A Study of Turkish Preservice Science Teachers' Attitudes toward Science and Science Teaching.

Autor/inn/en	Turkmen, Lutfullah; Bonnstetter, Ronald
Titel	A Study of Turkish Preservice Science Teachers' Attitudes toward Science and Science Teaching.
Quelle	(1999), (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Cross Cultural Studies; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Preservice Teacher Education; Preservice Teachers; Science Instruction; Science Teachers; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Undergraduate Students; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Türkei
Abstract	The main purpose of this study is to reveal Turkish preservice science teachers' attitudes toward science and science teaching by using a Turkish translation of the last version of the Science Teaching Attitudes Scale (STAS-II) by Moore and Foy (1997). The sample size for the study was 612 freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior science education major students from 4 different teachers colleges located in different parts of Turkey. The reliability of the Turkish translation of 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 student gender do not show significantly mean differences based on STAS-II scores. However, the uniqueness of the nationwide science curriculum and the unification of the education system may have importance in developing similar attitudes among Turkish students. (Author/YDS)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC