Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research - Volume 14 - Issue 1 - Preservice Classroom Teachers' Opinions on Use of Educational Games in Instructions of Primary School Courses

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Study examining preservice classroom teachers’ opinions on how educational games improve teaching skills in primary education. The research uses a qualitative design with 60 preservice teachers from Primary Education, spring term 2017/2018, who took physical education and game teaching. Data were collected via semistructured open-ended questions, scanned and analyzed through content analysis using MAXQDA 12, applying content coding techniques. Results indicate improved competencies for planning and implementing educational games, along with increased awareness of game definitions and their contributions to student learning after the application.

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Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research Volume 14, Issue 1 March 2019 [epasr.penpublishing.net](epasr.penpublishing.net)[ ](epasr.penpublishing.net)ISSN: 1949-4270 (Print) 1949-4289 (Online) Preservice Classroom Teachers' Opinions on Use of Educational Games in Instructions of Primary School Courses Murtaza Aykac & Davut Kogce To cite this article Aykac, M. & Kogce, D. (2019). Preservice Classroom Teachers' Opinions on Use of Educational Games in Instructions of Primary School Courses. Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 14(1), 116-143. doi: 10.29329/epasr.2019.186.7 | Published Online | March 22, 2019 | | --- | --- | | Article Views | 9 single - 16 cumulative | | Article Download | 34 single - 66 cumulative | | DOI | [https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2019.186.7](https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2019.186.7) | Pen Academic is an independent international publisher committed to publishing academic books, journals, encyclopedias, handbooks of research of the highest quality in the fields of Education, Social Sciences, Science and Agriculture. Pen Academic created an open access system to spread the scientific knowledge freely. For more information about PEN, please contact: [info@penpublishing.net](info@penpublishing.net) This document downloaded from [72.84.203.148](72.84.203.148) [2 times] Moseley / United States on Thu, 18 Apr 2019 17:51:55 +0300 Pen Academic Publishing, Canakkale/Turkey Telephone: +90 286 243 06 66 | Fax: +90 286 213 08 [00 | info@penpublishing.net | www.penpublishing.net](00 | info@penpublishing.net | www.penpublishing.net) Preservice Classroom Teachers’ Opinions on Use of Educational Games in Instructions of Primary School Courses Murtaza Aykaç i Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Niğde, Turkey Davut Köğce ii Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Niğde, Turkey Abstract This study aimed to examine preservice classroom teachers’ opinions on how educational games improve their teaching skills. In accordance with this purpose, the qualitative research design was employed. The study group was composed of 60 preservice teachers course attending the Department of Primary Education in the Faculty of Education at a state university in the spring term of the 2017/2018 academic year they all who took the physical education and game teaching. A semistructured, open-ended question form prepared in accordance with the purpose of the research and letters were used as the data collection instruments. Answers of the preservice teachers to the openended questions were scanned as images and transferred into digital medium. Next, the obtained data were subjected to a content analysis with the MAXQDA 12 qualitative data analysis software and the data products were analyzed with the “data coding” technique. The data obtained from the preservice teachers with letters were analyzed by both researchers descriptively. The findings achieved in the analysis were utilized to reinforce the findings on themes and codes achieved in the analysis of the data obtained with the semi-structured interview forms. It was concluded that educational games improved the preservice classroom teachers’competencies of planning and implementing the use of games in the instruction of primary school course attainments. It was also concluded in the study that the participants had been very little aware of educational games’ definition and their contributions to student learning before the application and their awareness increased after the application. Keywords: Educational games, game teaching, preservice classroom teachers DOI: 10.29329/epasr.2019.186.7 i Murtaza Aykaç, Assist. Prof. Dr. , Department of Preschool Education, Faculty of Education, Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Niğde, Turkey. [Correspondence:](Correspondence: murtazaaykac@gmail.com)[ murtazaaykac@gmail.com](Correspondence: murtazaaykac@gmail.com) ii Davut Köğce, Assoc. Prof. Dr. , Department of Elemantary Mathematics Educati

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What was the purpose of the study?

To examine preservice classroom teachers’ opinions on how educational games improve their teaching skills.

How were data collected and analyzed?

The study used semistructured open-ended questions; responses were scanned and analyzed with content analysis using MAXQDA 12, applying a data coding technique.

What did the study conclude about educational games?

Educational games improved teachers’ competencies in planning and implementing games in primary instruction, and participants’ awareness of definitions and learning contributions increased after the application.

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