Early Childhood Turkish Children's Attitudes toward Science

Autor/in	Simsar, Ahmet
Titel	Early Childhood Turkish Children's Attitudes toward Science
Quelle	In: International Journal of Progressive Education, 14 (2018) 3, S.113-122 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1554-5210
Schlagwörter	Preschool Children; Kindergarten; Foreign Students; Scientific Attitudes; Biological Sciences; Teacher Background; Academic Achievement; Textbooks; Hands on Science; Teaching Experience; Science Activities; Preschool Teachers; Ohio + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Abwasserbiologie; Schulleistung; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin
Abstract	The purpose of the study was to examine and describe the attitudes of Turkish early childhood children in science. This study explored the causal factors that influence children's attitudes toward science such as teachers' years of teaching experiences, frequency of teaching science in a week, and teachers' teaching style. Turkish children (N=44) who live in the United States and engage in early childhood classroom involved into the study. Preschool teachers who had Turkish children in their classroom completed a survey for giving information about their Turkish children experiences in their science teaching activities. The Child's Attitude Toward Science (CATS) survey which was developed by researchers was used while collecting data. The results showed that Turkish children have positive attitudes towards science especially in Life Science Topics. The results also showed that there were statistically significant relationships between Turkish children's attitudes towards science and their teachers' years of teaching experiences and frequency of teaching science in a week. The results also showed that Turkish children's success in other activities (language, art, math) related with their attitudes towards science. The findings also showed that using text books and hands-on activities during science education also had relationship with children's attitudes towards science. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Association of Educators. Egitim Fakultesi Dekanligi, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale 17100, Turkey. e-mail: secretary@inased.org; Web site: http://www.inased.org/ijpe.htm
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01