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Citation Count: 7
Comparing task-based instruction and traditional instruction on task engagement and vocabulary development in secondary language education
(Routledge Journals Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2018) Page, Merve Halici; Mede, Enisa
The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare the impact of task-based instruction (TBI) and traditional instruction (TI) on the motivation and vocabulary development in secondary language education. The focus of the study was to also find out the perceptions of teachers about implementing these two instructional methods in their teaching practices. The participants were 97 students and 2 teachers engaged in the 7th grade EFL program at a private school in Istanbul Turkey. Data was collected quantitatively from a vocabulary check test and motivation scale as well as qualitatively from semi-structured interviews. The findings revealed that implementing TBI had positive impact on students' vocabulary development as well as their motivation. In line with these findings it was also suggested that teachers perceived TBI to be a more effective method to be incorporated in secondary grade language practices. Based on the gathered findings suggestions for redesigning and implementing the existing 7th grade EFL program were provided.
Citation Count: 7
Elderly People's Choice of Media and their Perceived State of Loneliness
(Online Journal Communication & Media Technologies-Ojcmt, 2016) Ongun, Erdem; Güder, Feride Zeynep; Demirağ, Aşkın
This study aims at finding the relationship between elderly people's perceived state of loneliness and their choice of (old and/or new) media instruments. The sample of the study consists of randomly selected 300 elderly people over 60 who reside in rest homes in two different cities, Hatay and Istanbul in Turkey. Participants were given a questionnaire with three sections. The first section included questions related to the participants' demographic characteristics. Adapted from Russell's (1996) "Loneliness Scale (Version 3)", the second part was related to participants' perceived state of loneliness. Final section was about their choice of media and related details such as aim and time spent on them. Analyzed by statistical methods, study findings show that elderly people from two different social settings and with changing demographic features display differing degrees of loneliness with a significant relationship between the forms of media they used, their related choices, aims and perceived state of loneliness.
Citation Count: 128
The geodynamics of the Aegean and Anatolia: Introduction
(2007) Taymaz, Tuncay; Yılmaz, Yücel; Dilek, Yıldırım R.
[Abstract Not Available]
Citation Count: 21
Going against the national cultural grain: a longitudinal case study of organizational culture change in Turkish higher education
(Carfax Publishing, 2000) Herguner, Gülten; Reeves, Nigel B.R.
This paper presents results of a longitudinal case study inquiry into the measurement of organizational culture change through the implementation of total quality management (TQM) concepts in a higher education context. The inquiry deals with the relationship between national culture and the company corporate culture the consequences of manager style change for TQM implementation and how culture change can be measured adequately. The results are achieved by the utilization of external (quantitative) and internal (qualitative) measurement devices. Limitations consequent upon the number of participants and the dual role of the researcher indicate the potential value of further investigations into the topic using these devices. The main conclusion is that the maintenance of TQM systems without continued senior managerial commitment may not suffice to secure change and prevent a reversion to earlier cultural patterns. Certainly since the findings of this inquiry are limited to one case study it would be unwise to assume that similar results would necessarily pertain in other higher education contexts. Nevertheless we are of the view that the findings are suggestive of the pressures imposed on organizational change by national cultural patterns. The devices implemented for measuring organizational cultural change while not designed for that purpose have however yielded sufficiently well-defined results to suggest the value of similar implementations to gain insight into the topic in further higher education and other organizational contexts.
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How to Transform Language Education for Next Generation Learners: A Path to Follow in Higher Education in the 21st Century
(Nesibe Aydin Education Inst, 2015) Munzur, Zeynep
With the changing face of education technology is a powerful asset for the 21st century teachers and students if pedagogy is considered as the major concern rather than technology itself. Technology seems very attractive to teachers and students but it is good to keep in mind that it is not just games and applications. We must see not only it as fun but also its functional power on learning teaching and assessing. As teachers change the way they teach due to new technologies the traditional pedagogy is replaced by student-centered and project-based learning and teaching. This can provide a deeper understanding and learning and greater student success. Therefore an effective next generation teaching needs to meet the 21st century expectations. Schools and teachers must be well-equipped with new genres and resources so that they can enhance the necessary skills and attitudes of students
Citation Count: 1
Impacts of Technology Enhanced EFL Reading Classroom on Student Learning and Achievement
(Nesibe Aydin Education Inst, 2017) Munzur, Zeynep
Technology is considered one of the most important aspects of education. Today not only college education but also language teaching is being challenged by the development of technology. Since technology is regarded as a powerful asset for the 21st century teachers and students pedagogy must be a priority rather than technology itself. As institutions schools and colleges change the way they teach due to new technologies and convert their current curriculum and teaching strategies into newer ones to equip today's learners a deeper understanding of the subjects and greater student success can be evidential. Therefore an effective next generation teaching needs to fulfill the expectations of the 21st century in English as a Foreign Language (EFL). This paper presents students' attitudes to technology enhanced reading classroom and its effects on their academic achievement at Kadir Has University School of Foreign Languages English Preparatory Program. From this analysis if appropriate technology is integrated into reading lessons the students seem to reflect a positive attitude towards reading. It is concluded that with a well-equipped and staged classroom presentation and instruction deficient reading activities in the current text book became more communicative and collaborative by using technology. The results also reveal that students have become more efficient readers and have achieved significant academic progress. The study implies that technology enhanced reading lessons have improved their motivation toward learning. However it should be kept in mind that technology rapidly changes so constant updating is required for such institutions and teachers. This work is primarily conducted and seeks to shed light on the importance and benefits of technology enhanced classrooms.
