Duygu METİN, Gülşen LEBLEBİCİOĞLU, Esra YARDIMCI

Bilim danışmanlığı eğitiminin fen ve matematik alanları öğretmenlerinin bilimin doğasını tanımalarına etkisi

Bu çalışmanın amacı, fen alanları öğretmenlerinin bilim insanlarıyla etkileşerek, onların rehberliğinde proje hazırladıkları bir hafta süren bilim çalıştayının, bilimin doğası hakkındaki görüşlerine etkisini belirlemektir. Öğretmenlerin bilimin doğası hakkındaki görüşlerini belirlemek amacıyla, Bilimin Doğasına Yönelik Görüşler (VNOS-C) anketi bilim çalıştayının başlangıcında öntest ve sonunda sontest olarak uygulanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde içerik analizi uygulanmıştır. Elde edilen bulgulara göre, öğretmenlerin bilim çalıştayı programı başlangıcında bilimi tanımadıklarını gösteren düşüncelere sahip oldukları görülmektedir. Bilim çalıştayı programı sonunda da öğretmenlerin bilimin doğası hakkındaki görüşlerinde çok az değişim görülmektedir. Araştırma sonunda öğretmenlerin en iyi tanıdıkları ve bilim çalıştayı programı süresince az da olsa gelişim gösterdikleri özelliklerin, bilimsel bilginin veriye dayalı olması, bilimsel bilginin değişebilirliği ve bilimsel bilginin üretilmesinde hayal gücü ve yaratıcılığın rolü olduğu söylenebilir.

Effect of science workshop on science and mathematics teachers’ views of the nature of science

The aim of this study was to explore the effectiveness of one-week science workshop on science and mathematics teachers’ views of the nature of science. In such a workshop, teachers designed and applied a project with their advisors. In order to explore the teachers’ views of the nature of science, Views of Nature of Science (VNOS-C) questionnaire was applied at the beginning and end of the workshop. In data analysis, content analysis was applied. According to results, it was seen that teachers had inadequate views about science at the beginning of the workshop and teachers’ views about nature of science didn’t change considerably at the end of the workshop. Teachers progressed more on empirical, tentative and imaginative-creative aspects of the nature of science.

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