Prospective Preschool Teachers’ Metaphorical Perceptions about Art

Abstract

This study aims to determine prospective preschool teachers' perceptions about the concept of art through metaphors. The research was carried out in the phenomenological science pattern of qualitative research methods. The research was carried out in the 2017-2018 school year with the participation of 92 prospective preschool teachers who were registered in the Department of Preschool Education in the Faculty of Education of a university located in the east of Türkiye. Participation in the study was voluntary based. For the selection of the sample, a simple random sampling method was used. prospective preschool teachers were provided a form that is created with fill-in-the-gap sentences: "Art is like….. because……". The collected forms were evaluated by the content analysis method according to a qualitative research design. As a result of the analysis, it was determined that prospective teachers produced 61 metaphors that were collected under nine categories when the reasons for the metaphors were taken into consideration. Accordingly, the art of prospective preschool teachers; they come to the conclusion that they are perceived as a concept which requires originality and subjectivity, external expression, concretization, inspiration from nature, a basic necessity, peace and joy, beautiful and impressive, labor and care. Suggestions have been made under the light of these results.

“Primary School Curriculum is like a Matryoshka": Teacher Candidates’ Perceptions of the Curriculum

“…Primary education is especially important for children's education because it is considered that success later in their life depends on the skills, values, and beliefs they gain at this basic education level. The findings of the studies done by Gültekin (2013), İzalan andGöğabakan Yıldız (2018), andSerhatlıoğlu (2016) are similar to this study. The participants in their study had a similar thought that the curriculum is important for primary education level students who are learning the basics of their future education life.…”