'More than Just Waste Paper'--It Could Be an Indicator of a Stereotypical Image of a Scientist

Autor/inn/en	Karacam, Sedat; Bilir, Volkan; Baran, Azize Digilli
Titel	'More than Just Waste Paper'--It Could Be an Indicator of a Stereotypical Image of a Scientist
Quelle	In: European Journal of Educational Research, 7 (2018) 3, S.715-730 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2165-8714
Schlagwörter	Stereotypes; Scientists; Preservice Teachers; Student Attitudes; Freehand Drawing; Phenomenology; Content Analysis; Science Instruction; Science Experiments; Scientific Research; Cognitive Tests; Personality Measures; Projective Measures; Draw a Person Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klischee; Scientist; Wissenschaftler; Schülerverhalten; Drawing; Zeichnen; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Inhaltsanalyse; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Kognitiver Fähigkeitstest; Projective test; Projektiver Test
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to investigate the meanings assigned by pre-service teachers to the wastepaper basket and waste (crumpled) papers in their drawings of a scientist. The study was carried out with 220 pre-service teachers during the 2015-2016 academic years. A phenomenological research method was used. First, the pre-service teachers were administered the 'Draw-A-Scientist Test' in order to identify their images of a scientist and then they were asked to describe and explain the scientist they drew. And a semi-structured interview was performed with the 34 pre-service teachers who included a wastepaper basket and waste paper in their drawings in order to identify the meanings assigned to the wastepaper and wastepaper basket by these teachers. The data were analysed by using content analysis. The results of the analysis showed that with these figures the pre-service teachers revealed their belief that when scientists conduct research, they follow a confirmatory experimental process in a similar manner to the way school science experiments. Based on these results, it can be suggested in the analysis of the drawings that waste paper and wastepaper baskets can be regarded as indicators of the stereotypical image of scientists and of the scientific method they use. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01