Science Teachers' Professional Development About Science Centers Enhancing Science Teachers' Views Concerning Nature of Science

dc.authorid KANLI, Uygar/0000-0003-3076-475X
dc.authorid Cigdemoglu, Ceyhan/0000-0001-5389-5790
dc.authorid EREN-SISMAN, ECE/0000-0002-1003-0612
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dc.authorwosid KANLI, Uygar/AAG-8647-2019
dc.contributor.author Eren-Sisman, Ece N.
dc.contributor.author Cigdemoglu, Ceyhan
dc.contributor.author Kanli, Uygar
dc.contributor.author Koseoglu, Fitnat
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dc.date.accessioned 2024-07-05T15:30:22Z
dc.date.available 2024-07-05T15:30:22Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.department Atılım University en_US
dc.department-temp [Eren-Sisman, Ece N.] Middle East Tech Univ, Fac Educ, Math & Sci Educ, Ankara, Turkey; [Cigdemoglu, Ceyhan] Atilim Univ, Sch Business, Ankara, Turkey; [Kanli, Uygar; Koseoglu, Fitnat] Gazi Univ, Fac Educ, Math & Sci Educ, Yenimahalle, Ankara, Turkey en_US
dc.description KANLI, Uygar/0000-0003-3076-475X; Cigdemoglu, Ceyhan/0000-0001-5389-5790; EREN-SISMAN, ECE/0000-0002-1003-0612 en_US
dc.description.abstract The purpose of this study is twofold: first, to delve into professional development (PD) of science teachers' views about nature of science (NOS) throughout activities linking NOS aspects to science centers (SCs), and second, to reveal how a science teacher uses NOS aspects while teaching in SCs. An instrumental qualitative case study method with different data sources was used. There were 18 elementary science teachers participating voluntarily in this study. Additionally, one science teacher among the participants was observed two times during her SCs visit with her grade 6th and 7th students. Researchers trained science teachers for using the facilities of SCs and supported their understanding of NOS. Before and after the workshop, open-ended VNOS-C questionnaire was administered, and follow-up interviews were conducted. Observations in SCs were made to check whether the teacher were able to use NOS concepts while teaching science. Findings revealed that the majority of science teachers exhibited improved views about NOS, and improvement was attained particularly on the aspects of tentativeness, methods of scientific investigation, social and cultural embeddedness, and creativity and imagination, while the least improvement was noted for scientific theories and laws. During the SC visits, the teacher employed all aspects of NOS except the theory and law tenet and mostly discuss about the observation, inference, and experiment while teaching. Further PD activities are suggested to support teachers to develop their own teaching plans specific to each exhibit by employing NOS concepts for teaching with/in SCs. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, 1001-Scientific and Technological Research Project Support Program [114K646] en_US
dc.description.sponsorship This study is based upon work supported by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, 1001-Scientific and Technological Research Project Support Program under Grant 114K646 entitled "BLMER Project: A Teacher and Explainer Professional Development Model to Increase the Effectiveness of Science Centres in Science and Society Communication and Science Education." en_US
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dc.identifier.doi 10.1007/s11191-020-00136-4
dc.identifier.endpage 1290 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0926-7220
dc.identifier.issn 1573-1901
dc.identifier.issue 5 en_US
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85086866965
dc.identifier.startpage 1255 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-020-00136-4
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14411/3034
dc.identifier.volume 29 en_US
dc.identifier.wos WOS:000542835900001
dc.identifier.wosquality Q1
dc.institutionauthor Çiğdemoğlu, Ceyhan
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Springer en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı en_US
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dc.title Science Teachers' Professional Development About Science Centers Enhancing Science Teachers' Views Concerning Nature of Science en_US
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