The Assessing of Thoughts of Prospective Science Teachers about Teaching Profession
Abstract
The purpose of this work is to reveal the thoughts of prospective teachers in science
about what kind of teacher they want to become by examining their teaching style and the
environment of teaching. Carried out in the 2005–2006 teaching year, the object of work
has been composed of two components, the students of Marmara University who have been
chosen as the environment of the study and 203 prospective teachers in Science as sample
data finding places, 104 of whom have been randomly chosen among the 1st year study
students and the others among the 4th year-study. The data sources of the work involve
pictures and essays produced by the prospective teachers and a content analysis has been
practices on the data provided by these pictures and essays. As a result of the data traced from
this analysis, it has been explored that most of the 4th year students stress the importance
of being a hearty teacher, of employing the constructivist methods in teaching and the
necessity of the active participation of students in lectures. On the other hand, according to
analysis the first year students seem to believe that teachers are to use traditional methods in
teaching and become authoritarian in the relations with students when necessary.
Key words: Science Teaching, prospective science teachers, school-teaching
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References
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- Tan, H. (1990). “Öğretmen Yetiştirme ve İstihdam”. M.Ü. Atatürk Eğitim Fakültesi Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi, 2, 205.
Details
Primary Language
en.
Subjects
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Journal Section
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Authors
Mehtap Yıldırım
This is me
Hikmet Sürmeli
This is me
Elif Bener
This is me
Fatma Şahin
This is me
Publication Date
October 28, 2013
Submission Date
October 28, 2013
Acceptance Date
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Published in Issue
Year 2007 Volume: 25 Number: 25