Analysis of the Attitudes and Beliefs of Pre-School Teachers Towards Teaching Science in Terms of Various Variables

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the attitudes and beliefs of pre-school teachers towards science teaching in terms of gender, age, seniority and graduation variables. In the study, availability sampling method was used. The study group of the study consists of 127 preschool teachers working in 2014-2015 academic years. As a data collection tool in this study; a questionnaire was used to determine the attitudes and beliefs of pre-school teachers towards science teaching and personal information form was used to determine the demographic characteristics of preschool teachers. For the analysis of the data, the data obtained from the questionnaire have been tabulated and frequency (f) and percent (%) values have been calculated. In addition, an independent t-test was conducted with ANOVA using the SPSS 16 program in order to reveal the relationship between personal information and attitudes and beliefs about science teaching. As a result of the stduy, it was determined that the attitudes and beliefs of the pre-school teachers towards science teaching did not change according to gender and age, and they differed according to seniority and school they had graduated.

Keywords: Science Teaching, Attitude And Belief, Preschool Teacher.