ERIC Number: EJ1039505
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 48
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ISSN: ISSN-0261-9768
Modelling between Epistemological Beliefs and Constructivist Learning Environment
Çetin-Dindar, Ayla; Kirbulut, Zübeyde Demet; Boz, Yezdan
European Journal of Teacher Education, v37 n4 p479-496 2014
The purpose of this study was to model the relationship between pre-service chemistry teachers' epistemological beliefs and their preference to use constructivist-learning environment in their future class. The sample was 125 pre-service chemistry teachers from five universities in Turkey. Two instruments were used in this study. One of the instruments was constructivist-learning environment scale developed by Taylor, Fraser and Fisher. The other instrument was Epistemological Questionnaire (EQ) developed by Schommer. In order to analyse data, Structural Equation Modelling was conducted by using LISREL 8.7. The results provided evidence for the good fit of the hypothesised model. Pre-service chemistry teachers' epistemological belief scores were found to be correlated to their constructivist-learning environment scale scores with the value of 0.35. This study revealed that pre-service chemistry teachers with sophisticated epistemological beliefs favoured constructivist-learning environment in their future class.
Descriptors: Epistemology, Beliefs, Chemistry, Science Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Structural Equation Models, Scores, Constructivism (Learning), Correlation, Educational Environment, Goodness of Fit, Preferences, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Factor Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Turkey

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