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A qualitative study on vocational high school 12th grade students’ anxiety and expectations on university entrance examsMeslek lisesi 12. sinif ögrencilerinin üniversiteye giris sinavi kaygilari ve beklentileri üzerine nitel bir çalisma

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This era could be named as “National and International Exams Era”. Exams can be produced test anxiety and it affects physical, social, cognitive, behavioral and psychological conditions of a person. High expectations on exam’s score, family’s high expectations that above a student’ cognitive talents, ineffective study styles and fear of being connected between IQ level of a student with the exam’s score lead to anxiety. University entrance exams are perceived as the final exams in adolescence’s life, which is the most important predictor of one’s profession. In this qualitative study, semi-structured interview question form was developed and in total of 30 vocational high school students enrolled in 12th grade voluntarily participated in the study. One theme was emerged: Teachers’ effect. Four categories were named as University entrance exams, Elementary school, Counseling, and Demands. Codes for first category are metaphors and time management. For Elementary school category one code was emerged: Lack of pre-requisite learning. The third category is named as Counseling Unit and it has three codes: Lack of  psychological support, High expectations of families, and low expectations of teachers. The fourth category is Demands: Giving information in the high school education process, and Needs for younger teachers. The results showed that various expectations exist from counseling department in a high school such as letting parents know the real cognitive skills of their child, providing open communication between teachers and students, offering vocational guidance starting from 9th grade. Extended English abstract is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file. ÖzetYasadigimiz çagi “Sinavlar Çagi” olarak isimlendirebiliriz. Sinavlar bireylerde kaygiya neden olmakta, fiziksel, sosyal, bilissel, davranissal ve psikolojik durumunu etkilemektedir. Sinav sonuçlariyla ilgili yüksek beklenti, ailelerin çocuklarinin yeteneklerinin çok üstünde bilissel yetenek sergilemelerini beklemeleri, etkisiz çalisma stilleri, zekâ seviyeleri sinav basarilari arasinda baglanti kuran insanlarin varligi endiseye neden olmaktadir. Bir ergenin hayatinda en önemli sinav, gelecekte meslegini belirleyecek olan üniversiteye giris sinavlaridir. Bu nitel çalismada yari yapilandirilmis görüsme formu gelistirilmis, toplam 30 onikinci sinif meslek lisesi ögrencisi gönüllü olarak bu çalismaya katilmistir. Görüsmelerde elde edilen verilerin analizi sonucunda 1 tema ortaya çikmistir: Ögretmen etkisi. Dört kategori Üniversiteye giris sinavi, Ilkögretim, Psikolojik danismanlik ve rehberlik birimi ve Istekler olarak isimlendirilmistir. Metaforlar ve zaman yönetimi ilk kategoriyi olusturan kodlardir. Ilkögretim kategorisinde Temel bilgilerin olmamasi kodu belirlenmistir. Üçüncü kategori Psikolojik Danisma ve Rehberlik Birimi (pdr) kategorisinde üç kod belirlenmistir: Bireysel psikolojik destek olmayisi, Ailelerin yüksek beklentisi ve ögretmenlerin düsük beklentisi ortaya çikan kodlardir. Dördüncü kategori Istekler olarak isimlendirilmis ve Süreçte bilinçlendirme ve Genç ögretmenlerin olmasi isteklerinin oldugu kodlar ortaya çikmistir. PDR servisinden çok farkli beklentilerin oldugu bu çalismanin bulgulari arasindadir. Ailelerin gerçekçi bir degerlendirme yetisi gelistirmelerine yardimci olmak, ögretmen ve ögrenciler arasinda açik bir iletisim tarzi saglamak ve 9. Siniftan baslayarak mesleki rehberlik hizmeti sunulmasi beklentiler arasindadir. 

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