Investigation of the Effect of Life Skills Education Guidebook on Pre-service Science Teachers' Use of Communication Skills

Abstract

It is important for pre-service teachers to have communication skills so that they can exchange information more healthily with students, parents, peers, and administrators. It is essential for pre-service teachers to gain communication skills at the beginning of their careers to be successful in their professional life. Based on this idea, the current research aims to examine the effect of life skills education guidebook on pre-service science teachers' use of communication skills. Simple experimental method was employed in the research. The research group consists of twelve pre-service science teachers studying in the third grade. The life skills education guidebook was used within the scope of the research. Interviews were used as data collection tool in the study. The data obtained from the pre- and post-interviews were subjected to content analysis within the framework of certain key concepts. It was determined that the life skills education guidebook increased the communication skills of only two candidates from the inadequate level to the weak level. It can be suggested that the life skills education guidebook be expanded and carried out with longer-term practices so that pre-service science teachers can use their communication skills at a good level.