Turkish Pre-Service Teachers' Beliefs about the Importance of Teaching Chemistry

Autor/inn/en	Uzuntiryaki, Esen; Boz, Yezdan
Titel	Turkish Pre-Service Teachers' Beliefs about the Importance of Teaching Chemistry
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 32 (2007) 4, Artikel 6 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0313-5373
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Preservice Teachers; Student Teacher Attitudes; Science Instruction; Chemistry; Secondary School Science; Questionnaires; Skill Development; Science Process Skills; Semi Structured Interviews; Qualitative Research; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Chemie; Fragebogen; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Qualitative Forschung; Türkei
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to describe Turkish preservice chemistry teachers' beliefs about the importance of teaching chemistry in high schools. For this purpose, 45 pre-service chemistry teachers were administered a questionnaire involving open-ended questions which asked what the importance of teaching chemistry is, and why we teach chemistry in high schools. Based on the written responses, 12 pre-service teachers were chosen to be interviewed to obtain more elaborated information about their beliefs. Data analysis revealed that most of the pre-service teachers expressed that chemistry should be taught in order to explain daily life events. However, a very small number of them believed that teaching chemistry was important in terms of developing generic skills like critical thinking, and of creating curiosity and interest. This study suggests that chemistry should be taught both in high schools and universities in a way which emphasizes the importance of developing scientific skills. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01