Author/Authors :
KILIÇ, Şükran MıLLî EĞİTİM BAKANLIĞI (MEB) - Özel Eğitim Rehberlik ve Danışma Hizmetleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Turkey
Abstract :
The attitudes and stereotypes of children towards science and scientists may effect children’s interests in science and desires to have careers on scientific areas, and their dispositions to be scientists. In this article the children’s attitudes and steretotypes toward science and scientists and how these attitudes and stereotypes emerged, were examined at primary and secondary education schools. The factors influencing the childrens’ attitudes and stereotypes toward science and scientists, were investigated in terms of childrens’ age, genders, educational levels, parental attitudes and the possible effects of television. As the duties, roles and responsibilities of families, educators and policymakers were thought to have been important in the emergence of childrens’ attitudes and stereotypical thoughts toward science and scientists, the related future research area in our country was assessed.
