UNDERGRADUATE ELT STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVE ON A COURSE-BASED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CONVENTION

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Although teacher education has a research methods component to prepare the teachers of the future to engage in research, it rarely provides teacher candidates with opportunities to participate in scientific meetings. One of the scarce attempts to do so was a course-based scientific research convention held in the English Language Teaching department of a university in Turkey. In this study, the students’ expectations, experiences and perceptions pertaining to the course-based research convention were sought. Data were collected through open-ended questionnaires at the beginning of the term and after the convention. In addition, volunteering students kept reflection journals during the process. It was found that the students perceived the course-based research convention as useful in terms of learning scientific research procedures and the researched subject. The areas which were perceived as the most difficult were finding the right resources and following the program which they found too tight and tiring. According to the findings, participating in this event had a positive effect on their future orientations for most of the students.

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Teacher education , undergraduate research , course , based research experience , participation in scientific meetings

Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi

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Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi