Early Childhood Education Students' Attitudes Toward Science and Science Teaching
Drexl D, Born-Rauchenecker E, Kalicki B (2019)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2019
Journal
Book Volume: 8
Pages Range: 30-36
Journal Issue: 1
DOI: 10.1026/2191-9186/a000408
Abstract
In the project LuPE, a school instruction concept for preschool teacher education was developed. Students should be empowered to encourage children's natural science education, which is integrated in everyday situations in kindergarten. Students' attitudes to and interests in sciences are significant for the quality of the educational process and thus these have to be considered when developing the school instruction concept. In this article we present the results of the inquiry - conducted as part of formative evaluation - about attitudes to sciences and science teaching among students. In a sample of 198 students (male = 43; female = 155) the scientific and didactical self-concept and the interest in sciences in relation to individual variables (gender, age, graduation) were explored. Their potential change over one school year with LuPE-instruction was also examined (two measurement times:T1 = 2015;72 = 2016).The results show that students have a rather low interest in sciences and a low scientific self-concept, female students lower than male students. Students assessed their self-concept scientific content knowledge for elementary education and their scientific self-concept higher in 2016 than in 2015.
Authors with CRIS profile
Doris Drexl
Lehrstuhl für Grundschulpädagogik und -didaktik mit dem Schwerpunkt Umgang mit Heterogenität
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Germany (DE)How to cite
APA:
Drexl, D., Born-Rauchenecker, E., & Kalicki, B. (2019). Early Childhood Education Students' Attitudes Toward Science and Science Teaching. Frühe Bildung, 8(1), 30-36. https://dx.doi.org/10.1026/2191-9186/a000408
MLA:
Drexl, Doris, Eva Born-Rauchenecker, and Bernhard Kalicki. "Early Childhood Education Students' Attitudes Toward Science and Science Teaching." Frühe Bildung 8.1 (2019): 30-36.
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