ŞİMŞEK, Hüseyin Harran Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi, Turkey , HIRÇA, Necati Bartın Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi, Turkey , COŞKUN, Seda

PRIMARY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TEACHERS SELECTION OF USING TEACHING METHODS AND TECHNIQUES AND THE LEVELS OF THEIR APPLICATIONS: THE SAMPLE OF ŞANLIURFA CITY

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The present study was carried out to determine the primary science and technology teachers selection of using teaching methods and techniques and their opinions about the levels of how to effectively use them in science and technology courses. The sample of the study consisted of 76 Science and Technology teachers in the center of Şanlıurfa city. According to the results of this research that was implemented by using descriptive scanning model for getting information, Science and Technology teachers insist on using ineffective traditional teaching methods and techniques such as question-answer and the explanation methods rather than modern teaching methods and techniques such as project method, travel technique and applications such as using computer and microscope to get students involved in learning process actively and to help students to develop their scientific researching skills. The Methods that used by the teachers don’t coincide with contents and practices of new science and technology curriculum. The use of inappropriate student-centered methods and techniques by the teachers is interpreted upon the preferences of teachers’ simplistic and habits.

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Science and Technology curriculum , Teaching methods and techniques , views of the teachers

Mustafa Kemal University Journal Of Graduate School Of Social Sciences

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