Perceptions of Turkish teachers about listening types

Fatih Can

African Educational Research Journal
Published: October 29 2020
Volume 8, Special Issue 3
Pages S76-S88
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30918/AERJ.8S3.20.075

Abstract

In this study, the perceptions of Turkish teacher candidates towards listening styles was evaluated according to the variables such as gender, university of education, grade level, academic grade point average, type of high school graduated from and the opinions of teacher candidates. For this purpose, quantitative and qualitative data were collected from Turkish teacher candidates and a research was conducted according to mixed research design. The quantitative sample of the study was 319 Turkish Teacher candidates studying at 5 different state universities and the qualitative sample was 24 people selected among these. Data were collected from teacher candidates with the help of a scale and an interview guide. SPSS 20.0 program and content analysis method were used in the analysis of the data. Quantitative and qualitative data were examined holistically and Turkish teacher candidates' approaches to listening styles were revealed. According to the results of the study, it was determined that there is a significant difference between the variables of grade point average and high school type and the types of listening, that the teacher candidates mostly use relational listening and how they use the listening styles they use in daily listening was revealed. These results are expected to contribute to the listening education processes.

Keywords: Listening types, mixed design, teacher candidate, listening education..

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