Citation Count: 34
Morphotectonic development of the Marmara Region
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2010) Yılmaz, Yücel; Gokasan, Erkan; Erbay, A. Yücel
The Marmara Region of northwest Turkey covers the Marmara Sea Basin and the surrounding lands. In the region morphologically different areas may be distinguished. The Marmara Sea Basin is a structural depression. The land to the north is known as the Thrace-Kocaeli Peneplain a flatland elevated above a horst. This may be referred to as the Istanbul Horst bounded by two strike-slip fault zones which define the structural boundaries of two sea basins
Citation Count: 18
Morphotectonic development of the southern Black Sea region and the Bosphorus channel
(Springer Netherlands, 2007) Yılmaz, Yücel
The southern coast of the Black Sea is bounded by the east-west trending Pontides and Strandjas mountain ranges and between them flows the Bosphorus a narrow channel representing the only seaway connecting the Black Sea with the Aegean-Mediterranean system. All of these morphological entities are young formed during the Plio-Quaternary period. A major force in the formation of the Pontides has been north-south compression generated in eastern Anatolia by the progressive northward advance of the Arabian Plate. At its western end the Pontides terminate in the Marmara region where north-south extension has been deforming the land since the Late Miocene producing a number of grabens and horsts aligned east to west. The Strandjas represent one of these horsts that extends westward along the trend of the Pontides to form the Black Sea's southwestern margin. Located between the Pontides and the Strandjas are the lowlands around Istanbul where deep erosion has produced a flat-lying surface. Beginning in the Pliocene when the North Anatolian Fault (NAF) extended into the Marmara Sea basin the Istanbul horst began to be deformed under a dextral shear stress regime. This regime generated conjugated pairs of oblique faults which caused the Bosphorus to take shape as a zigzagging channel. © 2007 Springer.
Citation Count: 2
A Study of 8th Graders’ Perceptions of Socio-Cultural Perspective of Creativity by Using Information Technology Tools in realisation of Homework Goals
(The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2011) Öngün, Erdem; Altas, Dilek; Demirağ, Aşkin
The study aims at evaluating the perceptions of 8(th) graders towards the use of information technologies ranging from the internet and multimedia tools in socio-cultural perspective of creativity while they are doing their homework in the light of the National Education Ministry's regulation related to elementary and secondary school students' extra-curricular activities. The population of the research that was realised by data collected through survey method consists of 8(th) grade students in elementary and secondary schools in Istanbul. Randomly chosen 435 students from five schools in Istanbul make the sample of the research. In terms of students' perceptions results of the study show that regardless of gender students enjoy discovering and exploiting online and offline resources through problem solving skills especially when they have the opportunity to do this on their own which also shows that they think they feel more confident mobile and creative in cyber but socio-cultural reality.
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THOUGHTS ON INTERPELLATION AND INTERTEXTUALITY AMONG FACEBOOK COVER PHOTOS OF FOUR MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES AS VISUAL NARRATIVES DURING THE TURKISH GENERAL ELECTION OF 2015 CAMPAIGN
(ISTANBUL KULTUR UNIV, 2015) Öngün, Erdem
The main goal and interest in this paper is to explore how visual narrative processes function through single visual texts as cover photos on official Facebook pages of four major political parties (Justice and Development Party (JDP) a.k.a. AKP Republican People's Party (RPP) a.k.a. CHP Nationalist Movement Party (NMP) a.k.a. MHP and Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) a.k.a. HDP) represented in the Turkish Grand Assembly during general election campaign of 2015. The cover photos which illustrate appeal for vote and support are intended to communicate political competition and elicit political ideological support and social responses. Using these cover photos on the Facebook profiles of these political parties as a sample the paper reflects on intertexuality and interpellation processes and how these concepts contribute to further understanding the ways that engaged voters as viewers become participants and supporters in the narratives generated by these single visual texts. What narrative processes are in action during an encounter with a visual appeal for vote and support and how these processes function and how voters as viewing subjects might be able to exchange positions differently in relation to the visual texts appearing in the Facebook cover photos of the related political parties are the main questions to be answered and discussed in this study. Using a qualitative methodology the study concludes with an overall comparative evaluation of the subject.
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Without Boundaries: An interview with Huseyin Tabak director of The Legend of the Ugly King (2017)
(INTELLECT LTD, 2018) Cengiz, Nuran Buket; Tabak, Hüseyin
[Abstract Not Available]
Citation Count: 7
Young learners' objectives related to multimedia use and homework completion
(Grupo Communicar Ediciones, 2015) Öngün, Erdem; Demirağ, Aşkin
Individuals of all ages are inevitably affected by today's technology. The main purpose of this study is to explore the objectives of 8th grade students related to the utilization of multimedia instruments ranging from personal computers to the Internet use while they are doing their homework. Specifically it tries to find out whether there is a significant relationship between «for what purposes 8th graders use multimedia tools» and «which personal traits are reinforced while doing homework with multimedia tools?» where gender differences were also taken into consideration in the analysis of the related items in the questionnaire form. The population of the study is made up of 435 students who were randomly selected from five secondary schools in the city of Istanbul Turkey. As a data collection method a questionnaire form with a set of related research questions was used. Findings from the study show that 8th graders in their use of multimedia platforms are provided with a more interactive and independent learning environment where they can find more learning aids while accomplishing their homework objectives. Gender-based evidence from the study shows that digitally male students are more active and they exploit the fun side of homework more compared to their female counterparts.

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