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    A Qualitative Research on the Determination of Factors Which Create Organizational Distrust in Regular High School Managers
    (Pegem Akad Yayincilik Egitim Danismanlik Hizmetleri Tic Ltd Sti, 2012) Basaran, Sinan; Akbas, Oktay
    The purpose of the actual research is to determine the factors which create organizational distrust in regular high school managers. Semi-structured interview method, which is one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the present study. Managers of 3 regular high schools which are located in the city center of Kirikkale were interviewed. The factors which create organizational distrust in regular high school managers were grouped under 4 categories after the content analysis. These categories are as follows: Employees' behaviors which cause distrust in managers, legislation and practices of the Ministry of National Education, characteristics and features of the school and other managers' behaviors which cause distrust in high school managers. High school managers stated that the abuse of the right to receive health certificate which is provided by the law No. 657, political and other kinds of pressures that employees put on the managers, low amount of subsidies sent to regular high schools, populist explanations of the Ministry for the public, not being authorized (for managers) to choose assistant managers, the legislation which does not give authorization to local governors and the impact of politicians on school managers created a distrust in them. This research revealed that the factors which cause distrust in high school managers resulted mostly from the structure of public institutions and cultural structure.
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    Evaluation of Turkish and mathematics curricula according to value-based evaluation model
    (Taylor & Francis As, 2017) Duman, Serap Nur; Akbas, Oktay
    This study evaluated secondary school seventh-grade Turkish and mathematics programs using the Context-Input-Process-Product Evaluation Model based on student, teacher, and inspector views. The convergent parallel mixed method design was used in the study. Student values were identified using the scales for socio-level identification, traditional values, democratic values, work-business values, scientific values, and basic values. Teacher values, on the other hand, were identified using the Schwartz Values Scale. As a result of the analysis, regarding gender, there were significant differences in helpfulness, consistency, reliability, working hard, investigation, and esthetic value dimensions in favor of the female students. The helpfulness value is the most important one for both Turkish and mathematics teachers.
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    Reasons for High School Students to Mistrust Most People: A Study in the Context of Values Education
    (Edam, 2012) Akbas, Oktay
    This study aims to determine high school students' reasons for mistrust other people. In this qualitative study, the data were collected through document analysis and semi-structured interviews. The study group was selected by using the purposeful sampling method or criterion sampling. 87 students in the study group were asked to complete open-ended questions and 10 were invited for interviews. The data collection techniques in the study were the open-ended form designed by the researcher and a semi-structured interview form. The content analysis showed that students did not trust other people as everyone thinks about their own self-interest, the human nature was not reliable, people today were different, people might disappoint, it was hard to know people, people did not keep secrets, and money controlled everyone. These findings were discussed in relation to values education and the recommendations were made for educational institutions.
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    The role of cultural context in continuing vocational training: A study on auto repairmen in Turkey
    (Adult Learning Australia Inc, 2011) Akbas, Oktay
    This study analysed how auto repairmen working in micro-enterprises undertake continuing vocational training in relation to cultural context. The study was conducted in Kirikkale, a city in central Anatolia in Turkey. To this end, the descriptive research technique of structured interview was used. Interviews with 33 auto repairmen were recorded and analysed. The results revealed the means used by auto repairmen to receive vocational training. It was found that the auto repairmen who participated in this study mostly consulted their co-workers as a means of vocational training. In addition, almost all of the craftsmen and foremen seemed to receive help from their co-workers when they encountered a problem which they could not solve on their own. The second most common means included computers and the Internet.. On the other hand, face-to-face education and printed materials were the least commonly used means for vocational training. These findings show that, although they are literate, auto repairmen, who mostly do not take full advantage of formal education and grow up in traditional cultural environments, prefer to use oral communication instead of printed materials as their information sources. These results should be taken into consideration while developing vocational training programs for auto repairmen and other similar groups that are not born into a written culture.
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    A study on the effects of seat belt posters on drivers
    (Elsevier Science Bv, 2010) Akbas, Oktay; Guven, Resul; Cebeci, Gonca; Bertlek, Seydi Battal; Aldemir, Gulsah; Bal, Elif
    The primary aim of this study was to identify the effects of several posters designed to encourage the use of seat belts on drivers. Discovering the seat belt use habits of drivers and their reasons for failing to use them constitute the secondary aims of the study. In order to fulfill these aims, four different posters appealing to drivers' safety and normative motivations were designed. The drivers were then asked to choose the poster that impressed them most. Half of the drivers chose the first poster, which drew a parallelism between the casualites of terrorism, earthquake and traffic, as most impressive. The second most impressive poster was the fourth one, which emphasized the link between traffic rules and morality. Female drivers found this poster with a moral message more impressive than males. Another finding of the study was that primary school and university graduates were more impressed by the posters appealing to normative motivation. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.