“teaching of science” için 28 makale
International Journal of Environmental and Science EducationCilt 2012/7, Sayı 3
Our inquiry uses accounts from the history of science to develop teacher-candidate (student teacher) understanding of the nature of science (NOS) in a science teacher education methods course. This understanding of the NOS is then used as a foundation for …
European Journal of Science and Mathematics EducationCilt 2013/1, Sayı 1
Research on the learning and teaching of science is an important field for scholarly inquiry by faculty in science departments. Such research has proved to be an efficient means for improving the effectiveness of instruction in physics. A basic topic …
Ahi Evran Üniversitesi Kirsehir Egitim Fakültesi DergisiCilt 2014/15, Sayı 3
Bu çalışmanın iki amacı vardır: 1) fen bilimleri öğretmen adaylarının fen öğrenme ve öğretme anlayışlarının belirlenmesi ve 2) bu anlayışlar arasındaki uyum ve uyumsuzlukların sebeblerinin incelenmesi. 87 öğretmen adayını kapsayan bir fenomenografi çalışması gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışmada açık uçlu veri toplama araçları …
Kırşehir Eğitim Fakültesi DergisiCilt 2014/15, Sayı 3
Bu çalışmanın iki amacı vardır: 1) fen bilimleri öğretmen adaylarının fen öğrenme ve öğretme anlayışlarının belirlenmesi ve 2) bu anlayışlar arasındaki uyum ve uyumsuzlukların sebeblerinin incelenmesi. 87 öğretmen adayını kapsayan bir fenomenografi çalışması gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışmada açık uçlu veri toplama araçları …
iojesCilt 2011/3, Sayı 3-legacy-152
“The purpose of this study was to investigate science-teacher candidates’ science teaching self-efficacy beliefs according to grade level and gender. A survey approach was used in the study. The sample consisted of 192 first and fourth grade pre-service science teachers …
Ahi Evran Üniversitesi Kirsehir Egitim Fakültesi DergisiCilt 2010/11, Sayı 4
The following conversation with Professor Doctor Ahmet İnam took place in August 11, 2010 at Middle East Technical University (METU). We are the researchers studying on nature of science in the context of a TUBITAK project entitled “Teaching the Nature …
Araştırma Temelli Etkinlik Dergisi (ATED)Cilt 2012/1-legacy-238, Sayı 1
The purpose of this paper is to introduce a Nature of Science (NOS) activity allowing middle school level students to experience a scientific research process to solve a given problem within a social setting. This activity treats a regular classroom …
International Journal of Environmental and Science EducationCilt 2015/10, Sayı 2
In this paper, it is aimed to analyze the acquirements and topics in Turkish secondary school history textbooks that are published by the Ministry of National Education (MEB) and by the private sector to determine to what extend the place …
Problems of Education in the 21st CenturyCilt 2011/31, Sayı 31
In educational literature we can find different definitions on evaluation. Evaluation is the pay-off of description – it is the synthesis of descriptive information and criterial information according to very strict and difficult rules (Scriven, 1975). Evaluation can be characterised …
Problems of Education in the 21st CenturyCilt 2009/17, Sayı 17
In recent years, information and communication technologies have been used in the educational process, including teaching of natural sciences. It is generally assumed that these tools have positive effect on the motivation and activation of pupils. However, there has not …
Pamukkale Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi DergisiCilt 2015/37, Sayı 1
This study aims at exploring the effect of models, a contemporary method, in teaching and learning of meiosis division. Mixed method was used in this research. The data about their level achievement were collected through an achivement test developed by …
Batı Anadolu Eğitim Bilimleri DergisiCilt 2015/6, Sayı 11
The purpose of this study is to determine the pedagogical orientation of a group of Turkish preservice teachers towards inquiry. The participants in the study were 587 pre-service science teachers enrolled in five state universities in Turkey. The researcher developed …
International Journal of Biology EducationCilt 2013/3, Sayı 1
The present article analyses context dependencies in students’ ranking of three perspectives on the purpose of biological models, i.e. to show, to explain, or to predict. German students (N = 1,207; 11 to 18 years old; secondary schools) have been …
Problems of Education in the 21st CenturyCilt 2012/40, Sayı 40
Generally speaking, current school science curricula have been constructed for the purpose of preparing students for university and college scientific degrees. Such education does not meet the needs of the majority of students who will not pursue tertiary studies in …
Problems of Education in the 21st CenturyCilt 2009/15, Sayı 15
The European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) implies to modify the actual Spanish credit system based on the time that students are attending lectures and seminars. One ECTS stands for around 25-30 hours of work (in and out of class). The …
International Journal of Environmental and Science EducationCilt 2015/10, Sayı 1
This multi-university, three-year longitudinal study examined the relationship among seven secondary science teachers’ personal, student and scientific epistemologies. Paying close attention to each participant’s use of metaphor when speaking about his/her learning, students’ learning and the products/processes of science, we …
Ahi Evran Üniversitesi Kirsehir Egitim Fakültesi DergisiCilt 2010/11, Sayı 4
We provide a research-based model and teaching strategies for teaching nature of science (NOS) to young children (ages 5 to 9). The model describes an iterative teaching cycle that builds from the concrete to the abstract. The authors describe how …
International Journal of Environmental and Science EducationCilt 2016/11, Sayı 7
The urgency of the issue stated in the article is stipulated by the contemporary requirements to rural schoolchildren education, i.e. rise in its availability, quality and degree of specialization. The Federal State Education Standards have set an urgent, but at …
quantum, jurnal inovasi pendidikan sainsCilt 2011/2, Sayı 2
Has done research on the learning outcomes of Natural Sciences on the material and its use by using direct instruction teaching model. The purpose of this research is to improve student learning outcomes on the material source of energy and …
Problems of Education in the 21st CenturyCilt 2010/25, Sayı 25
It is obvious that many scientists nowadays speak about constructivistic approach in education. This topic is becoming very trendy. Is it correct to focus our attention only to the study of this topic? This is a really complicated issue. There …
International Electronic Journal of Elementary EducationCilt 2011/3, Sayı 2
The purpose of this study was to explore the role that a collaborative teaching approach, referred to as a community of practice (CoP), had on a team of four second grade teachers’ implementation of a science-based interdisciplinary curriculum. Data was …
International Journal of Environmental and Science EducationCilt 2014/9, Sayı 4
This study has been conducted to investigate conceptions of learning science (COLS) and personal science teaching efficacy belief (PSTE) of Turkish preservice elementary science teachers (PSTs) and to explore the relationship between these variables. Two instruments COLS questionnaire and PSTE …
Problems of Education in the 21st CenturyCilt 2011/28, Sayı 28
This paper aims to propose some ways on how to improve the relation between didactics and science in the field of science teaching in universities. Educating young people in sciences is one of the objectives of a general reform of …
International Journal of InstructionCilt 2016/9, Sayı 1
This study aimed to identify the current status of using Web 2.0 tools in university teaching by the faculty members of the College of Education at Sudan University of Science and Technology. The study used a descriptive analytical method based …
Eğitimde Kuram ve Uygulama / Journal of Theory and Practice in EducationCilt 2015/11, Sayı 2
Bu çalışmada, kimya öğretim programında yer alan kimyasal denge konusunun öğretimi sırasında öğrencilerin bilimin doğası ile ilgili anlayışlarını açık-düşündürücü yaklaşımla geliştirme amaçlı bir öğretim dizini geliştirilmiş ve bu öğretim dizininin öğrencilerin bilimin doğası ile ilgili anlayışlarına etkisi incelenmiştir. Açık-düşündürücü sorgulayıcı-araştırma …