Birol Alver*Asst. Prof. Dr., Atatürk University Faculty of Education, Erzurum-TURKEY ABSTRACTProblem Statement: Psychological problems often emerge during periods of stress, anxiety and depression in the normal course of human life. While experiencing these negative environmental conditions, an individual may encounter personal difficulties that often manifest as adaptive difficulties with regards to university life. Unaddressed, these […]

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Ayhan Cinici, Mustafa Sozbilir* and Yavuz Demir****Asist. Prof. Dr. Adıyaman, University Education Faculty, TURKEY**Assoc. Prof. Dr. Atatürk, University K. K. Education Faculty, TURKEY***Prof. Dr. Atatürk, University K. K. Education Faculty, TURKEY ABSTRACTProblem Statement: Students find diffusion and osmosis difficult to understand.Purpose of Study: This research has two aims. The first aim is to determine the […]

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Mübeccel Yalçın** and Dilek Çelikler*****Teacher, Samsun Asarcık Boarding Primary School***Assist.Prof. Dr., Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Education, Samsun-Turkey ABSTRACTProblem Statement: The use of computers in chemistry education is increasing rapidly and becoming a supporting device in teaching abstract concepts and complex subjects. Because of the fact that temperature-heat, matter and structural features are the subjects […]

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Tatyana Yakhno* and Emine Ekin***Prof. Dr., Izmir University, Computer Engineering Department, Izmir-Turkey**Asst.Prof., Işık University, Computer Engineering Department, Izmir-Turkey ABSTRACTProblem Statement: In today’s world there are pressures on universities to ensure that graduates have the capacity to meet the needs of employers. One aspect of this is to ensure that students, along with professional skills, possess […]

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Abdurrahman Tanrıöğen* and Sibel Savçı***Prof. Dr., Pamukkale University Faculty of Education**Ministry of National Education ABSTRACTProblem Statement: Like all organizations, schools as well, have to be effective and efficient in order to survive. It becomes difficult to realise effective schooling when the individual himself doesn’t feel safe. To create that safe environment on school grounds is […]

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Ömer Faruk Şimşek* and İhsan Bozanoğlu***Asst. Prof. Dr., Izmir University of Economics, Department of Psychology, Izmir, TURKEY**Asst. Prof. Dr., Abant Izzet Baysal University, Faculty of Education, Bolu, TURKEY ABSTRACTProblem Statement: Although self-esteem has been considered an end-state of mental health or a defense mechanism, recent theoretical and empirical findings questions its status in the field […]

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Turan PakerPamukkale University, Faculty of Education, Denizli-TURKEY ABSTRACTProblem Statement: The teaching practicum is an indispensable component of initial-teacher education programs. However, students who go through the teaching practicum have some concerns related to their experience. They have a number of worries and anxieties, resulting in high levels of stress. Various factors may lead students to […]

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Habib ÖzganFaculty of Education Department of Educational Sciences, Gaziantep-Turkey ABSTRACTProblem Statement: As institutionalization is requisite in all organizations, so it is in all schools. Institutionalization enables schools to operate in line with their objectives and managerial processes (planning, decision making, organizing, directing, coordination and evaluation) more effectively. The spread of private schools introduced competition to […]

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Yüksel Özden* and Selahattin Turan***Prof. Dr., The Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Deputy of Mugla, Turkey**Prof. Dr., Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Education, Turkey ABSTRACTProblem Statement: One of the main problems in teacher preparation programs is to attract academically able students to schools of education in both Turkey and all other countries around the world. […]

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Ebru Melek KoçPh.D, Uludag University, Faculty of Education, Bursa-Turkey ABSTRACTProblem Statement: There are few researches investigating pragmatic awareness of Turkish adult EFL learners, and none of them have investigated factors such as social distance, power and degree of imposition that are important in affecting the learners’ preference of request strategies. Therefore, a study focusing on […]

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