Abstract:

The aim of this research is to determine the attitudes of the students towards science. In this study, the sample consisted of the students attending Primary School Teaching and Science Programs of Buca Faculty of Education at 9th September University. 103 students in senior groups are included in the sample. 57.3% of the students were female and 42.7% were males. To collect the data for the research, "Scale for Attitudes Towards Science", the reliability of which was provided by Gürdal (1997), and "Personal Information Form" were administered to the sample. To analyze the data, ANOVA (F), t and Scheffe tests were carried out and analyses were done with the SPSS-10.0 program. Some characteristics of the students and the differences in their attitudes towards science were discussed based on the results of the research. Keywords: Attitudes towards science, Prospective teacher, Primary school teaching, Science.