An Examination of Pre-Service Primary School Teachers' Comprehension of the Concept of Physics through Metaphors

Autor/in	Aykutlu, Isil
Titel	An Examination of Pre-Service Primary School Teachers' Comprehension of the Concept of Physics through Metaphors
Quelle	In: International Journal of Progressive Education, 13 (2017) 3, S.140-150 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1554-5210
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teachers; Elementary School Teachers; Comprehension; Physics; Figurative Language; College Freshmen; College Science; Student Attitudes; Phenomenology; Qualitative Research; Content Analysis; Scientific Attitudes; Classification + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Verstehen; Verständnis; Physik; Studienanfänger; Schülerverhalten; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Qualitative Forschung; Inhaltsanalyse; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem
Abstract	The aim of this study is to lay bare pre-service primary school teachers' perception of "physics" through metaphors. The study was realized with the participation of 38 freshmen pre-service teachers taking General Physics at a public university. Data of the study were obtained with participants filling the blanks in the following sentence: "In my opinion physics is like a/an … because …" The study was designed in phenomenological method, which is one of the qualitative research methods. In the analysis of data, content analysis method was used. As a result of the obtained data, it was determined that pre-service primary school teachers constructed 31 valid metaphors in relation to the concept of physics. It was determined that the highest frequency among these metaphors belongs to the "nightmare". Metaphors generated by the pre-service teachers were grouped under seven different conceptual categories in terms of the meanings they contain. As a result of the study, it was determined that most of the metaphors generated by the pre-service teachers consist of a negative perception. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Association of Educators. Egitim Fakultesi Dekanligi, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale 17100, Turkey. e-mail: secretary@inased.org; Web site: http://www.inased.org/ijpe.htm
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01