Competencies of Music Teacher Candidates Taking Pedagogical Formation Training

The study was designed by using both quantitative and qualitative study methods. This study has employed “criterion sampling method”, one of the purposive sampling methods. The participants in the study consisted of 21 teacher candidates taking pedagogical formation training at Education Faculty at a university located in Mediterranean region of Turkey during spring semester of 2015 2016 academic year. A “Personal Information Form”, “Music Education Specific Area Competency Questionnaire ”and “performance indicators form” developed by the researcher were used as data collection tools. Based on the study results, it was determined that the teacher candidates considered themselves competent in specific areas. An evaluation of competencies associated with the teaching and learning process sho...

Predicting undergraduate students’ metacognitive skills with self-construal

Özcan, Bahadır

This study aimed at determining whether university students’ metacognitive skills were predicted by self-construal. Study group of the research consisted of a total of 413 university students attending Faculty of Education. In this study conducted in correlational model, and “Metacognitive Awareness Scale” and “Six-fold Self-Construal Scale” were used to collect research data. As for data analysis, multiple regression analysis was used. Findings obtained from the research have revealed that, as university students’ knowledge and regulation of cognition, and total metacognitive scores increased, their relational vertical self, relational horizontal self, collective horizontal self, collective vertical self, humanistic self and personal self-construal scores increased. Besides personal selfc...