Pre-Service Science Teachers' Mental Models about Science Teaching

Autor/inn/en	Tatar, Nilgun; Yildiz Feyzioglu, Eylem; Buldur, Serkan; Akpinar, Ercan
Titel	Pre-Service Science Teachers' Mental Models about Science Teaching
Quelle	In: Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 12 (2012) 4, S.2934-2940 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1303-0485
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Preservice Teachers; Science Teachers; Science Instruction; Schemata (Cognition); Gender Differences; Individual Differences; Constructivism (Learning); Direct Instruction; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Cognition; Schema; Kognition; Geschlechterkonflikt; Individueller Unterschied; Direct instructional procedues; Direct instructional approach; Unterrichtsverfahren; Türkei
Abstract	The main purpose of this study is to explore preservice science teachers' mental models of science teaching. Additionally it is investigated whether there is a significant correlation between their gender and grade levels in terms of mental models. The sample of this study composed of 300 (111 males and 189 females) pre-service science teachers from Turkey. As a data collection instrument "Draw a Science Teacher Test-Checklist (DASTT-C)" was used. The test was made up two sections. In the first section of the DASTT-C, the pre-service science teachers were asked to "Draw a picture of yourself as a science teacher". In the second section, they were asked to give answers to the questions "What is the science teacher doing? and what are the students doing?" regarding their drawings. The data was the coded according to the rubric and analyzed with SPSS. The results of study showed that pre-service science teachers' mental models of science teaching were in the categories of conceptual teaching (61%), exploratory or inquiry/constructivist teaching (22%), and explicit/didactic teaching (17%). There was no significant difference between male and female but there was significant difference between the grade levels in favour of senior levels with regard to their mental models of science teaching. In the light of the results, some suggestions were made for further studies. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10