The Influence of an Innovative Activity‐Centered Biology Program on Attitudes Toward Science Teaching Among Preservice Elementary Teachers

The impact of a standards-based science course for preservice elementary teachers on teacher attitudes toward science teaching

“…These students gave overall positive responses in the subscales of Science Equipment and Time to Teach. These results concerning confidence in their ability to be teachers of science and their ability to successfully use activities support the findings of those researchers who looked at specialty courses developed for elementary preservice teachers (Hall, 1992;Kramer, 1979Kramer, , 1988McLoughlin, & Dana, 1999). The researchers believe that a very slight shift to a more negative attitude for item 11. may relate to the amount of time these students see is required by the faculty to prepare, organize, and maintain the materials needed to teach hands-on science in the classroom.…”

“…The participants felt more confident about their abilities to be teachers of science and successfully use activities in future classrooms. Hall (1992) and Kramer (1979Kramer ( , 1988 found similar positive attitudes toward teaching science in a biology course specifically developed for elementary teachers. The course reported on by Hall and Kramer was a previous version of the course discussed in this study, with a specific focus on biology.…”

“…Obvious differences between this course and previous course versions reported on by Kramer (1979) and Hall (1992) include a change in science content emphasis from only biology to all science disciplines and an increase in the number of content topics addressed by the course. In addition, there were multiple instructors involved in this study, with two instructors not having an advanced degree in science education and/or K-12 teaching experience.…”

“…The purpose of this study was to extend the previous studies on the impact of an experiential biology course on the attitudes of preservice elementary teachers completed by Hall (1992) and Kramer (1979Kramer ( , 1988. While their findings showed a significant positive change in the attitude of students toward teaching science as a result of the biology course, new research was needed on the current version of the course due to significant course changes that resulted from a change in state licensure standards and a change in the elementary education program at the university.…”

The Effect of Micro Teaching on Pre-Service Science Teachers’ Professional Attitudes

“…Pek çok çalışma (Gustafson ve Rowell 1995;Hall, 1992;Pederson ve McCurdy, 1992;Stefanich ve Kelsey, 1989) öğretmenlerin fen öğretmeye yönelik tutumlarının sınıflarında fen dersini nasıl işleyeceklerini ve buna bağlı olarak da öğretmen tutumlarının öğrencilerin fene dair algı ve ilgilerini etkileyeceğini belirtmektedir. Öğretmenlik mesleğine yönelik tutumla ilgili çalışmalar incelendiğinde öğretmen adaylarının tutumlarının sevgi, saygı ve kendine güven alt boyutlarında cinsiyetlere göre farklılık gösterip göstermediğinin (Çapa ve Çil, 2000); öğretmen adaylarının sosyo-kültürel özelliklerine göre tutumlarının değişip değişmediğinin (Baykara Pehlivan, 2008); tutum ve kaygıları arasındaki ilişkinin (Doğan ve Çoban, 2009) incelendiği görülmektedir.…”