Prospective elementary school teachers’ views about socioscientific issues: A concurrent parallel design study
The purpose of this research is to examine the prospective elementary school teachers’ perceptions on socioscientific issues. The research was conducted on prospective elementary school teachers studying at a university located in western Turkey. The researcher first taught the subjects of global wa...
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| description | The purpose of this research is to examine the prospective elementary school teachers’ perceptions on socioscientific issues. The research was conducted on prospective elementary school teachers studying at a university located in western Turkey. The researcher first taught the subjects of global warming and nuclear power plants from a perspective of socioscientific issues in the science and technology education course and then conducted the research. Concurrent parallel design, one of the mixed-method research approaches, was used to conduct the research. In this context, semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight teachers in the qualitative strand of the study to explore the phenomenon. The data obtained from the interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis. During the quantitative strand of the research, 113 prospective teachers were administered a questionnaire form. The results of the study revealed that none of the participating prospective teachers mentioned about the religious and cultural characteristics of socioscientific issues, and they need training about how to use socioscientific issues in teaching. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-050059001e3e4c2a92697d31bdfb17f02023-02-15T16:12:00ZengKura PublishingInternational Electronic Journal of Elementary Education1307-92981307-92982015-07-0173333354Prospective elementary school teachers’ views about socioscientific issues: A concurrent parallel design studyMuhammet Özden0Dumlupınar UniversityThe purpose of this research is to examine the prospective elementary school teachers’ perceptions on socioscientific issues. The research was conducted on prospective elementary school teachers studying at a university located in western Turkey. The researcher first taught the subjects of global warming and nuclear power plants from a perspective of socioscientific issues in the science and technology education course and then conducted the research. Concurrent parallel design, one of the mixed-method research approaches, was used to conduct the research. In this context, semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight teachers in the qualitative strand of the study to explore the phenomenon. The data obtained from the interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis. During the quantitative strand of the research, 113 prospective teachers were administered a questionnaire form. The results of the study revealed that none of the participating prospective teachers mentioned about the religious and cultural characteristics of socioscientific issues, and they need training about how to use socioscientific issues in teaching.https://iejee.com/index.php/IEJEE/article/view/84/82Science EducationScientific LiteracySocioscientific IssuesMixed MethodsConcurrent Parallel Design |
| spellingShingle | Muhammet Özden Prospective elementary school teachers’ views about socioscientific issues: A concurrent parallel design study International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education Science Education Scientific Literacy Socioscientific Issues Mixed Methods Concurrent Parallel Design |
| title | Prospective elementary school teachers’ views about socioscientific issues: A concurrent parallel design study |
| title_full | Prospective elementary school teachers’ views about socioscientific issues: A concurrent parallel design study |
| title_fullStr | Prospective elementary school teachers’ views about socioscientific issues: A concurrent parallel design study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prospective elementary school teachers’ views about socioscientific issues: A concurrent parallel design study |
| title_short | Prospective elementary school teachers’ views about socioscientific issues: A concurrent parallel design study |
| title_sort | prospective elementary school teachers views about socioscientific issues a concurrent parallel design study |
| topic | Science Education Scientific Literacy Socioscientific Issues Mixed Methods Concurrent Parallel Design |
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