at that page and also photos from the old schools in America. Also it gives information about student profile, evaluation system, philosophers' names, etc.
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