Investigation of the Relationship Between Pre-service Teachers' Critical Thinking Dispositions and Attitudes Towards Socioscientific Issues
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Doç. Dr. Adem YILMAZ Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Muhammed SALMAN Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale (Diğer hakemli uluslarası dergilerde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı E-International Journal of Educational Research
Dergi ISSN 1309-6265
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler Education Full Text (H. W. Wilson) Database Covarage List
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 02-2022
Kabul Tarihi Yayınlanma Tarihi 17-02-2022
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 13 / 1 / 203–219 DOI 10.19160/e-ijer.1054393
Makale Linki https://doi.org/10.19160/e-ijer.1054393
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In this study, the relationship between pre-service teachers' critical thinking dispositions and their attitudes towards socioscientific issues was examined. Relational survey method, which is one of the quantitative research approaches, was used in the research process. 813 pre-service teachers from science, mathematics, preschool, psychological counseling and guidance, social sciences, classroom teaching, and fine arts departments studying at education faculties in state universities in the Black Sea Region of Turkey participated in the research. Critical thinking disposition and attitude scales were used as data collection tools in the research. The findings were examined by considering the variables of gender, class level, knowledge about socioscientific issues and the department of education. In the analysis of the data obtained, the results for each scale were first divided into groups as low, medium and high scores. Variables with two categories were analyzed using the independent samples t-test, and variables with more than two categories were analyzed using the ANOVA test. Then, multiple linear regression analyses were performed. Hayes's (2018) regression model number 1 was used to confirm the research results and to support it with advanced statistics. As a result of the research, it was determined that the preservice teachers with low and medium critical thinking dispositions also had low attitudes towards socioscientific issues and sub-variables did not make a significant difference. At this point, some suggestions can be made to pre-service teachers with a low and medium level of critical thinking disposition. It can be ensured that …
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