Perceptions of Scientists: A Comparative Study of Fifth Graders and Fourth Year Student Teachers

dc.creator	Ayşe Oğuz-Ünver
dc.date	2010-06-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:28:01Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:28:01Z
dc.identifier	1307-6086
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/84fad9a22b6049a69fddcc72cbbd2393
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/30566
dc.description	This study compared the perception of scientists of fifth grade elementary school students’ (n=65) and senior student teachers (n=48). First, all participants answered a form with seven open-ended questions, and then they were given a blank piece of paper on which to draw a picture of a scientist. Both qualitative and quantitative procedures were utilized to analyze the data of the study. The results showed that student teachers’ perception of scientists were more stereotypical than those of the fifth grade students were. Even though today’s education programs are framed to encourage the idea of being scientists, scientific thinking and scientific society, student teachers’ perception of scientists were surprising given that they are likely to be classroom teachers in only a year’s time. The paper concludes with suggestions for science education, including an activity to put a positive image of scientists in students’ minds.
dc.language	Turkish
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Necatibey Faculty of Education
dc.relation	http://www.nef.balikesir.edu.tr/~dergi/makaleler/yayinda/8/EFMED_FBE150.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1307-6086
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source	Necatibey Faculty of Education, Electronic Journal of Science and Mathematics Education , Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 11-28 (2010)
dc.subject	scientist
dc.subject	science education
dc.subject	perception
dc.subject	5th graders
dc.subject	student teachers
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	Perceptions of Scientists: A Comparative Study of Fifth Graders and Fourth Year Student Teachers
dc.type	article