Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
International Conference On Agriculture, Forest, Food Science And Technologies, Nevşehir, Türkiye, 15 - 17 Mayıs 2017, ss.378, (Özet Bildiri)
The soil, is the living and unique natural capital of the world that all the terrestrial life depends on, in the context of the material and spiritual value it carries. At this point, the main purpose of this study is to reveal the perceptions of teacher candidates who are in the position of the cogwheel on education regarding the understanding of the importance and value of the soil and the formation of the soil consciousness. In this paper, a case study was used in order to reveal the perceptions and to try to explain the specific phenomenon by deeply examining the special case belonging to a certain phenomenon and the qualitative characteristics of the qualitative research methods. The case study as a type of qualitative research methods was used in this research because it provides the detection of perceptions and has the characteristics of trying to explain a phenomenon by examining in detail the special case belonging to a particular phenomenon. In order to determine the study group - in the context of research design - purposeful sampling has been preferred to obtain more detailed data to this purpose. For this reason, teacher candidates who have received all of the courses such as environmental sciences, general biology and geography during the undergraduate education have been preferred for this research. The study group of this research consists of a total of 45 teacher candidates who are studying at the 4th Grade of a university in the Western Black Sea Region. Semi-structured interview technique was used for the collection of research data. In this regard, a semi-structured interview form which was validated and credible, supported by probes and composed of a single key question (what kind of thoughts come in your mind when the term “soil” is mentioned?) has been prepared. Data collected in the study were analysed using "content analysis" technique, one of the qualitative study analysis methods. Firstly, the grouped data based on the research question were read and the nature and general appearance of the data were presented. In the findings obtained, it was observed that the perceptions of teacher candidates were collected under two main themes; Agriculture and Food, Death and Homeland. Under the agriculture and food theme, the teacher candidates indicated that they considered the vegetable and fruit production and nutrition concept as the main point in the context of production, and stated that they are the living environment for many living things. It has been observed that prospective teachers refer specifically to the concept of death as the place where death and life end. In the affective sense, while students describe the earth as peaceful and joyful, they also pointed to the importance of maintaining the continuity of life, the sustainability of the planet and the many biologic loops in cognitive sense. Another noteworthy point is that prospective teachers identify the concept of soil with the homeland as a sacred being, and evaluate it with a national and moralistic point of view. It has been observed that teacher candidates express their feelings with a sincere approach, especially using concepts such as the country, as well as their tendency to respect the soil, and this was reported as the most significant finding of the research that it was the greatest gain for a prospective teacher who is senior student.