Changing Values in the Goals of Science Education: Science-Technology-Society

Abstract

The fundamental aim of science education is to develop science-literate individuals. This can be achieved with a science-technology-society education. The most important purposes of such kind of an education are to develop individuals who have high-level thinking and cognitive skills, creativity, ethic values, global views, problem solving capacities, decision making capacities, understanding of interrelations among science, technology and society, and an appraisal ability of technologic and scientific activities in the content of socio-technological context. However, science literacy is a relatively new concept in Turkey, thus, its meaning and development process is required to put forward precisely. In this article, meaning of science literacy, characteristics of a scientifically literate individual, philosophical bases of science literacy, STS movement, properties of traditional and STS learning environments, and also teacher’s role in STS education are discussed in depth in the content of values education

Keywords

• Science Education, Science Literacy, Science-TechnologySociety, Teacher’s Role, Science Education and Values.

Fen Eğitiminin Amaçlarında Değişen Değerler: Fen - Teknoloji - Toplum

Abstract

Fen öğretiminin en temel amacı, fen okuryazarı bireylerin yetiştirilmesidir. Bu yeterlik, öğrencilere Fen-Teknoloji-Toplum (FTT) eğitimiyle kazandırılmaktadır. Bu eğitimin en önemli amacı, bireylere; yüksek seviyeli düşünme, yüksek zihinsel beceriler, yaratıcılık, ahlaki değerler ve değerlerin açıklanması, evrensel görüş, karar verme ve problem çözme kapasitesi, fen, teknoloji ve toplum arasındaki etkileşimi anlama ve teknolojik ve bilimsel etkinlikleri değerlendirme gibi yeterlikleri kazandırmaktır. Fakat, ülkemiz için oldukça yeni bir kavram olan "fen okuryazarlığının" anlamının ve felsefî gelişim sürecinin açık bir şekilde ortaya konulmasına ihtiyaç vardır. Bu makalede, fen okuryazarlığının anlamı, fen okuryazarı bir bireyin özellikleri, fen okuryazarlığının felsefî temeli, FTT hareketi, geleneksel ve FTT öğrenme ortamının özellikleri ile fen okuryazarı öğrencilerin yetiştirilmesinde öğretmenin rolü konuları değerler eğitimi kapsamında tartışılmıştır.

Keywords

• Fen Eğitimi, Fen Okuryazarlığı, Fen-Teknoloji-Toplum, Öğretmen Rolü, Fen Eğitimi ve Değerler

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