The Impact of Nature of Science Activities on Science Teacher Candidates' Views on the NOS and Their Self-Efficacy Beliefs about Teaching the NOS
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| Title: | The Impact of Nature of Science Activities on Science Teacher Candidates' Views on the NOS and Their Self-Efficacy Beliefs about Teaching the NOS |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Ayse Sert Çibik, Betül Timur, Nagihan Imer Çetin |
| Source: | Acta Didactica Napocensia. 2023 16(2):13-28. |
| Availability: | Babes-Bolyai University. Kogainiceanu 1, Cluj-Napoca, 400084 Romania. e-mail: submit_adn@yahoo.com; Web site: http://adn.teaching.ro |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 16 |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Scientific Principles, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Science Instruction, Foreign Countries, Teacher Effectiveness, Learning Activities, Program Effectiveness |
| Geographic Terms: | Turkey |
| ISSN: | 2065-1430 |
| Abstract: | This study aims to examine the effects of explicit-reflective nature of science (NOS) activities on science teacher candidates' views on the nature of science and self-efficacy beliefs about teaching the nature of science, using a single-group pre-test-post-test experimental method. The research sample included 120 science teacher candidates studying at public universities in Turkey's Marmara and Central Anatolia Regions during the second semester of the academic term 2017-2018. Data were collected using the "Views Questionnaire on the Nature of Science-VNOS-C" and "Self-Efficacy Scale for Nature of Science Knowledge and Instruction". For data analysis we used statistically related samples t-Test, descriptive statistics using frequency (f)-percentage (%) and content analysis. Participants' beliefs for teaching the nature of science positively changed after the applications (p<0.01). Also, views in all dimensions of the nature of science have increased at an "acceptable" level as well. According to the findings, nature of science activities enhanced students' views about the nature of science and their self-efficacy beliefs about tutoring the nature of science. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1412719 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This study aims to examine the effects of explicit-reflective nature of science (NOS) activities on science teacher candidates' views on the nature of science and self-efficacy beliefs about teaching the nature of science, using a single-group pre-test-post-test experimental method. The research sample included 120 science teacher candidates studying at public universities in Turkey's Marmara and Central Anatolia Regions during the second semester of the academic term 2017-2018. Data were collected using the "Views Questionnaire on the Nature of Science-VNOS-C" and "Self-Efficacy Scale for Nature of Science Knowledge and Instruction". For data analysis we used statistically related samples t-Test, descriptive statistics using frequency (f)-percentage (%) and content analysis. Participants' beliefs for teaching the nature of science positively changed after the applications (p<0.01). Also, views in all dimensions of the nature of science have increased at an "acceptable" level as well. According to the findings, nature of science activities enhanced students' views about the nature of science and their self-efficacy beliefs about tutoring the nature of science. |
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| ISSN: | 2065-1430 |
