Contract Teaching and Oral Exam: What Do The Teacher Candidates Think?

The purpose of this study is to examine the opinions of teacher candidates about contract teaching and oral exam system. The study group consisted of 12 teacher candidates involved in different departments of the faculty of education. The criterion sampling method was used to determine the particip...

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Main Authors: Yıldıray Karadağ, Mücahit Aydoğmuş, Alper Kesten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Anı Publishing 2020-01-01
Series:Eğitimde Nitel Araştırmalar Dergisi
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Online Access:http://enadonline.com/index.php/enad/article/view/1285
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description The purpose of this study is to examine the opinions of teacher candidates about contract teaching and oral exam system. The study group consisted of 12 teacher candidates involved in different departments of the faculty of education. The criterion sampling method was used to determine the participants, and interviews conducted with the participants who met the criteria. A semi-structured interview form used as a data collection tool and, a thematic analysis method was realized to analyze the data. Results revealed that teacher candidates regarded contracted teaching as it is harming the teaching profession, making teachers uneasy because there is no job guarantee and as a profession, and they were found to be more insecure and riskier than before. It concluded that the six-year compulsory service period affects teachers' personal life negatively. Lack of teachers' right to replacement is also a problem. They also stated that the oral exam cannot be objective and that the chance factor may be effective. Based on the opinions of the participants, arrangements can be made by the authorized institutions for contract teaching and oral examination system. Besides, to reduce the negative thoughts of pre-service teachers, it can be explained to pre-service teachers why contract teaching and oral examination are important.
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spelling doaj.art-58184b7a0b074bc396e5a3eb0acee3ae2023-04-22T15:40:14ZengAnı PublishingEğitimde Nitel Araştırmalar Dergisi2148-26242020-01-0181Contract Teaching and Oral Exam: What Do The Teacher Candidates Think?Yıldıray KaradağMücahit AydoğmuşAlper Kesten The purpose of this study is to examine the opinions of teacher candidates about contract teaching and oral exam system. The study group consisted of 12 teacher candidates involved in different departments of the faculty of education. The criterion sampling method was used to determine the participants, and interviews conducted with the participants who met the criteria. A semi-structured interview form used as a data collection tool and, a thematic analysis method was realized to analyze the data. Results revealed that teacher candidates regarded contracted teaching as it is harming the teaching profession, making teachers uneasy because there is no job guarantee and as a profession, and they were found to be more insecure and riskier than before. It concluded that the six-year compulsory service period affects teachers' personal life negatively. Lack of teachers' right to replacement is also a problem. They also stated that the oral exam cannot be objective and that the chance factor may be effective. Based on the opinions of the participants, arrangements can be made by the authorized institutions for contract teaching and oral examination system. Besides, to reduce the negative thoughts of pre-service teachers, it can be explained to pre-service teachers why contract teaching and oral examination are important. http://enadonline.com/index.php/enad/article/view/1285Contract teachingteacher candidatesoral examcompulsory service
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Contract Teaching and Oral Exam: What Do The Teacher Candidates Think?
Eğitimde Nitel Araştırmalar Dergisi
Contract teaching
teacher candidates
oral exam
compulsory service
title Contract Teaching and Oral Exam: What Do The Teacher Candidates Think?
title_full Contract Teaching and Oral Exam: What Do The Teacher Candidates Think?
title_fullStr Contract Teaching and Oral Exam: What Do The Teacher Candidates Think?
title_full_unstemmed Contract Teaching and Oral Exam: What Do The Teacher Candidates Think?
title_short Contract Teaching and Oral Exam: What Do The Teacher Candidates Think?
title_sort contract teaching and oral exam what do the teacher candidates think
topic Contract teaching
teacher candidates
oral exam
compulsory service
url http://enadonline.com/index.php/enad/article/view/1285
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