Scientific studies of class teachers in class educationinvestigation of using status in reading, understanding and courses

This study was carried out to examine the status of reading, understanding and using of scientific studies in the field of classroom education of elementary school teachers working in primary schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education in Yozgat. The research was conducted with the participation of 1162 primary school teachers in primary and secondary schools (primary and secondary schools together) in the Yozgat city in the first term of 2018-2019 academic year and volunteering to participate in the research. "Questionnaire on Following, Understanding and Applying Science Educational Research Outcomes into Practices" questionnaire form developed for science teachers by Ilhan et al. (2015) was revised and used in accordance with classroom teachers as data collecting tool. The questionnaire developed for classroom teachers consists of four sections which include the subjects that classroom teachers want to conduct research, following up, understanding and using the resources for classroom education. In addition to this, there is another section which includes the status of classroom teachers to follow the studies related to other disciplines in the field of education and use them in their applications. Survey data were analyzed using SPSS 16.0 and Excel. The results are presented in graphical, frequency and percentage tables. The qualitative data included in the study were obtained through semi-structured interviews. The interviews were conducted with 65 elementary and 35 elementary (primary and secondary schools together) classroom teachers. The data obtained from the interviews were analyzed according to the qualitative descriptive analysis method and presented in a way to support the survey items. According to the results of the research, it was seen that classroom teachers have not followled the scientific researches conducted in the field of classroom education adequately and those following them have mostly made use of television, radio and newspaper. It was understood that they mostly have used the internet to search for resources and materials and most of them have not participated in in-service trainings. Most of the class teachers stated that they had not used scientific dissertations and articles in their classroom practices since they had not found them clear and understandable. It was also observed that teachers had not used the research results of other disciplines in their classroom practices and indicated as a reason that classroom education does not have relations with other disciplines.