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Saribas, Deniz; Kucuk, Zerrin Doganca; Ertepinar, Hamide – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2017
This study aims to investigate effects of a treatment implemented in an environmental education course on pre-service elementary teachers' environmental literacy and self-efficacy beliefs. During the course, 58 participants were informed about basic concepts of ecology, went to climate change exhibition, and prepared presentations and reflections…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Self Efficacy, Pretests Posttests, Preservice Teachers
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Ozdem, Yasemin; Ertepinar, Hamide; Cakiroglu, Jale; Erduran, Sibel – International Journal of Science Education, 2013
The aim of this study was to investigate the kinds of argumentation schemes generated by pre-service elementary science teachers (PSTs) as they perform inquiry-oriented laboratory tasks, and to explore how argumentation schemes vary by task as well as by experimentation and discussion sessions. The model of argumentative and scientific inquiry was…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Persuasive Discourse, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories
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Metin, Duygu; Ertepinar, Hamide – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2016
The purposes of the present study are to elicit pre-service elementary science teachers' scientific and pseudoscientific beliefs about earthquake and to make inferences about their understandings of science. Although the subject of earthquake is not a pseudoscientific area, some pseudoscientific beliefs related to earthquake were used in this…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Instruction, Science Education, Science Teachers
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Karaarslan, Guliz; Sungur, Semra; Ertepinar, Hamide – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2014
The aim of this study was to develop pre-service science teachers' self-determined motivation toward environment before, after and five months following the environmental course activities guided by self-determination theory. The sample of the study was 33 pre-service science teachers who participated in an environmental science course. This…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Student Motivation, Environment
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Isbilir, Erdinc; Cakiroglu, Jale; Ertepinar, Hamide – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2014
This study investigated the relationship between pre-service science teachers' written argumentation levels about socio-scientific issues and epistemic belief levels in an online discussion environment. A mixed-methods approach was used: 30 Turkish pre-service science teachers contributed with their written argumentations to four socio-scientific…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Persuasive Discourse, Writing (Composition)
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Cavas, Pinar Huyuguzel; Ozdem, Yasemin; Cavas, Bulent; Cakiroglu, Jale; Ertepinar, Hamide – Science Education International, 2013
In order to educate elementary students scientifically literate as expected in the science curricula in many countries around the world, science teachers need to be equipped with the diverse aspects of scientific literacy. This study investigates whether pre-service elementary science teachers at universities in Turkey have a satisfactory level of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Literacy, Scientific Attitudes, Preservice Teachers
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Tuncer, Gaye; Tekkaya, Ceren; Sungur, Semra; Cakiroglu, Jale; Ertepinar, Hamide; Kaplowitz, Michael – International Journal of Educational Development, 2009
The study investigates environmental literacy of pre-service teachers at one of the largest public universities in Turkey. The research evaluates the relationship of pre-service teachers' environmental knowledge, attitude, and concerns of their interests in environmental problems, involving outdoor activities, parents' interest and involvement in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Recreational Activities, Teacher Education Programs, Universities
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Tuncer, Gaye; Sungur, Semra; Tekkaya, Ceren; Ertepinar, Hamide – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2007
The purpose of the present study was to assess Turkish elementary school students' and pre-service teachers' environmental attitudes, and to explore whether there was a significant difference in the attitudes towards the environment of the above mentioned two groups. Data was gathered by circulating a 45-item "Environmental Attitude…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Environmental Education, Grade 8