Bu araştırma, öğretmen adaylarının görüşleri çerçevesinde, değişime açık olmanın ve hayal gücünün yaratıcı düşünmeyi yordama düzeyini saptamak amacıyla yapılmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu, 2011-2012 akademik yılı güz döneminde Mevlana Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi'nde öğrenim gören 413 öğretmen adayı oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmanın verileri Goldberg (2010) tarafından geliştirilen yaratıcı düşünme, değişime açıklık ve hayal gücü ölçekleriyle elde edilmiştir. Ölçeklerin doğrulayıcı faktör analizleri ve önerilen model AMOS (Analysis of Moment Structures) 16.0 programıyla yapılmıştır. Yapılan aracılık testi sonucuna göre değişime açık olmanın hayal gücü ve yaratıcı düşünme arasında kısmı aracılık etkisi yaptığı saptanmıştır. Öte yandan hayal gücünün, değişime açıklık aracılığı ile yaratıcı düşünme üzerinde daha yüksek düzeyde ve pozitif yönde bir etkisi olduğu sonucu ortaya çıkmıştır.
The concepts of information literacy and critical thinking are two important concepts of today's information and technology age closely related to each other and sometimes used interchangeably. The purpose of the current study is to explore the relationship between the secondary school teachers' critical thinking disposition and information literacy. The study was conducted in line with relational survey model. The study group of the research is comprised of 626 secondary school teachers working in 22 secondary schools located in the Şehzadeler province of the city of Manisa in Turkey. The scales were administered to all the teachers in the study group. However, the total number of teachers sampled resulted in 473 (75.56%) usable survey protocols. In the collection of the research data, Turkish adaptation of California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory (CCTDI-T) and Information Literacy Scale were used. The findings of the study revealed that the teachers' critical thinking disposition and their information literacy levels are "low". Besides, it was found that there is a significant, positive and bilateral relationship between the teachers' critical thinking disposition and information literacy. Moreover, the regression analysis results indicate that the dimensions of information literacy level explain 15% of critical thinking.
In this study the aim was to assess the effects of anxiety on aggressiveness as mediated by anger in teacher trainees. The study group was composed of senior-year students attending Firat University in Turkey during the fall semester of the 2009-2010 academic year. Data from 251 students were analyzed using LISREL version 8.51. It was found that the direct effect of anxiety on aggressiveness was reduced when mediated through anger. Among trainee teachers, anxiety was found to affect aggressiveness in a more positive direction through anger.
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