The Primary School Students' Views on Scientists and Scientific Knowledge (Sample of Kırşehir)

dc.creator	Volkan Hasan KAYA
dc.creator	Özlem AFACAN
dc.creator	Dilber POLAT
dc.creator	Ahmet URTEKİN
dc.date	2013-04-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:15:34Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:15:34Z
dc.identifier	1302-5007
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/cae797b1145f4e0d8254bb45eca7ffef
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/17748
dc.description	Following the developments in natural and applied sciences and being acquainted with the evolution of disciplines, scientists' occupational and personality traits can shed light on the issues in teaching natural and applied sciences. For this reason, finding out what students think about scientists is important. Investigating students' views on the scientific knowledge that is produced by scientists might create the opportunity to determine the misconceptions existing in teaching natural and applied sciences. In this vein, the current study investigates primary school students' views on scientists and scientific knowledge. The current research is framed within case study research, one of the qualitative research methods. The population of the study is the students in classes between 6 and 8 grades in Kaman in Kırşehir. The participants of the study were 60 students (20 students in each grade) of a primary school in the county, Kaman. 9 open-ended questions on "scientists" and "scientific knowledge" were used as the data collection instrument. The students were asked to provide their written responses to the questions and the data collected were subject to content analysis. The findings of the study revealed that the students were of the opinion that scientists are people that share some traits such as inventing and discovering, involving in scientific work, helping people and working hard. While almost half of the students in all grades claim that scientific knowledge can change in course of time, the rest think that it does not.
dc.language	Turkish
dc.publisher	Ahi Evran University
dc.relation	http://kefad.ahievran.edu.tr/archieve/pdfler/Cilt14Sayi1/JKEF_14_1_2013_305-325.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1302-5007
dc.source	Journal of Kirsehir Education Faculty, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 305-325 (2013)
dc.subject	Scientists
dc.subject	Scientific knowledge
dc.subject	Science education
dc.subject	Primary school students’ views.
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	The Primary School Students' Views on Scientists and Scientific Knowledge (Sample of Kırşehir)
dc.type	article