Analysis of High School Students’ Views on the Concept of “Homework” from Their Drawings
Journal Title: International e-journal of Educational Studies - Year 2019, Vol 3, Issue 6
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyze the views of high school students on the concept of “homework” from their drawings. The study was prepared by using a case study design within the qualitative research model. Purposive study group selected research was prepared with the participation of 225 high school students in total. Drawing-writing technique was used to collect the data. In this process, content analysis was made by using NVivo 9.3 program in the analysis of the data. In the study, it was determined that the students made quite original drawings and did not need to explain with too much text. In this context, the views of high school students about the concept of homework were analyzed within a total of 6 categories with drawing-writing technique. These categories are as following; “Continuous working requirement, Enlightening/cleaner effect of the homework, Getting under control effect, Requirements for homework, Sharing requirement, Game reminder”. It has been found out that students have a lot of opinions especially about the category “Continuous working requirement”. In this context, it is stated that studying until late hours and sitting at the table is necessary to be able to do homework and doing homework keeps the person under control. In addition, it has been also seen that, Students expressed in their drawings and writings; the homework has an effect on the academic development of the students, it develops a sense of sharing and that they can obtain a wide range of information by using the related technology. As a result; it was determined that students have both positive and negative thoughts towards homework.
Authors and Affiliations
Gülay EKİCİ, Burcu TURGUT, Hasan AKDENİZ
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