Open AccessA Case Study on Preservice Primary School Teachers’ Flower Care at School within the Scope of Community Service Practices Course
Author(s) -
Zeynep Doğan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1925-0754
pISSN - 1925-0746
DOI - 10.5430/wje.v9n1p172
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , data collection , service (business) , psychology , sample (material) , medical education , qualitative research , perspective (graphical) , qualitative property , mathematics education , pedagogy , sociology , computer science , medicine , social science , chemistry , economy , chromatography , artificial intelligence , machine learning , economics , programming language
The aim of this study is to present the details of a practice that is carried out within the scope of Community ServicePractices Course from a scientific perspective. And also to investigate the views of the pre-service teachers related tothe topic. Research design is determined as a case study method. For the data collection, interview method was usedfrom qualitative data collection methods. The sample is composed of 8 pre-service primary school teachers. Within therelevant course, a potted flower to be determined by the pre-service teachers was planted in a pot in a suitable place inthe faculty, and the students were given the task of undertaking all kinds of care for the flower during the semester.Semi-structured interviews with the pre-service teachers were held at the end of the term and their opinions were taken.According to the results, all of the pre-service teachers find the implementation useful and important for their teachingcareer. They stated that they got information about flower care, they gained awareness and they were impressedaffectively.