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SHS Web of Conferences
Volume 26, 2016
ERPA International Congresses on Education 2015 (ERPA 2015)
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| Article Number | 01087 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20162601087 | |
| Published online | 26 April 2016 | |
The Nursing students’ metaphors about education of anatomy
Kocaeli University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Kocaeli, Turkey
a Corresponding author: tuncaycolak@live.com
“Metaphor” word is described as a figurative expression in Turkish. A person transmits more explicitly his/her thoughts that are about an event or a concept he/she experienced. The aim of this study was to reveal emotions and thoughts of 1st class students in nursing about Anatomy lesson. 62 people who are students at 1st class in Vocational School of Health Services in 2014-2015 academic year have attended to our study. In questionnaire anthropometric and demographic traits of them were asked. They were wanted to create a metaphor about anatomy by filling in the blanks in “Anatomy resembles …../ Anatomy is like …. ; because …..” At the end of the assesment it has been detected that 44 metaphors have been produced. In these metaphors the most produced are ocean, puzzle, etc. When we divide these metaphors into categories and investigate them, there is an accumulation in discovering/revealing category with 24 metaphors. We believe that the metaphors which the students will generate, determining how to be lectured theoretical and practical anatomy lessons in a way that students are able to comprehend, will guide them.
Key words: Metaphor / anatomy / nursing / education
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