Determination of pre-service primary teachers' efşcacies toward science teaching course: A case of rize university

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to determine of pre-service primary teachers' self-efficacies towards Science Teaching course and to reveal the relationship between these and gender, the field of high school, the achievement of the science disciplinary courses at university. The participants are senior 122 primary pre-service teachers. The data were collected by using "Acquisitions of Science Teaching Survey". Gathered data were analyzed with percentage rates, frequency, t test and ANOVA. The study showed that primary pre-service teachers had attained the Science Teaching Acquisitions mostly. They did not show statistically signişcant differences between Science Teaching self-efşcacies and gender but significant differences determinated interms of high school field and science achievement.