Differences in teacher candidates' attitudes toward science according to some psycho-social variables

ASLAN C., ASLAN B.

World Conference on Educational Sciences, Nicosia, CYPRUS, 4 - 07 Şubat 2009, cilt.1, ss.1582-1585 identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 1
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2009.01.278
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Nicosia
  • Basıldığı Ülke: CYPRUS
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1582-1585
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Science, attitudes, attitudes toward science
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Teachers are expected to have positive attitude toward science to equip students with scientific thinking abilities. In this descriptive study, the attitudes of the teacher candidates toward science are evaluated with the Attitudes toward Science Scale, developed by Patrick A. Vitale and Brenda K. Johnson in 1988. The differences in attitudes were evaluated according to some psycho-social variables gathered through a personal information form. The results indicated that students perceived instrumental value of science and difficulty and complexities of science differently depending on their department. Another important finding is that students who want to apply for a doctoral program perceive the instrumental value of science differently from students who are not preferred to apply for a doctoral study. Also, the perception of the participants about difficulty and complexities of science differ according to the place they lived most of their life time as town, city or metropolitan. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved