EGITIM FAKÜLTESI ÖGRETIM ELEMANLARININ PEDAGOJIK FORMASYON EGITIMI SERTIFIKA PROGRAMLARINA ILISKIN GÖRÜSLERI (SINOP ÖRNEGI).

Abstract

The profession of teaching is “an area of specialization” as stated in Number 1738 of Constitutive Law of National Education. The graduates from education faculties which have been founded for training of teachers in our country have completed theoretical and practical courses essential for profession of teaching, and have been assigned as teachers. Besides, according to Assignment Regulation of National Education, graduates from higher education can be assigned as teachers on condition that they successfully complete Pedagogic Formation Education which is seen appropriate by Ministry of Education. The Certificate Programs of Pedagogic Formation Education can be initiated at universities having departments of educational sciences with the necessary given permission by Higher Education Institution. When it is taken into consideration that these formation education programs have been run by teaching staff working at education faculties and at departments of educational sciences, the importance for revealing views of teaching staff on these programs is clear. The general purpose of study is to identify the views of teaching staff on Education Programs of Pedagogic Formation. The answers for the below questions have been observed in the study which is conducted within the frame of qualitative research paradigm. “What are your opinions about the Education of Pedagogic Formation?”, “What are the reasons for students taking formation education to participate in these programs?”. The data of study have been gathered by semi-structured interview forms obtained from 35 instructors working at Education Faculty of Sinop University between the years 2017 and 2018. In conclusion of the study, the views of teaching staff have been gathered under two categories as positive and negative. Most of teaching staff have expressed negative opinions for Education of Pedagogic Formation. Amongst these views, the insufficiency of education duration and the increase in the number of unassigned teachers are seen prevalent. On the other hand, according to teaching staff, amongst the reasons for students to attend Pedagogic Formation Education are that the students see profession of teaching as convenient and guaranteed, also as a proper way of increasing their chance to be assigned.