Abstract
Investigation of Teacher Opinions on the Teaching of Our Five Senses with Educational Games
In the study, an educational game activity was designed to teach the subjects of the
living things and the sense organs and their functions in the life unit / five senses in
the primary school 3rd grade curriculum of the Ministry of National Education 2018
science course. This study, which was carried out in order to determine the opinions
of classroom teachers about the designed game about teaching the five senses subject
through educational games at primary school level, and to determine their perceptions
of the game as a learning method and the method of teaching with games, this study
was carried out with the phenomenology / phenomenology method, one of the qualitative
research methods. Semi-structured interview technique, one of the qualitative data
collection techniques, was used in the study. Criterion sampling technique, one of the
purposeful sampling methods, was used to determine the study group of the study. In
this direction, the working group consists of 10 classroom teachers who have taught
the subject of our five senses in the 3rd grade science lesson in state primary schools.
The data of the study were obtained between 30.06.2020-10.07.2020 and the data were
subjected to content analysis. In line with the findings obtained; It was determined
that most of the classroom teachers used the game method in their lessons, the game
method provided permanent learning and increased the active participation rates of the
students in the lessons. In addition to determining the general opinions of teachers about
educational games; Although teachers see themselves at a sufficient level to use the game
as a teaching method, it was concluded that they should be supported with pre-service
and in-service trainings, and a suggestion was made that educational games should meet
the targeted gains.
Keywords
Science Education, Educational Games, Game Based Learning, Our Five Senses, Teachers' Views.
