Pre‑Service Science Teachers'ʹ Pedagogical Orientations of Science Inquiry Continuum

Eylem YILDIZ FEYZİOĞLU

Makale detayları

Pre‑Service Science Teachers'ʹ Pedagogical Orientations of Science Inquiry Continuum

Yazarlar:

Eylem YILDIZ FEYZİOĞLU

Yayıncı:

Dokuz Eylul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi:

The Western Anatolia Journal of Educational Sciences (WAJES) 2015 Vol.6 Issue 11, pp.1-36

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2015

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000930078

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

1308-8971

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Özet:

 


The purpose of this study is to determine the pedagogical orientation of a group of Turkish pre-‐‑service teachers towards inquiry. The participants in the study were 587 pre-‐‑service science teachersenrolled in five state universities in Turkey. The researcher developed a Pedagogy of Science InquiryContinuum Test (PoSICT). The PoSICT consists of six items designated as the six inquirycharacteristics of problem/question, procedures/design, results analysis, conclusions, alternativeconclusions, results communication. Each item of the test requires choosing one out of four choicesthat correspond to changing levels of inquiry, starting from confirmation inquiry and ending withopen inquiry. The results of the research showed that the pre-‐‑service teachers’ orientations were at thestructured inquiry level. Even though this orientation of the pre-‐‑service teachers did not correspond toa lower level of inquiry such as the confirmation level, the study found that the characteristics thatwould require the student to think independently were given to the student by the teacher. Thereasons the pre-‐‑service teachers gave for choosing their inquiry levels were students'ʹ prior knowledge,the student'ʹs role and the teacher'ʹs role. These results indicate that when it is considered that the pre-‐‑service teachers were more oriented in a teacher-‐‑centered pedagogy; changes must be made in theirinquiry experience.


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The purpose of this study is to determine the pedagogical orientation of a group of Turkish pre-‐‑service teachers towards inquiry. The participants in the study were 587 pre-‐‑service science teachersenrolled in five state universities in Turkey. The researcher developed a Pedagogy of Science InquiryContinuum Test (PoSICT). The PoSICT consists of six items designated as the six inquirycharacteristics of problem/question, procedures/design, results analysis, conclusions, alternativeconclusions, results communication. Each item of the test requires choosing one out of four choicesthat correspond to changing levels of inquiry, starting from confirmation inquiry and ending withopen inquiry. The results of the research showed that the pre-‐‑service teachers’ orientations were at thestructured inquiry level. Even though this orientation of the pre-‐‑service teachers did not correspond toa lower level of inquiry such as the confirmation level, the study found that the characteristics thatwould require the student to think independently were given to the student by the teacher. Thereasons the pre-‐‑service teachers gave for choosing their inquiry levels were students'ʹ prior knowledge,the student'ʹs role and the teacher'ʹs role. These results indicate that when it is considered that the pre-‐‑service teachers were more oriented in a teacher-‐‑centered pedagogy; changes must be made in theirinquiry experience.

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Makale detayları

Pre‑Service Science Teachers'ʹ Pedagogical Orientations of Science Inquiry Continuum

Yazarlar:

Eylem YILDIZ FEYZİOĞLU

Yayıncı:

Dokuz Eylul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi:

The Western Anatolia Journal of Educational Sciences (WAJES) 2015 Vol.6 Issue 11, pp.1-36

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2015

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000930078

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

1308-8971

science inquiry

inquiry teaching

levels of inquiry

pre service science teacher.

Sayı

Makale detayları

Pre‑Service Science Teachers'ʹ Pedagogical Orientations of Science Inquiry Continuum

Yazarlar: Eylem YILDIZ FEYZİOĞLU

Yayıncı: Dokuz Eylul University

Ana Başlıklar: Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi: The Western Anatolia Journal of Educational Sciences (WAJES) 2015 Vol.6 Issue 11, pp.1-36

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 5/2015

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2000930078

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

eISSN: 1308-8971

science inquiry

inquiry teaching

levels of inquiry

pre service science teacher.

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Eylem YILDIZ FEYZİOĞLU

Yayıncı:

Dokuz Eylul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi:

The Western Anatolia Journal of Educational Sciences (WAJES) 2015 Vol.6 Issue 11, pp.1-36

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2015

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000930078

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

1308-8971