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AI InsightThe data were evaluated by frequency analysis.As a result it was found that the prospective students’ level of knowledge of socio-scientificissues is not adequate, on the other hand it was also found that they were qualified about themethods and/or techniques that they could use to teach socio-scientific issues.
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Abstract
The aim of this study is to find out the views of prospective science teachers about socioscientific issues in the context of science-technology-society-environment. Descriptive surveymodel was used in this study. 135 prospective science teachers were chosen conveniencesampling method. They were asked seven questions, four of them were open ended questions,three of them were graduated scale questions. The data were evaluated by frequency analysis.As a result it was found that the prospective students’ level of knowledge of socio-scientificissues is not adequate, on the other hand it was also found that they were qualified about themethods and/or techniques that they could use to teach socio-scientific issues. Additionally,their best sources of knowledge about socio-scientific issues were stated as the courses (physics,chemistry, biology) that they took in their graduate degree. The others are as follows: media(social and visual), social life (friends, family). The issues that are not unspoken agenda in thesociety such as genetic cloning, nuclear armament, obesity etc., are not the interests of thesample
Özet
Bu çalışmanın amacı fen bilgisi öğretmen adaylarının fen-teknoloji-toplum-çevre bağlantısıbağlamında sosyo-bilimsel sorunlar hakkındaki görüşlerini ortaya koymaktır. Bu amaçlatarama modeli kullanılmıştır. Yüz otuz beş fen bilgisi öğretmen adayı uygunluk örnekleminegöre seçilmiş ve 4 tanesi açık uçlu 3 tane de derecelendirilmiş ölçekli soru sorularak elde edilenveriler freakans analizi ile değerlendirilmiştir. Sonuç olarak öğretmen adaylarının Sosyobilimsel konular hakkında yeterli bilgi düzeyinde olmadıklarını ortaya konmuştur, lakin bukonuların nasıl öğretilebileceği konusunda ise tam tersine olması gereken niteliklere yaniyöntem ve/ya tekniklerin kullanımına sahiptirler. Ayrıca sosyo-bilimsel konularla ilgili bilgi vegörüşlerinde en etkili olan kaynak üniversitedeki derslerden fizik, kimya, biyoloji dersleriolurken, medyadan sosyal medya ve görsel medya, sosyal hayat açısından ise arkadaşlar ve ailebilgi kaynağı olarak ön plana çıkmaktadır. Sosyo-bilimsel sorunlar örneğin genetikkopyalamalar, nükleer silahlanma, obezit7e vb. bireyler daha ilgisiz kalmaktadır