Improving Elementary School Teacher Candidates' Views of Nature of Science through Intensive Education

Autor/inn/en	Ecevit, Tugba; Yalaki, Yalcin; Kingir, Sevgi
Titel	Improving Elementary School Teacher Candidates' Views of Nature of Science through Intensive Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 4 (2018) 2, S.155-171 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2149-214X
Schlagwörter	Scientific Principles; Misconceptions; Elementary School Teachers; Teacher Education Programs; Student Attitudes; Science Instruction; News Reporting; Attitude Change; Foreign Countries; Teaching Methods; Undergraduate Students; Turkey (Ankara) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Missverständnis; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Schülerverhalten; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; News report; Reportage; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Ausland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Elementary school teacher candidates' (student teachers or STs) views of nature of science are important for an effective science teaching that aims to improve children's scientific literacy. The purpose of this study was to improve STs' views of nature of science through an intensive intervention. The study group consisted of 65 third year STs who were attending a major university in Ankara Turkey during the 2015 - 2016 fall semester. An educational program with a variety of activities that were designed to help improve participants' views of nature of science was applied and the effect of this program was evaluated. The educational program included historical approach activities, generic activities, explicit-reflective approach activities, and media news analysis activities which were applied in three hour periods over the course of nine weeks. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected in this convergent parallel mixed method study. At the beginning of the study, the participating STs had naive views of nature of science and some misconceptions. After the applied educational program, STs' views of nature of science improved and they adopted more contemporary views of science. As a result, a long-term intervention with multiple methods of teaching with different kinds of activities was found to be an effective approach for improving STs' understanding of nature of science. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health. Necmettin Erbakan University, Ahmet Kelesoglu Education Faculty, Meram, Konya 42090, Turkey. e-mail: jeseh.info@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.jeseh.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01