Investigation of environmental knowledge and environmental education self-efficacy levels of science teachers and teachers candidates

In this research, it is aimed to examine the environmental knowledge and environmental education self-efficacy levels of Science teachers and prospective science teachers in terms of various variables. In this context, screening model was used. The universe of the study consisted of the science teachers who work in Iğdır province in the 2016-2017 academic year and the 3rd and 4th class studying in the Science Teaching Department of the Faculty of Education at Bayburt University. The sample of the study consisted of 110 science teachers and 110 science teacher candidates determined by easily accesible sampling from the universe. The data collected in the study were analyzed in SPSS 25 package program and it was determined that the data collection tools of the research did not show normal distribution. Therefore, non-parametric tests KruskalWallis H and Mann Whitney U tests were used in the study. As a result of the analysis conducted in the research; it was found that science teachers had moderate self-efficacy level, science teachers had high level, environmental knowledge score averages were higher than science teachers, and science teacher candidates were on average level. Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file. Özet Araştırmada, fen bilgisi öğretmenlerinin ve fen bilgisi öğretmen adaylarının çevre bilgileri ve çevre eğitimi öz-yeterlik düzeylerinin çeşitli değişkenler açısından incelemek amaçlanmaktadır. Bu amaç kapsamında araştırmada tarama modeli kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın evrenini 2016-2017 eğitim-öğretim yılında Iğdır ilinde görev yapan fen bilgisi öğretmenleri ve Bayburt Üniversitesi Bayburt Eğitim Fakültesi Fen Bilgisi Öğretmenliği Bölümündeki öğrenim gören 3. ve 4. sınıf öğrencileri oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmanın örneklemini ise evrenden “Kolay Ulaşılabilir Örnekleme” yoluyla belirlenmiş 110 fen bilgisi öğretmeni ve 110 fen bilgisi öğretmen adayı oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmada toplanan veriler SPSS 25. paket programına işlenmiş olup yapılan analizler neticesinde araştırmanın veri toplama araçlarının normal dağılım göstermediği belirlenmiştir. Bu yüzden araştırmada non-parametrik testler olan Kruskal Wallis H ve Mann Whitney U testleri kullanılmıştır. Yapılan analizler neticesinde araştırmada; fen bilgisi öğretmen adaylarının öz-yeterlik düzeyinin orta, fen bilgisi öğretmenlerinin ise yüksek düzeyde olduğu, çevre bilgi puan ortalamalarının fen bilgisi öğretmenlerinin orta seviyenin üzerinde, fen bilgisi öğretmen adaylarının ise orta seviyede olduğu saptanmıştır.

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The Effects of Argumentation Implementation on Environmental Education Self Efficacy Beliefs and Perspectives According to Environmental Problems

Journal of Education and Training Studies ◽

10.11114/jets.v6i4.2925 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 199 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Pınar Fettahlıoğlu

Keyword(s):

Environmental Education ◽

Science Teacher ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Teacher Candidates ◽

Environmental Science ◽

Environmental Problems ◽

Efficacy Beliefs ◽

University Education ◽

Mixed Method Research ◽

Categorical Analysis

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of argumentation implementation applied in the environmental science course on science teacher candidates’ environmental education self-efficacy beliefs and perspectives according to environmental problems. In this mixed method research study, convergent parallel design was utilized. Quantitative part of this study was based upon one group pretest-posttest design. Qualitative part of this study was based upon holistic case study. The sample of the study consisted of 26 3rd year science teacher candidates in A State University Education Faculty Science Education Department in the spring term of 2013-2014 academic years. The data collection tools were environmental education self-efficacy beliefs scale developed by Ozdemir, Aydın and Vural (2009) and drawings drawn by science teacher candidates to determine their perspectives on environmental problems. The experimental study took 7 weeks (21 hours). The first week involved the acquaintance with the students and briefing them about the study. Also, in this week, an educational plan related to the argumentation implementation was prepared and applied. And this week finally, scales were administered as pretest. The study started in the second week. The study took five weeks as three hours a week. Last week scales were administered as posttest. In quantitative data analysis paired samples t-test was used. For the analysis of qualitative data, categorical analysis technique, one of the content analysis techniques, was used. At the end of the study, it was observed that the science teacher candidates’ self-efficacy beliefs according to environmental education statistically differed in favor of the post-test. In addition, it was also found that, at the end of the study, science teacher candidates' perceptions of environmental problems differed according to their self-efficacy beliefs.

