ENCOURAGING THE PERSISTENCE OF RESEARCH ATTITUDE: THE CASE OF PRE-SERVICE SCIENCE TEACHERS AT SINOP UNIVERSITY

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the process consisting of some modulesthat prospective teachers had experienced contributed to them in transforming research intoattitude through the evaluation made in the context of reflections on the products presentedand experiences gone through. The qualitative design was used in this study. The sample of thestudy comprised 22 (4 males and 18 females) third g`ion Faculty of Sinop University. The dataresources of the study were files prepared in groups of two which included research reports,assignments and reports reflecting individual experiences. The study results revealed that, in ageneral sense, the prospective science teachers’ attitudes towards the process in question werepositive with all their efforts made for the basic problems they encountered in the modules andthey intended to use this process in their future teaching career.