Research article | Open Access
International Journal of Research in Teacher Education 2020, Vol. 11(3) 48-66
pp. 48 - 66
Publish Date: September 30, 2020 | Single/Total View: 188/506 | Single/Total Download: 265/1.074
Abstract
The study aims to investigate pre-service primary school teachers' decision making modes, informal reasoning modes and argumentation levels on a socio scientific issue. The issue of transgenic plants was chosen as s socio-scientific issue. In the content of the study, the case study method which is one of qualitative research methods was used to investigate pre-service primary school teachers' decision-making modes, informal reasoning and argumentation levels. The participants of this study were 38 pre-service primary school teachers attending the faculty of education in a government university. The findings of the study shows 4 different results. The first one is that the participants make decisions on a socio-scientific subject they may come across with in daily life based more on intuition rather than in an evidence-based manner. The second result is that the argumentation levels are low. The third important result is that the participants think in a one-dimensional manner on a subject they need to approach in a multi-dimensional manner. The fourth important result is that the participants experienced applying the knowledge they obtain in their lessons to events they came across with in daily life.
Keywords: Socio-sicentific issue, transgenic plants, pre-service primary teachers, informal reasoning, argumentation
APA 7th edition
Ural, E., & Ercan, O. (2020). Exploring Pre-service primary school teachers' informal reasoning and argumentation levels on a socio-scientific issue: The issue of transgenic plants in the agriculture. International Journal of Research in Teacher Education, 11(3), 48-66.
Harvard
Ural, E. and Ercan, O. (2020). Exploring Pre-service primary school teachers' informal reasoning and argumentation levels on a socio-scientific issue: The issue of transgenic plants in the agriculture. International Journal of Research in Teacher Education, 11(3), pp. 48-66.
Chicago 16th edition
Ural, Evrim and Orhan Ercan (2020). "Exploring Pre-service primary school teachers' informal reasoning and argumentation levels on a socio-scientific issue: The issue of transgenic plants in the agriculture". International Journal of Research in Teacher Education 11 (3):48-66.