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Durak, Gürhan; Cankaya, Serkan; Yünkül, Eyup; Taylan, Ufuk; Erten, Emine; Akpinar, Sükran – Online Submission, 2017
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of a game called Wild Web Woods (WWW) designed by the European Council for safe Internet use on secondary school students' safe Internet use. In line with this purpose, for the purpose of determining the students' awareness of safe Internet use, a total of 504 students from different…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires
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Cakmakci, Gultekin – Science Education International, 2017
This study used video vignettes of historical episodes from documentary films as a context and instructional tool to promote pre-service science teachers' (PSTs) conceptions of the nature of science (NOS). The participants received explicit-reflective NOS instruction, and were introduced to techniques to be able to use scenes from documentary…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Vignettes, Preservice Teachers, Scientific Principles
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Kilinc, Ahmet; Kelly, Thomas; Eroglu, Baris; Demiral, Umit; Kartal, Tezcan; Sonmez, Arzu; Demirbag, Mehmet – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2017
For science teachers using the discourse of socioscientific issues (SSI), it is important to make a decision as to whether when and how to disclose their own positions. The existing limited literature shows that science teachers prefer one of four roles during SSI discourse: sticker to facts, imposer, democracy advocator, and committed…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Teacher Role
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Zembat, Ismail Ozgur; Yasa, Seyit Ali – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2015
The purpose of this study was to uncover the degree to which in-service teachers understand sociomathematical norms and the nature of that understanding without having to enter and observe their classes. We therefore developed five classroom scenarios exemplifying classroom interactions shaped by certain sociomathematical norms. We then…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Vignettes, Interaction, Social Influences
Alakurt, Turgay; Bardakci, Salih; Keser, Hafize – Online Submission, 2012
In this study, Turkish ICT student teachers' judgments and justifications in four scenarios involving ICT-related ethical problems were investigated. Scenarios were designed based on Mason's (1986) four ethical issues: privacy, accuracy, property and accessibility. The study was carried out in the fall of 2010. We used the critical incidents…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evaluative Thinking, Preservice Teacher Education, Vignettes
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Tasar, Mehmet Fatih – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2006
The purpose of this study was to examine how prospective middle school science teachers understood and identified types of scientific knowledge in a presented vignette. Also, their definitions and views of the relationships between types of scientific knowledge (i.e. scientific facts, concepts, generalizations, theories, and scientific laws) were…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Knowledge Level