Elementary School Students' Opinions on the Internet: A Phenomenological Analysis
Author(s) -
Aslıhan Saban
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
new trends and issues proceedings on humanities and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2547-8818
DOI - 10.18844/prosoc.v3i5.2003
Subject(s) - the internet , phenomenology (philosophy) , psychology , content analysis , interpretative phenomenological analysis , mathematics education , world wide web , computer science , qualitative research , sociology , social science , epistemology , philosophy
The purpose of this study was to investigate the students' opinions through metaphors on the Internet. Phenomenology is used as the research design. In the study, there are 110 participants and convenience sampling technique was used. Data were collected through open-ended questions from the participants. Analysis of the data was completed through content analysis. Codes and themes are used. The purpose of the study is to find if students are producing abstract and negative concepts or ideas about the internet or not. According to developmental psychology, they cannot think abstract.
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