ERIC Number: EJ936662
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Jun
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The Investigation of Secondary School Science and Mathematics Pre-Service Teachers' Attitudes towards Teaching Profession
Akbulut, Omer Engin; Karakus, Fatih
Educational Research and Reviews, v6 n6 p489-496 Jun 2011
The purpose of this study was to determine how pedagogical content courses taken during teacher education programs affect the pre-service teachers' attitudes toward teaching profession. 239 secondary school science and Mathematics (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics) pre-service teachers participated in the study and "Teaching Professional Attitude Scale" was used to collect data. The data was analyzed by using t-test for binary comparisons; the one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Tukey HSD test for multiple comparisons. The findings revealed that pre-service teachers' attitudes toward teaching profession were positive. However, the attitude scores of the pre-service teachers who are studied to content courses, decreased at the end of the pedagogical content courses. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teaching (Occupation), Statistical Analysis, Student Teacher Attitudes, Secondary School Science, Secondary School Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Course Content, Attitude Change, Science Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Teachers, Science Teachers, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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