A Study of Undergraduate Science Education Major Students' Attitudes towards Science and Science Teaching, and Relations with Several Socio-Demographic Factors at Four-Year Teachers Colleges in Turkey.

Autor/inn/en	Turkmen, Lutfullah; Bonnstetter, Ronald
Titel	A Study of Undergraduate Science Education Major Students' Attitudes towards Science and Science Teaching, and Relations with Several Socio-Demographic Factors at Four-Year Teachers Colleges in Turkey.
Quelle	(2000), (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Preservice Teachers; Science Instruction; Science Teachers; Surveys; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Education; Undergraduate Students; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Lehrerverhalten; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Türkei
Abstract	The main purpose of this study was to reveal Turkish pre-service science teachers' attitudes toward science and science teaching by using a Turkish translation of the latest version of Science Teaching Attitudes Scale (STAS-II) by Moore and Foy (1997). The sample size of the study was 612 freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior science education major students of four different teachers colleges located in different parts of Turkey. The reliability of the Turkish translation of the STAS-II was found to be 0.80 with the test-retest method. There is a significant mean difference between class levels (p=0.027). Teachers colleges and gender of students do not show significantly mean differences based on the STAS-II scores. On the other hand, the subjects of families having higher level incomes had statistically significant higher mean on attitudes toward science and science teaching than other subjects. In the result, the uniqueness of a nationwide science curriculum and the unification of the educational system seem to develop substantially similar attitudes among pre-service science teachers in Turkey. (Author)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC