Abstract:

Early childhood and primary school period is the period in which individuals are curious, questioning and researching. With the educational experience they gain in this period, the scientific perspectives can be developed to ensure that the future 21st century people need to be the scientific readers. At this point, the applicability of both early childhood teachers candidates and primary school teachers to science is very important. The educational responsibilities of the universities are also great. Teachers who demonstrate a positive attitude towards the nature of the scientific process, who are aware of the scientific process, and who value them, are hoping to educate good generations. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to study the perceptions of the teachers candidates to the nature of science in the basic education department that will serve as both pre-school and class teacher. It is studied whether the perceptions of the teachers candidates show significant differences according to the various variables. In the study, a visual scan model was used. The scale of nature of science developed by Özgelen (2013) has been used as a data collection tool. The SPSS 21.0 package program has been used. It has been shown that the general average of teachers’ perceptions of the nature of science are at a low level. According to the age variable, the scientific knowledge and the characteristics of the scientist are significantly different to the benefit of teachers candidates over the age of 24. If an interdisciplinary approach is adopted by adding applicable curriculum contents to the knowledge and skills of the teaching candidates in the education of teachers, the perceptions of the nature of science can be increased.

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