Author/Authors :
ÖZGELEN, Sinan Mersin Üniversitesi, Turkey , YILMAZ-TÜZÜN, Özgül Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Turkey
Title Of Article :
THE STRUCTURE OF SUBJECTIVITY WITH THEORY-LADEN OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE: THE “EVOLUTION THEORIES” ACTIVITY AND ITS RESULTS
Abstract :
Reform studies in science education accepted that understanding the nature of science is an essential component of scientific literacy. Scientific knowledge has some basic characteristics; one of them is subjectivity. This study focused on subjectivity with theory-laden of scientific knowledge. The purpose of this study was to explore understanding of preservice science teachers’ views of subjectivity during the explicit-reflective and inquiry-based laboratory instruction. The design of the study was qualitative and exploratory in nature. The researcher collected qualitative data with open-ended questionnaire. In addition, reflection papers were collected to understand preservice science teachers’ experiences with the activity and to detect development about subjectivity. At the end of the semester, qualitative questionnaire and semi-structured interviews were conducted. The results showed that all of the preservice teachers expressed that scientists can be affected existed theories during their research, this cause subjectivity in science, therefore scientific knowledge is theory-laden.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Nature of science , Subjectivity , Inquiry , based instruction , Preservice science teachers
JournalTitle :
Mustafa Kemal University Journal Of Graduate School Of Social Sciences
