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Investigation of Preservice Science Teachers’ Knowledge and Views about Nature of Science and Scientific Knowledge
Abstract
The only way to train students as individuals
understand science and nature of scientific knowledge is to train educators in
the field of both science and other zones as individuals that comprehend
science and the nature of scientific knowledge as well. On that account if demanding posterities
being scientific literates first should be sure on teachers graduating from
faculty of education becoming educators who comprehend science and nature of
scientific knowledge. The aim of this study is to determine preservice science
teachers’ knowledge and views about nature of science and scientific knowledge.
In the research, qualitative research method was used. The design of research
is case study. Sample of the research comprises forty three preservice science
teachers studying in science education of a university in Aegean Region. Thirty
four pre-service science teachers who participated in this study are female and
nine of them is male. Participant pre-service science teachers were selected
among the ones who took the course “Nature of Science and Science History’’
with purposive sampling method throughout the research. “Views of Nature of
Science’’ (VNOS-C) was applied to those pre-service science teachers during the
lesson to determinate their current knowledge. In the end of the research, it
was determined that there are deficiencies and misconceptions of pre-service
science teachers about nature of science and scientific knowledge but they are
mostly acceptable to some extent.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Studies on Education
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
October 30, 2017
Submission Date
October 25, 2017
Acceptance Date
October 6, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 2017 Volume: 10 Number: 4