Abstract:

The purposes of this study are, i) to determine pre-service science teachers’ views about technology. ii) to examine whether the pre-service science teachers’ views about technology change depending on gender, level of the class being educated or not. In the study, survey was used as a research method. The application was conducted among preservice science teachers of st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th classes in one of the well-established universities of Turkey in 2011-2012 Academic Year spring term (N=313). The Views Questionnaire Related to Technology developed by the researcher was used to gain data. The findings show that; i) the pre-service science teachers usually have positive views about technology. ii) No significant difference was seen in pre-service science teachers’ views related to technology, depending on gender. A significant difference was seen in pre-service science teachers’ views related to technology according to the level of class educated

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