- The Online Journal of Recreation and Sports
- Vol: 7 Issue: 4
- PEDAGOGICAL EXPECTANCES FROM THE PLAYGROUNDS IN THE SCHOOL GARDENS IN CLASSROOM TEACHERS
PEDAGOGICAL EXPECTANCES FROM THE PLAYGROUNDS IN THE SCHOOL GARDENS IN CLASSROOM TEACHERS
Authors : Fikret Alincak, Mehmet Ali Öztürk, Tuğba Turak
Pages : 9-22
Doi:10.22282/ojrs.2018.39
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Publication Date : 2018-10-01
Article Type : Research
Abstract :Schools should be made environmentally appropriate preparation of students for the future, from the point of view of education and training, should be together with the place where only basic needs of students are given. School gardens are places where academic life occurs. Therefore, school gardens must be more regular in pre-school and primary school in terms of educational attainment of the pupils in order for children to be useful collectors. The purpose of this study is to reveal the opinions of the classroom teachers about their pedagogical expectations from playgrounds in school gardens. In the study open-ended questions were developed by the researchers as a data collection tool were presented to classroom teachers. The data obtained from 25 classroom teachers who are working in schools affiliated to the Gaziantep Provincial Directorate of National Education were analyzed by content analysis method using interview method which is one of the qualitative methods in the research. As a result of the research, the classroom teachers observed that the school gardens inadequate and did not suitable the level of the students. Teachers who participated in the research indicated that the areas of the school gardens were not reliable. Besides, teachers have come to the conclusion that in terms of children’s improvement, the playgrounds that are in the schools must be wide, there must have different game tools, educational playgrounds and the ground in the gardens must be corrected for the safety of the student.Keywords : Classroom teacher, School garden, playground, Pedagogical expectation