İlköğretim Öğrencilerinin Bilime ve Bilim İnsanına Yönelik İmajları

Öz

Bu çalışmanın amacı ilköğretim öğrencilerinin sahip oldukları bilime ve bilim insanlarına yönelik imajlarını cinsiyet ve sınıf düzeylerine göre belirlemektir. Araştırmada Song & Kim (1999)’in, Chambers (1983)’ın “Bir Bilim insanı Çizelim” ölçeğine dayalı olarak geliştirdikleri ölçek kullanılmıştır. Beş farklı sınıf düzeyindeki 623 öğrenciden toplanan nitel ve nicel veriler öğrenci yanıtlarında tanımlanmış örüntülerin frekanslarını hesaplamak ve cinsiyet ve sınıf düzeylerine göre karşılaştırma yapmak amacıyla analiz edilmiştir. Cinsiyet ve sınıf düzeyi açısından bazı benzerlikler ve farklılıklar belirlenmiştir. Bu çalışmanın sonuçları fen eğitiminde öğrenci öğrenmeleri, cinsiyet ve sosyo-kültürel konularla ilgilenen eğitimcilere ve araştırmacılara yararlı bilgiler sağlayabilir

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Bilim imajı, bilim insanı imajı, ilköğretim öğrencisi, ilköğretim okulu

Primary School Students' Images of Science and Scientists

Öz

The purpose of this study is to investigate primary school students’ images of science and scientists according to gender and grade level. The survey questionnaire used in this study was developed by Song & Kim (1999) based on Chambers’ Draw A Science and Scientists Test. The data, quantitative and qualitative, from the responses of a total of 623 students from five different grade levels (grade 4-8) were analyzed to calculate the relative frequencies of some identified patterns of responses and make comparisons between different genders and age groups. Some noticeable age related and gender differences and similarities were found and discussed. The results of this study may be give useful information to researchers and educators who are interested in student learning contexts, and social, cultural and gender issues in science education.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Images of science,images of scientists,primary students,primary school

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