Investigating Pre-Service Science Teachers’ Perspectives on Engineers, Engineering and Engineering Design as Context

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The aim of this study is to examine preservice elementary science teachers perspectives on engineering-design as context. Survey was used as a data collection method in the research. The survey included Likert scale multiple choice questions, open-ended questions and a drawing question. The subjects of the study were 44 preservice elementary science teachers who were senior students at Erciyes University, College . The subjects were asked to answer questions about Importance of engineering, familiarity with engineering, characteristics of engineering, and characteristics of engineers. In addition, pre-service teachers were asked to draw about engineers to make a detailed analysis of their cognitive backgrounds. The results was evaluated by a coding system. In the light of this study, teachers perceptions of engineering, engineers and engineering-design as an instructional context were determined.

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Engineering and design , Legos , Science, and Technology Education , Teacher candidates

Afyon Kocatepe University Journal Of Science an‎d Engineering

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Afyon Kocatepe University Journal Of Science an‎d Engineering