THE PERCEPTIONS OF MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ABOUT ENGINEER AND ENGINEERING

Öz

The aim of this study is to reveal how students in secondary school perceive engineer  and engineering. The study was carried out in the 2017-2018 education year with the secondary schools 5, 6, 7 and 8th grade students (N= 672) in the Alanya district of Antalya. A mixed model, in which a combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods was used in the present study. As a data collection tools, “Draw an Engineer Test (DAET), What is Engineering? and What is the Importance for Engineering? was used. According to the findings, the students perceive engineering as inventing and designing, making life easier, and according to the results of the drawing, they perceive the engineer as the male profession and they perceive them as people working in construction or road construction in outdoor area. It is determined that the students do not have sufficient knowledge about engineering diversity and most of the students drew civil engineering and computer engineer. In addition, it was concluded that the use of mathematics for engineering was very important.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• STEM,engineering,images of engineer,secondary school students

ORTAOKUL ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN MÜHENDİS VE MÜHENDİSLİK ALGILARI

Öz

Bu çalışmanın temel amacı ortaokul seviyesindeki öğrencilerin mühendis kavramını ve mühendislik mesleğini nasıl algıladıklarını ortaya çıkarmaktır. Bu amaçla Antalya ili Alanya ilçesinde 2017-2018 bahar yarıyılında eğitim gören 672 ortaokul öğrencisinden veri toplanmıştır. Araştırmada; nicel ve nitel araştırma yöntemlerinin bir arada kullanıldığı karma model kullanılmıştır. Nicel araştırma kapsamında veri toplama aracı olarak, “Verilen Etkinliğin Mühendislik İçin Önemi Nedir?” ölçeği kullanılırken, nitel araştırma kapsamında ise “Bir Mühendis Çiz” formu ve bir açık uçlu soru veri toplama aracı kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen bulgulara göre öğrenciler mühendisliği icat ve tasarım yapmak, hayatı kolaylaştırmak olarak algılarken, çizim sonuçlarında göre ise mühendisi genelde erkek mesleği olarak gördükleri ve daha çok açık alanda inşaatta ya da yol yapımında çalışan kişi olarak algıladıkları tespit edilmiştir. Öğrencilerin mühendislik alanının çeşitliliğine ilişkin de yeterli bilgiye sahip olmadıkları genelde inşaat ve bilgisayar mühendisi çizdikleri tespit edilmiştir. Ek olarak mühendislik için matematik kullanmanın çok önemli olduğu algısına sahip oldukları sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

• STEM,mühendislik,mühendis imajları,ortaokul öğrencileri

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