Exploring Nature of Science Understandings of Turkish Pre-service Science Teachers

Year 2011, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 6 - 17, 01.12.2011

Serhat İrez Mustafa Çakır Hayati Şeker

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Exploring Nature of Science Understandings of Turkish Pre-service Science Teachers

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Aiming at contributing to the literature and informing the program developers, this study presents research findings regarding the Turkish prospective science teachers’ understanding of the nature of science. 168 prospective elementary and secondary science teachers participated in the study. The participants’ views on the nature of science were assessed through a questionnaire. The results of the study confirmed those conducted in other countries. The findings indicated that prospective science teachers in Turkey, like their counterparts in the world, generally had uninformed views about the scientific enterprise.

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nature of science, prospective science teachers, understandings

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