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The Interrelation Among Course Mastery, Technology Integration Self Efficacy, and Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) of Prospective Science Teachers

Journal of Innovative Science Education ◽

10.15294/jise.v9i2.40177 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Iana Zahwa ◽

Sigit Saptono ◽

Pramesti Dewi

Keyword(s):

Technology Integration ◽

Science Teacher ◽

Content Knowledge ◽

Science Teachers ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Teacher Candidates ◽

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge ◽

Pedagogical Content ◽

The Relationship ◽

Prospective Science Teachers

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) is an important competency that must be had by prospective teachers to realize 21st-century learning. This study was aimed to analyze the relationship and the effect of course mastery and Technology Integration Self Efficacy (TISE) on TPACK of the prospective science teachers. This research was correlation research. By using regression analysis, the relationship between course mastery and TISE was analyzed on the TPACK of the science teacher candidates. Based on the analysis, it was known that the average of course mastery, TISE, and TPACK of prospective science teachers is good enough. Meanwhile, multiple regression tests were related to the relationship between course mastery and Technology Integration Self Efficacy (TISE) on TPACK of science teacher candidates simultaneously showed a strong correlation with the correlation coefficient (R) of 0.736 and R square of 0.542. It means there is an effect of course mastery and TISE on the TPACK of the prospective science teacher by 54.2%.

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Investigation of decision-making levels of science teacher candidates by using decision matrix in multiple cases

Journal of Human Sciences ◽

10.14687/jhs.v16i3.5774 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. 871-886

Author(s):

Huseyin Yener

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Science Teacher ◽

Science Teachers ◽

Teacher Candidates ◽

Self Esteem ◽

English Summary ◽

Data Collection Tool ◽

Decision Matrix ◽

Meaningful Relationship ◽

Prospective Science Teachers

Decision matrix is one of the tools that can be used to make scientific decisions upon possessing multiple options at hand. The aim of this study is to examine prospective science teachers’ decision-making levels by using decision matrix when there are multiple options. Prospective science teachers (n=30) were participated in the study. As a data collection tool, decision matrix including 3 problem scenarios and Melbourne Decision Making Scale were used. Whether the data was distributed normally was examined among the factors of maintaining the same decision (not changing the decision from the beginning to the end by using two methods which are intuitive and decision matrix) and self-esteem levels of decision making, careful decision-making style, avoidant decision-making style, procrastination decision-making style and panic decision-making style. Kruskal Wallis test, which is one of the non-parametric tests was benefitted in the analysis of the data obtained. It was investigated whether there is a significant relationship among maintaining the same decision and self-esteem levels of decision making, careful decision-making style, avoidant decision-making style, procrastination decision-making style, panic decision-making style. Findings of the study revealed that there is no meaningful relationship between decision taken by using decision matrices and decisions taken by using intuitive methods which indicates that using decision matrices may lead more realistic solutions. Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file. Özet Karar matrisleri öğrencilerin çoklu seçeneklerin olduğu durumlarda, bilimsel karar vermelerinde kullanılabilecek araçlardan biridir. Bu çalışmanın amacı; Fen bilgisi öğretmen adaylarının çoklu seçeneklerin olduğu durumlarda karar matrisi kullanarak karar verme düzeylerini incelemektir. Bu amaçla Fen bilgisi öğretmen adayları (n=30) ile çalışılmıştır. Veri toplama aracı olarak 3 problem senaryosunu içeren karar matrisi ve Melbourne Karar Verme Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Verilerin normal dağılıp dağılmadığı aynı kararı devam ettirme (değiştirmeme) (sezgisel ve karar matrisi kullanarak) ve kendine güven, Dikkatli Karar Verme Stili, Kaçıngan Karar Verme Stili, Erteleyici Karar Verme Stili ve Panik Karar Verme Stili faktörleri arasında incelenmiştir. Verilerin normal dağılmamasından dolayı parametrik olmayan testlerden Kruskal Wallis testi kullanılmıştır. Aynı kararı devam ettirme (değiştirmeme) (sezgisel ve karar matrisi kullanarak) ve kendine güven, Dikkatli Karar Verme Stili, Kaçıngan Karar Verme Stili, Erteleyici Karar Verme Stili ve Panik Karar Verme Stili faktörleri arasında anlamlı bir ilişki olup olmadığı tespit edilmiştir. Araştırma bulguları faktörler arasında 0,05 düzeyinde anlamlı bir ilişki olmadığını ortaya koyar niteliktedir.

