September 2018

Teaching Turkish as a second language to Syrian refugees

The aim of this qualitative study is to reveal the condition involved in teaching Turkish as a second language to Syrian refugees. Participants were selected using a criterion-based sampling technique; they were six (6) instructors and forty (40) Syrian students. The data of the research were compiled using open-ended questionnaire developed by the researchers for the students, and semi-structure interview developed for...

Author(s): Åžerife Dilek, Belet Boyaci and Ecmel YaÅŸar   

September 2018

The psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the teacher efficacy for Inclusive practices (TEIP) scale

The aim of this study was to adapt inclusive education teacher efficacy scale in to Turkish population. The Teacher Efficacy for Inclusive Practices (TEIP) scale needed to be translated into Turkish, as no scales were available to evaluate the efficacy of pre-service teachers in inclusive settings. The aim of this study was to test the psychometric properties of the TEIP scale (Sharma et al., 2012). The scale was...

Author(s): Arzu Tanrıverdi and Osman Özokçu