BİYOGRAFİ ESERLERİNİN ORTAOKUL ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN ÖZ GÜVEN DUYGUSUNUN GELİŞİMİNE ETKİSİ
Özet
In the research, it was examined whether biography works have an effect on the development of secondary school students' sense of self-confidence. Explanatory sequential design, which is one of the mixed research methods, was used. In this context, quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test control groups was used in the quantitative process of the research; In the qualitative process, written interviews were conducted. The research was carried out with 41 students, 20 of whom were in the experimental group and 21 of them were in the control group, who were in the 6th grade of secondary school. The quantitative data of this research, which has an 8-week implementation period, were obtained with the “Self-Concept Scale (Self-Confidence Scale)” developed by Piers and Harris and adapted into Turkish by Öner (1996) and Çataklı (1985); Qualitative data were collected with a semi-structured interview form developed by the researcher. With the quantitative data of the study, t-test and two-way ANOVA for mixed measures; qualitative data were analyzed through content analysis. As a result of the quantitative analysis of the research, it was determined that the self-confidence scores of the experimental group students who read the biography books were higher in the post-test than the self-confidence scores of the control group students who read the other books. As a qualitative result of the research, students stated that their desire to be successful increased after reading biographies; stated that they have feelings such as determination, pride and happiness. In addition, students stated that they wanted to be like them by being influenced by the lives of famous people, to be hardworking and known, not to give up, to remove obstacles on the way to success, and their self-confidence increased after reading biographies.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Biography, self-confidence, middle school students.