scholarly journals An Investigation of Prospective Science Teachers’ Conceptions towards the Nature of Scientific Knowledge

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 642-661 ◽  
Author(s):  
Şeyda Gül ◽  
Mehmet Erkol
Keyword(s):  
Science Teachers ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Prospective Science Teachers

scholarly journals Instilling The Conservation Character Through Reconstruction of Scientific Knowledge Based on Local Wisdom

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Riva Ismawati ◽  
Eko Juliyanto ◽  
Setiyo Prajoko ◽  
Eva Rahayuningsih
Keyword(s):  
Science Teachers ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Behavior Patterns ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Environmental Preservation ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Surrounding Environment ◽  
The People ◽  
Village People ◽  
Prospective Science Teachers

<p>The purpose of this study is to reconstruct scientific knowledge based on local wisdoms of the Ngargomulyo village people in preserving the environment as a means to instill and enhance the conservation caracter for prospective science teachers. The research is a qualitative study of ethnosains, which means the study of an organized system of knowledge from the culture and local wisdoms of a community. The research subjects are the residents of Ngargomulyo village. The focus of the research is the value of environmental preservation which is manifested in the behavior patterns of the people of Ngargomulyo village. The data collection is done through interviews and in-depth observation. The data obtained is then verified, reconstructed, formulated, and conceptualized into the scientific knowledge. The results of the study indicate that efforts made by the people to preserve the surrounding environment are manifested in farming, raising livestock, forest activities, and sand and stone mining activities. In addition, the activities to protect the environment for natural conservation are also evident from the efforts to maintain spring water sources. The environmental preservation messages are also found on some boards installed in certain places.</p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> conservation character, local wisdoms, Ngargomulyo village</p>

scholarly journals Prospective Science Teachers’ Learning Independency Level on Blended Learning

2020 ◽  
Vol 1462 ◽  
pp. 012070
Author(s):  
WWW Brata ◽  
C Suriani ◽  
H Simatupang ◽  
S Siswanto ◽  
FTM Panggabean
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Prospective Science Teachers

scholarly journals An investigation of prospective science teachers' socio-scientific argumentation processes in terms of metacognition: A causal-comparative study

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 547-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayşe Öztürk
Keyword(s):  
Science Teachers ◽  
Comparative Research ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Scientific Argumentation ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Planning Decision ◽  
Causal Comparative ◽  
Prospective Science Teachers

This study attempts to investigate through causal-comparative research whether socio-scientific argumentation processes of prospective science teachers (PSTs) who had high and low socio-scientific argumentation skills differed from each other in terms of metacognition. The research was conducted with a total of 45 PSTs, 24of whom had high socio-scientific argumentation skills, and 21 had low socio-scientific argumentation skills. Data were gathered using qualitative and quantitative methods. Research results indicated that the PSTs with high socio-scientific argumentation skills displayed more metacognitive behaviors when compared to the PSTs with low socio-scientific argumentation skills and that they used more metacognitive strategies with regard to many components such as planning, decision-making, evaluation, monitoring, and organizing. Furthermore, a statistically significant difference was detected between the scores of the PSTs' metacognitive awareness skills in favor of the PSTs with high socio-scientific argumentation skills. These results demonstrated that the two groups with different socio-scientific argumentation skills differed from each other in terms of metacognition and that the PSTs with high socio-scientific argumentation skills were better in regard with metacognition.

scholarly journals Identifying the prospective science teachers’ understanding towards entrepreneurial skills

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 699-726
Author(s):  
Berrin Samanci ◽  
Tufan Inaltekin ◽  
Arzu Kirman Bilgin
Keyword(s):  
Science Teachers ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Great Majority ◽  
State Universities ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Vast Number ◽  
Entrepreneurial Skills ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Prospective Science Teachers

The aim of this study is to examine the prospective science teachers’ understanding towards entrepreneurial skills.  This study, which 146 prospective science teachers of 3rd grade at two state universities in Turkey have participated in, is carried out through the survey method. The data of the research are gathered with “Entrepreneurship Test (ET)”. The acquired data are analyzed by using the content analysis method. It is observed that the relation between entrepreneurship and economy is particularly explained with several characteristics by about one third of prospective teachers, whereas the vast majority of them are unable to establish this relation or give meaningless replies as a result of the research. However, it is found out that the great majority of the prospective teachers are able to explain upon the opportunities of entrepreneurship on the basis of the cultural structure of society. It is seen that very few prospective teachers emphasize on creativity and innovation important in regarding to using entrepreneurial skill. Nevertheless, it is observed that integration of the prospective teachers’ sense of entrepreneurship with technology is inadequate. In addition, it is understood that the vast number of the prospective teachers are incompetent about how they will be able to use the nature and environment when they put their opinions into practice (in the process of business establishment). Moreover, it is revealed that very few candidates are aware of performing the operations such as determining the business idea, making a preliminary assessment of the business idea and questioning the feasibility of the business idea. Furthermore, it is determined that almost all candidates do not have information about the process and content of preparing a business plan. These results show that the prospective science teachers’ understanding towards entrepreneurial skill is quite weak. Keywords: Science, the prospective teacher, the entrepreneurship skill.

scholarly journals THINKING IN TERMS OF VARIABLES: THE CONCEPT OF THE SHADOW

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-310
Author(s):  
Ayse Oguz Unver
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Light Transmission ◽  
Scientific Activity ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Object Size ◽  
Scientific Terms ◽  
Prospective Science Teachers

The aim of the research was to explore the ideas prospective science teachers (N=51) had about the variables of object size, shape and light transmission that have an impact on shadow formation, using a scientific activity based on Inquiry-Based Science Education (IBSE). In this qualitative study, the measurement tool comprises 3 questions. The first question examines how the participants define the concept of shadow while the second question focuses on the variables of the size of the object, its shape, and its light transmission. The participants were asked to explain whether these variables would produce a shadow. The last question was devised in the atmosphere of an activities laboratory in which the absorption and reflection properties of light were explored. The NVi10 program was utilized for data analysis. At the end of the research, it was observed that the prospective teachers were not able to define the concept of the shadow in scientific terms and even if they knew the basic variables related to shadow formation, they could not exactly explain new situations when the variables were manipulated. Key words: inquiry, prospective science teachers, qualitative data, shadow science, variables.

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