PROSPECTIVE SCIENCE TEACHERS’ CONCEPTIONS ABOUT SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND METHOD

Volume: 7 Number: 1 March 1, 2009
  • Halil Turgut
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PROSPECTIVE SCIENCE TEACHERS’ CONCEPTIONS ABOUT SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND METHOD

Abstract

In this research, it was aimed at interpreting the prospective science teachers’ conceptions about scientific knowledge and scientific method. The participants were 70 Prospective science teachers; and data were collected through open ended questions and interviews with 10 participants. The data were analyzed qualitatively by open coding technique and the conceptions were interpreted in terms of determined categories and conceptual constructions. The findings consisted of some indicators that conceptions about scientific knowledge were in harmony with realist perspective and also prospective science teachers believed in the existence of a scientific method to be followed for achieving true knowledge. At the end, some simple and applicable suggestions were given.

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Turkish

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Halil Turgut This is me

Publication Date

March 1, 2009

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March 1, 2009

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Year 2009 Volume: 7 Number: 1

APA
Turgut, H. (2009). FEN BİLGİSİ ÖĞRETMEN ADAYLARININ BİLİMSEL BİLGİ VE YÖNTEM ALGILARI. Türk Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi, 7(1), 165-184. https://izlik.org/JA97CY95RJ
AMA
1.Turgut H. FEN BİLGİSİ ÖĞRETMEN ADAYLARININ BİLİMSEL BİLGİ VE YÖNTEM ALGILARI. Türk Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi. 2009;7(1):165-184. https://izlik.org/JA97CY95RJ
Chicago
Turgut, Halil. 2009. “FEN BİLGİSİ ÖĞRETMEN ADAYLARININ BİLİMSEL BİLGİ VE YÖNTEM ALGILARI”. Türk Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi 7 (1): 165-84. https://izlik.org/JA97CY95RJ.
EndNote
Turgut H (March 1, 2009) FEN BİLGİSİ ÖĞRETMEN ADAYLARININ BİLİMSEL BİLGİ VE YÖNTEM ALGILARI. Türk Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi 7 1 165–184.
IEEE
[1]H. Turgut, “FEN BİLGİSİ ÖĞRETMEN ADAYLARININ BİLİMSEL BİLGİ VE YÖNTEM ALGILARI”, Türk Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 165–184, Mar. 2009, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA97CY95RJ
ISNAD
Turgut, Halil. “FEN BİLGİSİ ÖĞRETMEN ADAYLARININ BİLİMSEL BİLGİ VE YÖNTEM ALGILARI”. Türk Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi 7/1 (March 1, 2009): 165-184. https://izlik.org/JA97CY95RJ.
JAMA
1.Turgut H. FEN BİLGİSİ ÖĞRETMEN ADAYLARININ BİLİMSEL BİLGİ VE YÖNTEM ALGILARI. Türk Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi. 2009;7:165–184.
MLA
Turgut, Halil. “FEN BİLGİSİ ÖĞRETMEN ADAYLARININ BİLİMSEL BİLGİ VE YÖNTEM ALGILARI”. Türk Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 7, no. 1, Mar. 2009, pp. 165-84, https://izlik.org/JA97CY95RJ.
Vancouver
1.Halil Turgut. FEN BİLGİSİ ÖĞRETMEN ADAYLARININ BİLİMSEL BİLGİ VE YÖNTEM ALGILARI. Türk Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi [Internet]. 2009 Mar. 1;7(1):165-84. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA97CY95RJ

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