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Preservice science teachers' belief system about teaching a sociosientific issue      
Yazarlar
Ahmet Kılınç
Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, Türkiye
 Özlem AFACAN Özlem AFACAN
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
 Dilber POLAT Dilber POLAT
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
 Mutlu Pınar DEMİRCİ GÜLER Mutlu Pınar DEMİRCİ GÜLER
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Kasım Yıldırım
Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi, Türkiye
 Ümit DEMİRAL Ümit DEMİRAL
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Barış Eroğlu
Aksaray Üniversitesi, Türkiye
 Tezcan KARTAL Tezcan KARTAL
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Arzu Sönmez Eryaşar
Türkiye
Büşra İşeri
Özet
We investigated the belief system of Turkish preservice science teachers (PSTs) about teaching a socioscientific issue (GM Foods) using a belief system model. This model includes three belief pools: content beliefs (CBs), core pedagogical beliefs (CPBs) and pedagogy of content beliefs (PCBs). Based on this model, we developed a questionnaire in order to see interrelationships among three belief pools about teaching GM Foods. For content beliefs, we selected content knowledge, risk perceptions, moral beliefs and religious beliefs. For pedagogy of content beliefs, we selected teaching efficacy, preferred teaching methods and preferred teacher's roles. We administered the questionnaire to 423 PSTs. Using correlation analysis, multinomical logistic regression and structural equation modelling we tried to understand the relationships between CBs and PCBs and to make interpertations about possible CPBs working as a filter between CBs and PCBs. The results show that PSTs are relatively knowledgeable, hold high risk perceptions and certain moral and religious beliefs about GM Foods. They possess high teaching efficacy beliefs, choose the teaching role of Neutral Impartiality and prefer large class discussion and computer-assisted teaching. As core pedagogical beliefs (CPBs), they may have traditional epistemologies, moral and religiously-based teaching goals.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Belief system | Preservice science teachers | Teaching socioscientific issues | Turkey
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
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Dergi Adı Journal of Science Education
Dergi ISSN 1304-6020
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler ERIC
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 01-2014
Cilt No 11
Sayı 3
Sayfalar 79 / 102
Doi Numarası 10.12973/tused.10120a
Makale Linki https://www.tused.org/index.php/tused