Investigation of pre-service science teacher’s beliefs regarding the nature of environmental knowledge

2010-03-21
Adıbelli, Elif
Yılmaz Tüzün, Özgül
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This study is an investigation of prospective science teachers (PSTs)’ epistemological beliefs regarding the dimensions of source, certainty and structure of knowledge in the domain of environment and whether environmental epistemological beliefs in these dimensions differ across knowledge in the domains of physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics. The participants of the study consisted of 17 PSTs. The instrument used for assessment of PSTs’ epistemological beliefs regarding knowledge was a semistructured interview developed by Schommer-Aikins (2008). To examine domain-specific epistemological beliefs, participants answered each question first for the domain of environment and then the domains of physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics. Comparative data analyses methods were used to analyze data. The qualitative analyses of PSTs’ responses to a set of interview questions indicated that PSTs’ do not espouse the same beliefs regarding the source, certainty and structure of environmental knowledge and that of physical, chemical, biological and mathematical knowledge. The findings of this study also highlighted that in addition to the amount of environmental knowledge, the nature of knowledge gained in environment must be addressed in environmental education.
https://narst.org/sites/default/files/2019-07/2010_Abstracts.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/88258
The National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) 2010 Annual Conference, March 21 - 24, 2010
Department of Secondary Science and Mathematics Education, Conference / Seminar

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E. Adıbelli and Ö. Yılmaz Tüzün, “Investigation of pre-service science teacher’s beliefs regarding the nature of environmental knowledge,” presented at the The National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) 2010 Annual Conference, March 21 - 24, 2010, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 2010, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://narst.org/sites/default/files/2019-07/2010_Abstracts.pdf.
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