ERIC Number: EJ908796
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Dec
Pages: 18
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A Structural Model of Prospective Science Teachers' Nature of Science Views
Mugaloglu, Ebru Z.; Bayram, Hale
Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, v54 n6 p597-614 Dec 2010
This study aims to establish a viable structural model of prospective science teachers' nature of science (NOS) views, which could be used as an analytical tool for understanding the complex relationships between prospective teachers' conceptions of NOS and factors possibly affecting their conceptions. In order to construct such a model, likely factors that might influence prospective teachers' NOS views were hypothesized. These included science process skills; attitudes toward science teaching; academic achievement in pedagogical and science courses; and social, religious, economic, political, aesthetic, and theoretical values. The hypothetical model was then developed and modified using structural equation modeling methodology. The final viable model indicates that attitudes toward science teaching, science process skills, academic achievement in pedagogical courses, religious values, and economic values explain NOS views with low predictive power. (Contains 1 table, 2 figures, and 5 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Scientific Principles, Academic Achievement, Science Process Skills, Science Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Performance Factors, Values, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Science Instruction, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Measures (Individuals), Scientific Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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