Enhancing preservice science teachers’ SSI teaching self-efficacy beliefs and character and values for global citizenship

2017-05-21
The purpose of this study was to enhance preservice sc teachers’ SSI teaching self-efficacy beliefs and their character and values for global citizenship. A total of 52 senior PSTs participated to the study. The data were collected by utilizing two instruments: SSI Teaching Self-Efficacy Beliefs Instrument, and Character and Values as Global Citizens Assessment Questionnaire and they were admnistered as pre and post surveys as the begining and ant the end of Science Technology Society course. The results revealed that there were significant increases of mean scores for both SSI teaching self-efficacy beliefs and character and values for global citizenship
ERPA 2017 :International Congresses on Education, 18-21 May 2017

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Citation Formats
Ö. Yılmaz Tüzün and J. Çakıroğlu, “Enhancing preservice science teachers’ SSI teaching self-efficacy beliefs and character and values for global citizenship,” presented at the ERPA 2017 :International Congresses on Education, 18-21 May 2017, Budapest, Hungary, 2017, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: http://www.erpacongress.com/upload/dosya/book-of-abstracts_vs6-6-2017_withISBN.pdf.