مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - Pre-Service Science Teachers’ Views on Creativity in Science Teaching and Self- Efficacy Perceptions About Implementing The Creative Thinking Activities

Abstract :

In this research, it was aimed to determine pre-service science teachers’ views on creativity in science teaching and self-efficacy perceptions about developing and implementing the creative thinking activities. Besides, the views and the perceptions of pre-service science teachers were examined according to the different independent variables and it was investigated that they proposed the activities about developing of creative thinking skills of the students studied in secondary schools. In the research, the questionnaire composed of items about determining of pre-service science teachers’ views on creativity in science teaching and self-efficacy perceptions about developing and implementing the creative thinking activities was used as a data collection tool. The questionnaire was applied to 94 pre-service science teachers. As a result of the analysis of data obtained, it was determined pre-service science teachers thought that creative thinking was important in science teaching, activities about creative thinking and different teaching methods for developing of creative thinking would be able to use, the products in the final of creative thinking activities needed to be evaluated. Pre-service science teachers thought that they were more sufficient in implementing the activities about creative thinking than in developing and designing these activities. In the study, it was also determined that pre-service science teachers thought that they would be able to develop the creative thinking skills of the students by activities such as producing solutions to environmental problems, developing material and doing experiments.