BİLEN, Kadir Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi, Turkey

A SAMPLE APPLICATION IN NATURE OF SCIENCE COURSE: THE GAME CARD EXCHANGE

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The purpose of this study was to investigate pre-service science teachers’ views about nature of science and to look at whether these views were traditional or contemporary. The participants of this study were 80 pre-service teachers who took the Nature of Science course at Faculty of Education in Pamukkale University in Turkey. The research was conducted in fall semester of 2010-2011 academic year. Results of the study revealed that pre-service science teachers hold the traditional view about nature of science and also they think science as a process that does not change. After the course, most of the pre-service teachers widely adopted a contemporary approach.

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Pre , service Science Teachers , Nature of Science , Game Card Exchange

Mustafa Kemal University Journal Of Graduate School Of Social Sciences

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