Sema Altun Yalçin

Öğretmenlerin Radyasyon Kavramına Karşı Tutum ve Bilgilerinin Değerlendirilmesi

The purpose of this study is to try to determine the attitude and knowledge levels of teachers regarding radiation. The sample of the research consists of 274 teachers from various branches working in primary and secondary schools in a city with a population of 250 000. Personal data survey and the scale of attitude towards the radiation concept prepared by Torun, Yalcin, and Altun Yalcin (2011) were used in order to collect data. The data obtained were transferred to the SPSS 15 package program and analyzed. Evaluation was done with respect to gender of teachers in the sample, the faculty they graduated from, the institution they work at and the school level they work at and independent t-test was used to compare their opinions obtained. The One-way variance analysis (ANOVA) was used in order to determine whether there are any differences between group variables related to the education branches of teachers in the sample, and the Kruskal-Wallis test was used to determine if there are differences between group variables related to the region of the university of graduation and the educational status of teachers. According to the results of the study, no significant differences were found among teachers in terms of the variables of the level of education, the region of the university of graduation, the faculty of graduation, the institution of employment and the level of education, while significant differences were found in variables the gender of teachers and their education branch.

FEN BİLGİSİ ÖĞRETMEN ADAYLARININ BİLİMİN DOĞASI KONUSUNDAKİ GÖRÜŞLERİNİN TESPİT EDİLMESİ

Bu calisma da, Fen Bilgisi Ogretmen adaylarinin bilimin dogasi konusundaki goruslerinin tespit edilmesi amaclanmistir. Calismaya, Fen Bilgisi Ogretmenligi birinci sinif ogrencisi 172 kisi katilmistir. Calismada, ogretmen adaylarinin bilimin dogasi hakkinda sahip olduklari gorusleri tespit etmek icin anket kullanilmistir. Bell ve digerleri (2000) tarafindan gelistirilmis olan bu anket 5 acik-uclu sorudan olusmaktadir. Calisma nitel bir calismadir. Verilerin analizinde nitel veri analizi tekniklerinden biri olan icerik analizi kullanilmistir. Calismanin sonucu, Fen Bilgisi ogretmen adaylarinin buyuk bir bolumunun bilimin dogasi konusunda cagdas bakis acisina sahip olduklarini ve teori ve kanun konusunda yaygin kavram yanilgilarina sahip olduklarini gostermektedir.