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Examination of the Self-Efficacy of Primary School Teacher Candidates towards First Reading-Writing Education

Higher Education Studies ◽

10.5539/hes.v6n4p119 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 119

Author(s):

Hatice Vatansever Bayraktar

Keyword(s):

Primary School ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Teacher Candidates ◽

School Teacher ◽

The Self ◽

Primary School Teacher ◽

Education Faculty ◽

Significant Difference ◽

High Level ◽

The Universe

The aim of this study is to examine the levels of the self-efficacy of primary school teacher candidates towards first reading-writing education and whether they differentiate by various variables. The study is prepared in accordance with the screening model. The universe of this study consists of the primary school teacher candidates who receive education at an Education Faculty of a public university in Istanbul province. As for the sample, it consists of 124 primary school teacher candidates who receive education at the Education Faculty of two public universities in Istanbul province. As for the data collection tool, the “Self-efficacy towards First Reading-Writing Education Scale” developed by Delican (2016) was employed in this study. As a result of the study, there is not a significant difference between the self-efficacies of the primary school teacher candidates towards first reading-writing education depending on their age. The self-efficacy of the primary school teacher candidates towards first reading-writing education creates a significant difference depending on the gender variable. In the preparation, practice and assessment sub-dimensions and on the scale overall, the self-efficacy of females towards first reading-writing education is higher when compared to males. There is a significant difference depending on the variable of the grade in which the primary school teacher candidates receive an education. The self-efficacy of the primary school teacher candidates who study in the 3rd grade towards first reading-writing education is higher when compared to the primary school teacher candidates in the 4th grade. There is not a significant difference between the self-efficacy of the primary school teacher candidates towards first reading-writing education depending on the variable of thinking that teaching first reading-writing to primary school first grades is a hard work. The self-efficacy of the primary school teacher candidates who have previously helped their siblings or nephews during the process of learning first reading and writing towards first reading-writing education is higher in regard to the practice and assessment sub-dimensions and the scale overall. It was observed that the self-efficacy of the primary school teacher candidates towards first reading-writing education in regard to the preparation and practice sub-dimensions and the scale overall was high; the self-efficacy of the primary school teacher candidates towards first reading-writing education according to the assessment sub-dimension was at a quite high level.

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Analysis of Science Teacher Candidates’ Environmental Knowledge, Environmental Behaviorand Self-efficacy through a Project Called “Environment and Energy with Professional Science Education”

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences ◽

10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.04.049 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 186 ◽

pp. 105-112 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rasim Onder ◽

Aysel Aydin Kocaeren

Keyword(s):

Science Education ◽

Science Teacher ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Teacher Candidates ◽

Environmental Knowledge ◽

Professional Science

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Knowledge Level and Self-Confidence on The Computational Thinking Skills Among Science Teacher Candidates

Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan Fisika Al-Biruni ◽

10.24042/jipfalbiruni.v8i1.4450 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 117-126

Author(s):

Titik Rahayu ◽

Kamisah Osman

Keyword(s):

Science Teacher ◽

Science Teachers ◽

Quantitative Study ◽

Teacher Candidates ◽

Computational Thinking ◽

Thinking Skills ◽

Self Confidence ◽

Qualitative Approaches ◽

Data Collecting ◽

Level Of Knowledge

The trending topic in today's education is computational thinking skills which are used to help to solve complicated problems easier. This study aims to identify the level of knowledge and self-confidence of science teacher candidates (physics and biology) on computational thinking skills. The survey research design was used through a mixed-method approach by combining quantitative and qualitative approaches. The quantitative study involved 1016 randomly selected groups of science teachers whilein the qualitative study, eight science teachers were chosen based on the scores obtained from the quantitative study. The questionnaire was used as a quantitative data collecting technique to analyze descriptive statistics. Then, an interview was used as the qualitative data collecting technique and was analyzed through theme creation. The findings show that science teacher candidates have a high level of knowledge and self-confidence. The implication of this study is very important for teacher candidates because computational thinking can help to facilitate problems solving in everyday life. Teacher candidates need to be given knowledge and understanding of computational thinking skills, to have readiness and self-confidence in facing the challenges of the learning in the 21st-century

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THE LEADERSHIP INFLUENCE AND SELF EFFICACY ON MOTIVATION

Journal of Education Research in Administration and Management (JERAM) ◽

10.29061/jeram.v1i1.10 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 15

Author(s):

Sukro Muhab Albantani

Keyword(s):

Transformational Leadership ◽

Science Teacher ◽

School Leadership ◽

Transactional Leadership ◽

Science Teachers ◽

Natural Science ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Significant Interaction ◽

Islamic School ◽

Leadership Influence

The purpose of this research is to determine the influence of school leadership by the principal and self-efficacy towards the teachers’ motivation. This research used expost facto method, by involving 165 Natural Science teacher of integrated Islamic school as a randomly selected sample. The results of this research indicates that there are significantly differences in motivation of the Natural Science teachers between teachers led by principals who have a transformational leadership with transactional leadership. There is also a significant interaction impact between principal's leadership and self-efficacy on the teachers’ motivation.

