期刊名称：International Journal of Eurasia Social Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2146-1961
出版年度：2019
卷号：36
页码：1-19
出版社：Avrasya Değerler Eğitimi Derneği
摘要：The 21st century has become a watershed in realizing the importance of high-quality clinical
programs in teacher preparation. The main purpose of this research was to determine teachers'
mental images about the concept of clinical practice in teacher education via metaphors. This
research was carried out with 71 teachers working at secondary schools, in the 2017-2018
academic year. The data were collected through an open-ended questionnaire named “A Form of
Determination of Teachers’ Metaphors”. A phenomenology method which is a qualitative research
method was used. Teachers explained the concept of clinical practice in terms of the importance
of teacher education, the importance of collaboration among clinical teachers, clinical mentors and
preservice teachers, feedbacks from clinical teachers to preservice teachers and the length of the
training program via metaphors. The data were analyzed by content analysis. Related data were
gathered; and the name of the category, the context of the category, and the frequency of usage
were calculated for metaphors that reflect certain characteristic in each category. From the
metaphors about clinical practice and the research field, it was inferred that participants perceived
the field within a wide conjecture and interestingly projected its contributions to teacher
education. It was seen that the majority of teacher support practical education in teacher training.
They expressed their opinions about this issue through different metaphors.
