DEMİR, Servet Gaziantep Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi, Turkey , BAY, Erdal Gaziantep Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi, Turkey , BAGCECI, Birsen Gaziantep Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi, Turkey , VURAL, Ömer Faruk Gaziantep Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi, Turkey , AVCI, Müjdat Aksaray Üniversitesi - Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Turkey

Changes in the Beliefs of the Prospective Teachers on Knowledge, Learning and Teaching in a Social Constructivist Teaching Setting Applied

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Epistemological beliefs are the individuals’ point of view on what is knowledge, how to accumulate it, defining its boundaries and identifying the criteria. This study aims to investigate whether there is a change in the beliefs of the prospective teachers related to knowledge, learning and teaching in a social constructive teaching setting.The research has been conducted with 119 prospective teachers. This study is a semi-experimental one conducted with pre-test and post-test without a control group. Data has been collected with ‘Epistemological Belief on Learning and Teaching’ scale developed by Ching Sing Chai, Timothy Teo and Chwee Beng Lee. The findings indicated a positive change in the beliefs of the candidates about relative knowledge and a visible decrease in the beliefs about absolute knowledge. Also, learning environment significantly affected the beliefs of the prospective teachers about relative knowledge. The results have proven that there occurred changes on the beliefs of prospective teachers’ knowledge, learning and teaching.

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Epistemological belief , Social constructive , Knowledge , Learning , Teaching

Gaziantep University Journal Of Social Sciences

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