Mustafa Yunus Eryaman

Publications

• A comparative analysis of job satisfaction levels of public and private school teachers.

  Mehmet Gürsel SÖNMEZER, Mustafa Yunus ERYAMAN

  Journal of Theory and Practice in Education. 01/2008;

  This study aims to determine whether differences exist between job satisfaction levels of public school teachers and of teachers who transferred to private education institutions from public schools due to retirement or resignation. If the differences exist, this study will also try to find out the ... [more] This study aims to determine whether differences exist between job satisfaction levels of public school teachers and of teachers who transferred to private education institutions from public schools due to retirement or resignation. If the differences exist, this study will also try to find out the causes of these differences. quantitative Survey method has been employed in this study. The findings of the study indicated that differences do exist between jobsatisfaction levels of public school teachers and of teachers who transferred to private education institutions from public schools due to retirement or resignation. The main factors that cause the differences were salary, social ranking, reputation, and mprovement, ability to use skills, administrator-employee affairs, and creativity.

• From Reflective Practice to Practical Wisdom: Toward a Post-Foundational Teacher Education

  Mustafa Yunus Eryaman

  International Journal of Progressive Education. 01/2007;

  The authors situate this paper within ongoing debates in related areas such as reflective practice, critical pedagogy, practical wisdom and critical theory. First, the authors identify some of the problems in the present notions of reflective teaching and progressive teacher education. They analyze ... [more] The authors situate this paper within ongoing debates in related areas such as reflective practice, critical pedagogy, practical wisdom and critical theory. First, the authors identify some of the problems in the present notions of reflective teaching and progressive teacher education. They analyze and compare the traditional-technical and interpretive literature on teaching and teacher education. None of these conceptions deal with teaching and teacher education in a reflexive way. Some problems the authors identify are located in the history of the concept “reflective teaching” and its interpretive underpinnings. Others emerge from particular applications within teacher education itself. The authors’ critique challenges the prevalent conceptions of interpretive reflective teaching, and proceeds to offer a critical framework for further reconstruction of the theory and practice of reflective teaching. The final section offers an alternative conceptualization of teaching and teacher education as a post-foundational and moral-political philosophy.

• Understanding Critical Pedagogy and Peter McLaren in the Age of Global Capitalism

  Mustafa Yunus ERYAMAN

  International Journal of Progressive Education. 01/2006;

  It is my pleasure as managing editor to dedicate this special issue on Peter McLaren’s work and the future of the critical pedagogy, which has been and will be shaped by McLaren’s revolutionary vision.... [more] It is my pleasure as managing editor to dedicate this special issue on Peter McLaren’s work and the future of the critical pedagogy, which has been and will be shaped by McLaren’s revolutionary vision.