Abstract
THE EVALUATİON OF LİSTENİNG STYLES OF HİSTORY TEACHER CANDİDATES İN TERMS OF DİFFERENT VARİABLES: THE CASE OF GÜMÜŞHANE UNİVERSİTY
In this study, the listening styles of students studying at Gümüşhane University, Faculty of Letters, Department of History were evaluated in terms of gender and grade level variables. In the research, a scanning method was used to determine the listening styles of history teacher candidates regarding the education process. The population of the study is 484 students studying at Gümüşhane University, Faculty of Letters, Department of History; The sample consists of 164 students who continue their education in the same department. “Listening Styles Scale (DSA)” (Maden & Durukan, 2011) was used to collect the quantitative data of the study. The scale used in the research consists of 10 items. The questions asked to teacher candidates in the scale are; The answers were: Never (1), Rarely (2), Sometimes (3), Often (4), Always (5). The research was applied to 164 history teacher candidates, and the Cronbach's alpha coefficient was determined as 0.84. The necessary analysis was carried out by applying the SPSS 11.5 program and using the frequency and Chi-square method. As a result of the research; It was determined that 44.6% of the history teacher candidates were Passive listeners, 33.1% were Participant listeners, 17.2% were Neutral listeners, and 5.1% were Active listeners. In addition, in the other dimension of the research, it was concluded that the gender variable did not result in a difference in listening styles, but the grade level variable revealed a certain difference.
Keywords
History teacher, Listening, Style, Resarch, Variable
