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Publication Date: 2020
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Investigation of the Prospective Science Teachers' Views on the Problems and Solutions Regarding Science and Technology
Zorlu, Fulya
Acta Didactica Napocensia, v13 n2 p128-141 2020
The aim of this study was to investigation of the prospective science teachers' views on the problems (as are the waste of natural resources, the information pollution, sharing information without confirming their validity of information, communication problems among people, spending extra time and money, the laziness, the obesity, the environmental pollution, the global warming etc.) and solutions regarding science and technology. Research method of this study was case study method. The four second year prospective science teachers attending education faculty of a state university were participated to this study. The data tools of this research were used questions in focus group interviews. The data obtained from the focus group interviews were analyzed using content analysis method. According to the results obtained from this study, prospective science teachers were expressing many problems within the framework of individual, social and environmental on science and technology sourced problems. Considering the results obtained from this study, it can be said that the solutions suggested by the prospective science teachers to solve the science and technology sourced problems are limited and can be improved.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Undergraduate Students, Public Colleges, Science Education, Science and Society, Student Attitudes, World Problems, Social Problems, Communication Problems, Problem Solving, Pollution, Climate, Conservation (Environment), Information Literacy, Access to Information, Social Media, Influence of Technology, Public Health, Critical Thinking, Foreign Countries
Babes-Bolyai University. Kogainiceanu 1, Cluj-Napoca, 400084 Romania. e-mail: submit_adn@yahoo.com; Web site: http://adn.teaching.ro
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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