PREPARING NEWSPAPER ARTICLES AS AN ACTIVE LEARNING ACTIVITY IN THE TEACHING PROCESS

İlker Kösterelioğlu, Yasemin Özgen

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Students’ active participation in a lesson—both mentally and physically—in alignment with the learning objectives positively influences their level of learning. Active participation is essential for helping students construct meaningful knowledge and establish a foundation for future learning. In this study, teacher candidates enrolled in the Faculty of Education were asked to prepare newspaper articles as an activity designed to support active learning. In this context, the teacher candidates were asked the question: “If what you learned in this course were to appear as a news story in a newspaper, what kind of story would it be?” Data were collected from the participants’ reflections on the contribution of this activity after they had prepared their newspaper articles. In this qualitative research design, the opinions of the prospective teachers were analyzed using content analysis. The views of participants were grouped under 30 different codes. This activity was observed to be effective mostly in reinforcing the subject matter, enhancing comprehension, and increasing retention. Additionally, the teacher candidates evaluated it as an enjoyable activity that supported their use of prior experiences and their research and communication skills. The opinions of the teacher candidates were organized under cognitive, affective, and skills-related themes, each reflecting dimensions that support active learning.

 

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active learning, effective participation, newspaper preparation, constructivism, taxonomy

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