Abstract:

– This study aimed to examine an implementation of constructivism in elementary school science lessons from the view points of pre-service teachers, in-service teachers, and students. A qualitative research method specifically case study was employed in this study. The participants were 3 in-service science teachers working in 3 different public high schools, 3 pre-service elementary school science teachers and 9 7th grade elementary school students. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews. The individually conducted interviews were lasted about 30 minutes. In order to analyze the data, first, the data gathered from the interview of participants were transcribed. Then, the categories were assigned to meaningful data segments in line with the purpose of the study. Pre-service teachers’, in-service teachers’, and students’ views about the constructivist instruction were examined in terms of five categories which are presentation of content, role of teacher, role of student, decision about objectives, and learning environment

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