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The purpose of the present study is to determine the science and technology teachers and pre-service teachers’ opinions about constructivist approach and investigate these opinions according to some variables. Employing the survey method, the present study used a scale to elicit the opinions about constructivist approach. The sampling of the study consists of 31 science and technology teachers working in different cities of Turkey and 58 fourth-year science and technology pre-service teachers attending Science and Technology teaching department of the education faculty at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University. The analyses conducted revealed that the opinions of the science and technology teachers about constructivist approach are more positive than the opinions of science and technology pre-service teachers. Moreover, it was found that the opinions of the science and technology teachers and pre-service teachers about constructivist approach do not significantly vary depending on age and gender.

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