Abstract:

In this study, it was aimed to determine the metaphors and visual images of biology teacher candidates for the biology education laboratory course. For this purpose, the metaphors and drawings of biology teacher candidates about the biology education laboratory course were examined. In the study, the phenomenological design was used. The study group consisted of 95 biology teacher candidates. a data collection form that was used to ask “Laboratory ……… is like ............... because …..” them to answer it with their illustrations. A data collection form consisting of two parts was used for data collection. Data were analyzed by content analysis method. In the first part of the data collection form, metaphors were created by teacher candidates based on their common characteristics and in the second part; the drawings were categorized according to their similar features. Considering the characteristics of metaphors and drawings, 14 conceptual categories from metaphors and 4 conceptual categories from drawings were developed and discussed together. The metaphors and drawing categories were correlated with each other according to the statements of teacher trainees in terms of their completeness, detailing and similarity. It was seen that 37 pre-service teachers draw in a way to support the metaphor they created. The pre-service teachers' drawings that support the metaphor they created, show that they shaped their visual images in order to concretize the metaphor they created. In this context, it was determined that the metaphors and drawings of the teacher candidates were mostly concentrated in the “tools category”. At the end of the study, suggestions on the subject were mentioned.

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