Fen bilgisi öğretmen adaylarının informal muhakemeleri ve bilimsel düşünme alışkanlıkları: Hidroelektrik santraller örneği

Year 2022, Volume: 11 Issue: 1, 56 - 73, 31.01.2022

Burak Kalın , Bahadir Namdar

https://doi.org/10.19128/turje.980874

Cited By: 6

Abstract

Bu çalışma, fen bilgisi öğretmen adaylarının hidroelektrik santraller hakkında informal muhakemelerini ve bilimsel düşünme alışkanlıklarını incelemektedir. Araştırmanın örneklemini Türkiye'nin Doğu Karadeniz bölgesinde dört farklı üniversitede öğrenim gören 587 fen bilgisi öğretmen adayı oluşturmaktadır. Veriler hidroelektrik santrallerin kurulumu ile ilgili dört adet açık uçlu soru içeren bir anket ve bilimsel düşünme alışkanlıkları ölçeği aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Anketin analizinde içerik analizi kullanılmıştır. Bilimsel düşünme alışkanlıkları ile informal muhakeme arasındaki ilişkiyi belirlemek için bağımsız örneklemler t testi kullanılmıştır. Sonuçlar, fen bilgisi öğretmen adaylarının en çok ekolojik odaklı informal muhakeme modunu kullandıklarını ve karşıt argümanların en az oluşturulan argüman bileşeni olduğunu göstermiştir. Fen bilgisi öğretmen adayları en az sosyoloji odaklı informal muhakeme modunu kullanmıştır. Bilimsel düşünme alışkanlığı puanı yüksek olan öğretmen adaylarının informal muhakeme kalitesi yüksek bulunmuş, ancak informal muhakeme biçimleri toplam sayısı ile bilimsel düşünme alışkanlığı puanları arasında anlamlı bir farklılık bulunmamıştır. Sonuçlar doğrultusunda hizmet öncesi fen bilgisi öğretmenliği eğitimine yönelik öneriler verilmiştir.

Keywords

Bilimsel düşünme alışkanlıkları, Fen bilimleri öğretmen adayları, İnformal muhakeme, Sosyobilimsel konular

Preservice science teachers’ informal reasoning and scientific habits of mind: A case of hydroelectric power plants

Abstract

This study investigates preservice science teachers' informal reasoning and scientific habits of mind about hydroelectric power plants. The sample of the study consists of 587 preservice science teachers who studied in four different universities in the Eastern Black Sea region of Turkey. Data were collected through a questionnaire that consists of four open-ended questions regarding a hydroelectric power plant construction and the scientific habits of mind scale. Content analysis was used to analyze the questionnaire. The same data were then subjected to quantitative descriptive analysis. In the analysis of quantitative data, the Jamovi program was used. Independent samples t-test was used to determine the relationship between scientific habits of mind and informal reasoning. Results indicated that the preservice science teachers mostly used ecological-oriented informal reasoning mode, and counterarguments were the least created argument component. Preservice science teachers’ the least used informal reasoning mode was social-oriented. Informal reasoning quality of students with high scientific habits of mind score was found to be high, but no significant difference was found between the total number of informal reasoning modes and scientific habits of mind scores. In line with the results, implications were provided for preservice science teacher education.

Keywords

Informal reasoning, Preservice Science Teachers, Scientific habits of mind, Socioscientific issues

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