SCIENTIFIC CREATIVITY OF PRESCHOOL TEACHER CANDIDATES

Year 2017, Volume: 3 Issue: 3, 88 - 102, 31.12.2017

Tuğçe Karakaş , Özlem Afacan

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the level of scientific creativity of preschool teacher candidates and to investigate whether there is a

meaningful difference between the scientific creativity of the teacher candidates and some demographic characteristics. The study group of

the research group constitutes 149 teacher candidates who are studying at Ahi Evran University Faculty of Education Elementary Education

Department Preschool Education Department in Kırşehir. The "Scientific Creativity Test (BYT)" developed by Hu and Adey (2002) and

adapted to Turkish by Kadayıfçı (2008) used data collection tool in the research. Moreover, "Personal Information Form" has been applied to

determine personal characteristics. In the analysis of the data, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, maximum and minimum values of

average scores of teacher candidates taken to determine scientific creativity levels were calculated and t-test and ANOVA were used to

determine differences between groups. In research findings, when the scientific creativity of teacher candidates is examined, it is concluded

that scientific creativity levels are moderate. Besides this, the average scores of the scientific creativity of the teacher candidates and with

respect to the income monthly in level of the family income have been reached to significant difference.

Keywords

Creativity, Scientific Creativity, Scientific Creativity Test, Preschool Education

OKUL ÖNCESİ ÖĞRETMEN ADAYLARININ BİLİMSEL YARATICILIKLARI

Abstract

Bu çalışma, okulöncesi öğretmen adaylarının bilimsel yaratıcılığın düzeyini belirlemek ve öğretmen adaylarının bilimsel yaratıcılığı ile bazı

demografik özellik arasında anlamlı bir farklılık olup olmadığını araştırmak amacıyla yürütülmüştür. Araştırma grubunun çalışma grubu,

Kırşehir'deki Ahi Evran Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi İlköğretim Bölümü Okulöncesi Eğitimi Bölümü'nde okuyan 149 öğretmen adayı

oluşturmaktadır. Hu and Adey (2002) tarafından geliştirilen ve Kadayıfçı (2008) tarafından Türkçe'ye uyarlanan "Bilimsel Yaratıcılık Testi

(BYT)" araştırmada veri toplama aracı olarak kullanılmıştır. Ayrıca kişisel özelliklerini belirlemek için "Kişisel Bilgi Formu" uygulanmıştır.

Verilerin analizinde, bilimsel yaratıcılık düzeylerini belirlemek için alınan öğretmen adaylarının ortalama puanlarının aritmetik ortalama,

standart sapma, maksimum ve minimum değerleri hesaplandı ve gruplar arasındaki farkları belirlemek için t testi ve ANOVA kullanıldı.

Araştırma bulgularında, öğretmen adaylarının bilimsel yaratıcılığı incelendiğinde bilimsel yaratıcılıkları orta düzeyde olduğu sonucuna

varılmıştır. Bunun yanı sıra, öğretmen adaylarının bilimsel yaratıcılığın ortalama puanı ile ailenin gelir düzeyi aylık gelirine göre anlamlı

farklılığa ulaşılmıştır.

Keywords

Yaratıcılık, Bilimsel Yaratıcılık, Bilimsel Yaratıcılık Testi, Okul Öncesi Eğitimi

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