Teaching Application Problems of Religious Culture and Moral Knowledge Pre-service Teachers (Case of TRNC)

Abstract

Based on the opinions and views of the senior students of theology faculties on the Religious Culture and Moral Knowledge Practical course, which they take in the last phase of their undergraduate education, it is important in terms of religious education and practical course to determine the problems they experience. The research aims to determine the difficulties experienced by novice teachers while testing basic practices about the teaching profession. As a result, it is aimed to train successful teachers for education. The research was carried out with 30 volunteer pre-service teachers who participated in the Practical Course from the senior students of the Faculty of Theology in the 2019 year. The research data were obtained using a qualitative method consisting of five open-ended questions. The content analysis method was used in analyzing the data. According to the findings of the research, the duration adequacy of the Teaching Practical course was seen as a small problem. In addition, it was revealed that the implementation items in the Teaching Practical course instruction were found to be inadequate. It was stated that the guidance of the instructor responsible for the Teaching Practical course was not adequate. Problems such as KPSS, faculty courses, excitement, and inexperience arising from the pre-service teachers themselves were identified. The other of the results obtained in the study are the problems caused by the practice school and the practice teacher.