Living things express themselves verbally, textually or physically and it is called communication. Since the first moment of life, human beings are able to express their feelings and thoughts through various methods. Communication through these transfers has sometimes resulted in teaching. Teaching generally takes place in the classroom and teachers are expected to have an effective perception of communication skills for an effective communication process in the classroom. This study aimed to investigate teachers' perceptions of effective communication skills in the classroom by taking gender into account. In this descriptive study, the participants consisted of 381 teachers. For data collection, the Classroom Effective Communication Skills Scale was administered. The five-point Likert type scale consisted of 23 items with four dimensions. The results revealed that although male and female teachers had high scores in terms of effective communication skills, no significant difference was observed between male and female teachers. According to the findings, female teachers had slightly higher scores than male teachers.

The aim of this study is to examine graduate level theses that focus on digital content and completed between 1989 and 2019 in Turkey. Examination of the theses with the specified categories will show us their purpose and scope and which result has been achieved. We believe that this study will shed light on researchers to show how the trends emerged in terms of educational digital content. In order to identify the theses, the Dissertation Database of Turkish Council of Higher Education was searched by using digital content, digital material, digital story, and animation as keywords. As a result of the search, 150 studies were identified. Among them, 15 studies were dropped out due to their irrelevance, which left 135 theses for evaluation. For data analysis, descriptive content analysis method and categorical analysis technique were employed. The theses were reviewed based on publication year, institute, university type, subject, research method, research design, participants, data collection tools, and target audience. The descriptive results were provided in tables. Theses on digital content started to gain intensity mainly in 2000s and these studies were mostly carried out in the field of engineering and fine arts. After 2010, more research with the focus on digital content and animations was conducted in the field of education. The results revealed that most of them completed for master's programs at the educational sciences institutes between 2013 and 2019. In the field of Turkish education, similar studies, specifically on digital stories, were conducted after 2015. As a result, this study sheds light on graduate students in terms of the gap in the literature regarding digital content.

No abstract

No abstract

CLICHED STATEMENTS AND IDIOMS USED BY HALDUN TANER IN HIS THEATRE PLAYS Abstract