Biology student teachers’ ideas about purpose of laboratory work

dc.creator	Musa DIKMENLI
dc.date	2009-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:12:01Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:12:01Z
dc.identifier	1609-4913
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/dd248128ce7449cdb5444955682804e6
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/14896
dc.description	The aim of this study is to investigate biology student teachers’ ideas about the purpose of laboratory work in teaching biology. Data has been collected from 82 participating students using an open-ended questionnaire and analyzed using content analysis techniques. The results show that almost all of the student teachers considered laboratory work an integral part of teaching biology. However, participating students focused on the verification of theoretical knowledge and laboratory techniques as the main purpose of laboratory work. Furthermore, most of the participating students ignored the purposes relating to scientific process skills and the nature of science. These results are compared with related literature and recommendations are provided.
dc.language	English
dc.language	Chinese
dc.publisher	Hong Kong Institute of Education
dc.relation	http://www.ied.edu.hk/apfslt/v10_issue2/dikmenli/
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1609-4913
dc.source	Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Vol 10, Iss 2, p 9 (2009)
dc.subject	Laboratory work
dc.subject	biology teaching
dc.subject	student teachers
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	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	Biology student teachers’ ideas about purpose of laboratory work
dc.type	article