An Investigation Of Pre-Service Science Teachers’ Cognitive Structures and Ideas About The Nature Of Technology

dc.creator	Fatih AYDIN
dc.creator	M. Fatih TAŞAR
dc.date	2010-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:06:57Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:06:57Z
dc.identifier	1302-5007
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/f6e7a3f6d3a640d0ab19eedbfdc2f8ec
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/10849
dc.description	The purposes of this study were to investigate pre-service science teachers‟ cognitive structures and ideas about the nature of technology. The study was conducted with the participation of senior pre-service science teachers (N=41) in fall semester of 2007. The participants were enrolled in a science, technology and society course during data collection. Three instruments were used to gather data: a word association test (WAT), Views about Technology Questionnaire (VTQ) and an interview protocol. Participants‟ cognitive structures about technology were investigated by using WAT. Participants‟ ideas about the nature technology were also investigated by using VTQ and the interview protocol. The data triangulation provided a means of observing similar findings by using different instruments. The findings suggest that participants‟ cognitive structures about technology and their knowledge about definition of technology, ideas about the mutual interaction between technology and society, and ideas about social structure of technology were found to be at a lower level (naïve views). Notably, it was seen that the participants did not sufficiently discriminate between technology and science. In sum, they regard technology as a sub-discipline or output of applied science. They understand technology merely as computers, inventions and products of science, perhaps, due to their everyday experiences the way technology is presented news in mass media.
dc.language	Turkish
dc.publisher	Ahi Evran University
dc.relation	http://kefad.ahievran.edu.tr/archieve/pdfler/Cilt11Sayi4/JKEF_11_4_2010_209-221.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1302-5007
dc.source	Journal of Kirsehir Education Faculty, Vol 11, Iss 4, Pp 209-221 (2010)
dc.subject	Nature of technology
dc.subject	Preservice science teachers
dc.subject	Cognitive structure
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	An Investigation Of Pre-Service Science Teachers’ Cognitive Structures and Ideas About The Nature Of Technology
dc.type	article