Fen ve Sosyal Bilimler Öğretmen Adaylarının Atom Kavramını Açıklamarında “Aminism” ve “Anthropomorphism” Kapsamında Nicel Olarak Karşılaştırılması

Abstract

Bu araştırmada; fen bilgisi ve sosyal bilgiler öğretmen adaylarının atom kavramına ilişkin bilgilerinin ve günlük yaşamda dilsel olarak kullanım ifadelerinin "insana özgül dil (öznellik=animism)" ve "canlılık (nesnellik= anthropomorphism)" özellikleri kapsamında nicel olarak karşılaştırılması amaçlanmıştır. Araştırma, 2014-2015 eğitim yılında fen bilgisi ve sosyal bilgisi öğretmen adaylarının katılımıyla yapılmıştır.  Araştırmada nicel araştırma yöntemlerinden betimsel tarama tekniği kullanılmıştır. Veriler, Nakiboğlu ve Poyraz'ın (2006) ve Taber’in (1996) yaptığı araştırmaların yöntem ve bulgularına dayandırılarak oluşturulan altı seçenekli 25 maddelik bir ölçme aracıyla toplanmıştır. Altı seçeneğin üçü antropomorfizm; diğer üçü animizmle ilgilidir. Test maddeleri, cümlede yüklem yerlerinin boş bırakıldığı bilimsel önerme cümlelerinden oluşmaktadır. Bu ölçme aracında, öğrencilerden 6 seçenekten kendilerine uygun olan ilk üç seçeneği sıralamaları istenmiştir. Sonuç olarak, fen bilgisi ve sosyal bilgiler öğretmen adaylarının atom kavramlarını “insana özgü dil (animism) ” ve “canlılık (anthropomorphism)” ölçütüne göre açıklamaları karşılaştırıldığında, fen öğretmen adaylarının "canlılığı", sosyal öğretmen adaylarının ise "insana özgü dil" kullanımı tercih ettikleri görülmüştür. Böyle bir farklılığın öğrencilerin konuya olan ilgi ve bilgi düzeylerinden kaynaklandığı düşünülmektedir. Cinsiyet çeşitliliği göz önüne alındığında, erkek ve kız öğrenciler arasında neredeyse hiç fark bulunmadığı ortaya çıkmıştır.

Keywords

• İnsana Özgül Dil (Animizm),Canlılık (Antropomorfizm),Atom kavramı

Qualitative Comparison According To Animism And Anthropomorphism Of Social And Science Pre-Service Teachers' Explanations Towards Atomic Concept

Abstract

In research, the aim is to compare quantitatively the knowledge related to the concept of atoms by the Pre-Service Teachers (PST) in science and social studies to the daily use of the terms animism and anthropomorphism linguistically. This research was done with the contribution of the students who studied sociology, history, philosophy, in social studies and the ones who studied at science teaching fields in 2014-2015 academic year. In this research descriptive research technique, which is one of the methods of quantitative research technique used. The data collection instrument of this research: A quantitative measuring instrument was developed by deriving the data as a result of the researchers by Nakipoğlu, Poyraz (2006) and Taber (1996). This measuring instrument (2006) consists of 25 items. Each item covers 6 choices. Three of these choices are about anthropomorphism; the other three choices are about animism. The test items consist of scientific propositions in which the verb places are left empty in the sentence. Students are asked to identify the first three sentences which are true for them. The frequent use of the two terms: subjectivity and objectivity are compared according to the field and gender variety. The students who are at the social department use subjective expressions more than the students at the science department. When gender variety has been considered, it has been put forth that there has been nearly no difference between male and female students.

Keywords

• Animism,Anthropomorphism,Atomic Concept

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