Researching the Efficiency Level of Science and Art Centers: The Case Of Tunceli Haci Bektas Veli Science and Art Center (BILSEM)

ABSTRACT

It is known that gifted individuals have existed for centuries and have played important roles in the development and progress of societies. In recent years, there has been a need for education systems that provide the environment and conditions in which gifted children can express themselves easily, that can help them overcome the problems and incompatibilities they are exposed to in their formal education, and that can reveal and develop their superior talents and capacities in creativity under the guidance of teachers specialised in the education of gifted children. BILSEMs are the most systematic among the educational activities carried out in this field in Turkey. In this study, the purpose, organization, process and climate dimensions of the organizational effectiveness of Science and Art Centers that provide education to gifted children in Turkey; It is aimed to examine and evaluate according to the opinions of administrators, teachers, parents and students. In other words, it was aimed to determine the effectiveness level of Tunceli Haci Bektas Veli Science and Art Center (BILSEM) according to the perceptions of administrators, teachers, parents and students. This research is a descriptive study conducted in the scanning model. The universe of the research consists of the administrator teacher (n:9) working in BILSEM in Tunceli, the teacher-student (n:40) continuing education in BILSEM and the parents of these students (n:29) in the first semester of the 2022-2023 academic year. consists of. In addition to the demographic information form, the BILSEM Organizational Effectiveness Manager-Teacher Scale (57 items) was applied to the administrators, the BILSEM Organizational Effectiveness Student Scale (38 items) to the students, and the BILSEM Organizational Effectiveness Parent Scale (31 items) to the parents, in addition to the demographic information form. In order to carry out the research, ethics committee approval was obtained from the Munzur University Ethics Committee before starting the research. Participants included in the study were included in the study on a voluntary basis. As a result of the study, it was observed that there was a significant negative correlation between the average scores of the "BILSEM Organizational Effectiveness Manager-Teacher Scale" and the average scores of the "BILSEM Organizational Effectiveness Student Scale" and "BILSEM Organizational Effectiveness Manager-Teacher Scale" (p <0.05). It was observed that there was a negative, strong and significant relationship between the average scores of the “BILSEM Organizational Effectiveness Student Scale” and the average scores of the “BILSEM Organizational Effectiveness Parent Scale” scales (p <0.05). According to BILSEM administrators and teachers, BILSEMs are effective institutions in terms of purpose (X=3.81) and climate (X=4.50). It was observed that the least effective dimension was the process dimension (X=3.61). According to BILSEM parents, BILSEMs climate, purpose and process sub-dimensions are highly effective. The less influential dimension is the organizational dimension. According to this research, Tunceli Haci Bektas Veli Bilsem is an effective school, according to perceptions of teacher-administrator, parents and student. What needs to be done is a strong cooperation between relevant institutions and organizations and parents for higher-level effective BILSEM.