%0 Journal Article
%T Perceptions of Students on Central System Examinations in Turkey: A Metaphor Analysis Study
%A G£¿khan Ba£¿
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%D 2019
%X The purpose of this research was to investigate students¡¯ perceptions regarding the concept of central system examinations held in Turkey through metaphor analysis. In this research, ¡°phenomenology research design¡±, which is one of the qualitative research designs, was adopted. The participants of the research were consisted of students (n = 372) studying in 2014-2015 education-instruction year in public science, Anatolian, and vocational and technical Anatolian high schools in the province of Nigde, Turkey. The data of the research were collected using the prompt ¡°Central system examinations (LYS, YGS, TEOG, SBS, etc.) are like..., because...¡±. The collected data were analysed through content analysis technique. According to the findings of the research, the students participated in the research were seen to produce a total of 243 well-structured metaphors for the concept of central system examinations. The metaphors produced by the students participated in the research were grouped under six conceptual categories as; ¡°concept as anxiety / torture / disturbing thing¡±, ¡°concept as unfair / unnecessary race¡±, ¡°concept as unconventional, irrelevant, variable, or always existing thing¡±, ¡°concept as turning point of our lives¡±, ¡°concept of selective and determinative of life¡±, and ¡°concept as long or a short-term race¡±
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%U http://dergipark.org.tr/enad/issue/45025/560752