AN INVESTIGATION OF PRE-SERVICE PRESCHOOL TEACHERS' ATTITUDES AND SELF-EFFICACY TOWARDS SCIENCE EDUCATION ACCORDING TO VARIOUS VARIABLES
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Science education helps individuals understand the events occurring in their environment and the world, starting from their immediate environment. This study aims to determine pre-service preschool teachers' science education self-efficacy and attitudes toward science teaching according to various variables. This research is a descriptive study based on the survey model. The study group of the research consists of 320 pre-service teachers studying at Akdeniz University, Faculty of Education, and Department of Preschool Education. The data of the study were collected through the "Attitude Scale of Preschool Teachers Towards Science Teaching and "Self-Efficacy Scale of Preschool Teachers Towards Science Education. As a result of the study, it was determined that pre-service preschool teachers had positive attitudes toward science teaching and self-efficacy toward science education was high.
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