A phenomenological study on the development of writing skills in primary school based on the opinions of primary school teachers
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Alperen Şükrü ÇapanoğluPrimary School Teacher, Ministry of National Education, Gaziantep, Turkey
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10.58583/EM.3.3.7Keywords:
Primary school teachers, Primary school, Writing skill, PhenomenologyAbstract
The aim of writing education in primary school is the acquisition and development of writing skills. At this stage, the development of writing skills will be a process that occurs with the support and contributions of primary school teachers. Adult support is considered important for primary school-age children. Primary school teachers in primary school are one of the best supporters of students. The aim of this study is to examine the opinions of primary school teachers based on their experiences on the development of writing skills. For this purpose, the research model is phenomenology, which is one of the qualitative researches. The participants of the research were 26 primary school teachers in the province of Gaziantep where the researcher works, who were determined using the easily accessible sampling method. The data were collected through a semi-structured interview form. Descriptive analysis was applied to the research data. The findings of the research are presented in accordance with the research questions. As a result of the research, primary school teachers; It is seen that they define writing skill as expressing feelings and thoughts, they see the development of writing skill as important for students to be able to express themselves, they say that the purpose of writing skill development is to be able to express feelings and thoughts by writing, they use story writing and story completion applications the most for the development of writing skill, they see themselves at a sufficient level in terms of the development of writing skill, they do dictation work and notebook checking the most to evaluate the development of writing skill, they suggest that more time should be allocated to writing activities for the development of writing skill. The suggestions of the research are presented for these results.
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