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This research aims to determine the perceptions of secondary school students towards the Thinking Education course through metaphors. In this framework, the study presents the students' perspectives on the Thinking Education course which is taught electively at the secondary school level. In the study, the phenomenological pattern, which is among the qualitative research approaches, was used. The research was carried out in four different secondary schools with different socioeconomic levels in the central districts of Kayseri. The study group of the research consists of 110 students who continue their education in these schools. 51 students in the study group attend 7th grade and 59 attend 8th grade. 58 of the students are boys and 52 are girls. Since the study was conducted for the Thinking Education course that is taught electively at the secondary school level, the criteria included in the sampling methods for the study group were created according to the sampling. As a result of the research, it was determined that the students attributed meaning to the Thinking Education course in terms of enlightenment, freedom and source of information, change and renewal, guidance, difficulty and complexity. The metaphors that students produce most about the Thinking Education course are determined as sun, moon, lamp and compass.
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This research aims to determine the perceptions of secondary school students towards the Thinking Education course through metaphors. In this framework, the study presents the students' perspectives on the Thinking Education course which is taught electively at the secondary school level. In the study, the phenomenological pattern, which is among the qualitative research approaches, was used. The research was carried out in four different secondary schools with different socioeconomic levels in the central districts of Kayseri. The study group of the research consists of 110 students who continue their education in these schools. 51 students in the study group attend 7th grade and 59 attend 8th grade. 58 of the students are boys and 52 are girls. Since the study was conducted for the Thinking Education course that is taught electively at the secondary school level, the criteria included in the sampling methods for the study group were created according to the sampling. As a result of the research, it was determined that the students attributed meaning to the Thinking Education course in terms of enlightenment, freedom and source of information, change and renewal, guidance, difficulty and complexity. The metaphors that students produce most about the Thinking Education course are determined as sun, moon, lamp and compass.
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