The Impact of the Standard-Based Science Teacher Preparation Program on Pre-service Science Teachers’ Attitudes toward Science Teaching

dc.creator	Khajornsak BUARAPHAN
dc.date	2011-03-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:21:06Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:21:06Z
dc.identifier	1304-6020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/90f5ef42af9f4f3989476ef8ef080ede
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/28716
dc.description	Teachers’ attitudes toward science teaching influence science teaching and learning. Promoting positive attitudes toward science teaching in pre-service science teachers appears as an important task for science teacher educators. This study aims (a) to explore 113 pre-service science teachers’ attitudes toward science teaching at the beginning of the first semester in a standard-based science teacher preparation program, which had initiated in a university located in the middle region of Thailand, and (b) to track attitude changes of 30 volunteered participants after one semester of participation. The results revealed that, in overall, the participants had positive attitudes toward science teaching both at the beginning and the end of the semester. The participants with different genders significantly had different attitudes toward science teaching both at the beginning and the end of the semester, whereas the class level and study major variables did not significantly yield such differences. After one semester of participation in the standard-based program, the participants did not significantly enhance their attitudes toward science teaching. They, however, expressed additional negative attitudes regarding their inability to teach science adequately. The implications regarding how to promote positive attitudes toward science teaching in the context of science education are drawn from the results.
dc.language	Turkish
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Ekip Ltd. Sti
dc.relation	www.tused.org
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1304-6020
dc.source	Journal of Turkish Science Education, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 61-78 (2011)
dc.subject	Pre-service Science Teacher
dc.subject	Attitudes
dc.subject	Science Teaching and Learning
dc.subject	Teacher Education
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	The Impact of the Standard-Based Science Teacher Preparation Program on Pre-service Science Teachers’ Attitudes toward Science Teaching
dc.type	article