Investigation of the metaphorical perceptions of the parents on the concept of “mathematics”

dc.contributor.authorToptaş V.
dc.contributor.authorGözel E.
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-25T15:17:58Z
dc.date.available2020-06-25T15:17:58Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.departmentKırıkkale Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe main purpose of this research is to reveal the parents’ perceptions of the concept of “mathematics” through metaphors. This research, which is followed by the qualitative research paradigm, is designed with a phenomenology design. This study is consists of 64 parents whose children are primary school students in a public school in the Central Anatolia region during the spring semester of the 2017-2018 academic year. All the parents who participated in the study were included in the study group on a voluntary basis. The data were gathered with the “Mathematics …….”; because …….. “sentence directed to the parents. The data were analyzed by content analysis technique. According to the aim of the study, the perceptions of parents’ emotions and thoughts evoking the mental concept of their parents were examined. As a result of the research, the metaphors are collected under 13 conceptual categories: “life, game, air-water, road-bridge-key, novel writing, functioning iron, tree, chainring, a remaining song and bee “. Especially “life”, “play” and “air-water” metaphors came to the forefront among the perceptions of the “mathematics” concept of the parents. © IEJEE.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.26822/iejee.2018541311
dc.identifier.endpage626en_US
dc.identifier.issn13079298
dc.identifier.issue5en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85058794716
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage621en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.26822/iejee.2018541311
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12587/2581
dc.identifier.volume10en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherT&K Academicen_US
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Electronic Journal of Elementary Education
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectConcept of mathematicsen_US
dc.subjectMetaphoren_US
dc.subjectParenten_US
dc.subjectPerceptionen_US
dc.titleInvestigation of the metaphorical perceptions of the parents on the concept of “mathematics”en_US
dc.typeArticle

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