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The effect of Lego Mindstorm projects on problem solving skills and scientific creativity of teacher candidateÖğretmen adaylarının problem çözme becerilerine ve bilimsel yaratıcılıklarına Lego Mindstorm projelerinin etkisi

Journal of Human Sciences ◽

10.14687/jhs.v16i1.5658 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 216

Author(s):

Berkan Avcı ◽

Fatma Şahin

Keyword(s):

Problem Solving ◽

Data Collection ◽

Science Teachers ◽

Prospective Teachers ◽

Teacher Candidates ◽

English Summary ◽

Scientific Creativity ◽

Problem Solving Skills ◽

Grade Levels ◽

Lego Mindstorms

In this study; the effects of Lego Mindstorms projects on problem solving skills and scientific creativity of teacher candidates were. The study group consisted of 20 pre-service science teachers. The data were collected quantitatively and qualitatively. Problem solving and scientific creativity test were used as quantitative data collection instruments. , Teacher Participant Interview was used as qualitative data collection tool. The practice with teacher candidates lasted 9 weeks. In this process, pre-service teachers learned the software. Then, these teacher candidates were presented with the science problems appropriate to different grade levels and produced solutions to these problems with Lego EV3 Education sets.Results of the study, the participating teacher candidates identified Lego Ev3 Education sets as creative (25.6%), functional (18.7%), educational (20.9%), developmental (20.9%) and informative (13.9%). As a result of the projects carried out with the Lego Ev3 education sets, the problem solving skills and scientific creativity of the prospective teachers developed.Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file. ÖzetBu çalışmada; Lego Mindstorms projelerinin öğretmen adaylarının problem çözme becerilerine ve bilimsel yaratıcılıklarına etkisi incelenmiştir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu Fen Bilgisi 3.sınıf öğrencisi 20 öğretmen adayı oluşturmuştur. Araştırmada nicel ve nitel veriler toplanmıştır. Nicel veri toplama araçları olarak problem çözme envanteri ve bilimsel yaratıcılık testi kullanılmıştır. Nitel veri toplama aracı olarak da öğretmen görüş anketi kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın uygulama süreci 9 hafta sürmüştür. Bu süreçte önce öğretmen adayları yazılımı öğrenmiştir. Sonra bu öğretmen adaylarına farklı sınıf düzeylerine uygun fen problemleri sunulmuş ve bu problemlere Lego EV3 Education setleri ile çözüm üretmişlerdir.Çalışmanın sonuçları, araştırmaya katılan öğretmen adaylarının Lego Ev3 Education setlerini: yaratıcı (%25.6), işlevsel (%18.7), eğitimde uygulanabilir (%20.9), gelişimsel (%20.9) ve bilgiyi uygulayabilir (%13.9) olarak tanımladıklarını ortaya çıkarmıştır. Lego Ev3 education setleri ile yapılan projeler sonucunda öğretmen adaylarının problem çözme becerileri ve bilimsel yaratıcılıkları gelişmiştir.

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The Impact of Science-Fiction Movies on the Self- Efficacy Perceptions of Their Science Literacy of Science Teacher Candidates

Educational Sciences Theory & Practice ◽

10.12738/estp.2017.5.0058 ◽

2017 ◽

Keyword(s):

Science Teacher ◽

Science Fiction ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Teacher Candidates ◽

Science Literacy ◽

The Self ◽

The Impact

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Correlation Between Pre-Service Science Teacher Laboratory Self-Efficacy And Science Process Skills In Laboratory Activities

Formatif Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan MIPA ◽

10.30998/formatif.v9i3.3721 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Yeni Widiyawati ◽

Dwi Septiana Sari

Keyword(s):

Science Teacher ◽

Science Teachers ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Service Science ◽

Rank Test ◽

Process Skills ◽

Science Process Skills ◽

Laboratory Activities ◽

Key Variables ◽

Quantitative Descriptive

Laboratory self-efficacy and science process skills are the key variables that need to be measured to show it’s a correlation. These variables will determine their career as a science teacher. Pre-service science teacher must have the skills to explain the natural objects and phenomena holistically and integrative. So that, the aims of this research was to 1) reveals the laboratory self-efficacy of, 2) identify science process skills level of and 3)identify the correlation between laboratory self-efficacy and science process skills of pre-service science teacher under laboratory activities. Quantitative-descriptive, scanning models were used to collect the data. Laboratory self-efficacy scale was developed of level, strength, and generality components. Documentation and observation techniques were used to collect the science process skills data. Bandura’s theory was adopted in self-efficacy Laboratory self-efficacy scale. Mean of laboratory self-efficacy of pre-service science teachers were in moderate level while their science process skills were at a low level. Spearman Rank test showed a significant correlation between these two variables. In the other hand. Regression test showed that laboratory self-efficacy does not significantly determine the pre-service science teacher science process skills’.

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