Original article | TAY Journal 2023, Vol. 7(3) 320-346
Elective Course Selection Strategies in Social Studies Education
Ahmet Galip Yücel
pp. 320 - 346 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/tayjournal.2023.609.13 | Manu. Number: tay journal.2023.042
Published online: October 29, 2023 | Number of Views: 26 | Number of Download: 352
Abstract
In the undergraduate programs implemented in Türkiye, there are two types of courses: compulsories electives. This reality may also affect the strategies that teacher candidates apply when choosing elective courses. Therefore, in this study, it is aimed to determine the social studies teacher candidates’ strategies in the elective course preferences and to discuss the emerging pattern with social cognitive, reasoned action and planned behavior theories. The study was carried out in accordance with the phenomenology design, and interviews and focus group interviews were conducted with the participants who preferred elective courses at least ten times before. The data was collected from students enrolled in a state university during the 2022-2023 academic year. In the analysis of the data, the inductive approach was preferred and content analysis was used. As a result of the analysis of the data, the categories were combined under the headings of selection strategy, the purpose of elective courses and the effect of KPSS on course preference strategies. In addition, based on the themes and participant expressions, the patterns that the participants followed during their choice of elective courses were also determined. Based on the research findings, it was understood that pre-service teachers developed strategies for the purpose of passing the course effortlessly and easily, not for the purpose of contributing to their personal development or gaining an interdisciplinary approach. Finally, suggestions such as determining elective courses through needs analysis have been made.
Keywords: Elective courses, social cognitive theory, reasoned action and planned behavior theories, social studies
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