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This study aims to study the views of special talented students on the scientist's images and characteristics of the scientist. The research has used phenomenological patterns from the quality research methods. The research work group consists of 71 special skilled students studying at the Science and Arts Center, located in an province in the eastern Anadolu region in the 2018-2019 educational year. In the study, the Word Relationship Test was used as a data collection tool. In the analysis of data, content analysis was used and the participants’ calls to the scientist were studied using the pointing technique. There are also conceptual networks that show the calls in a whole in each cutting point. It has been found that students have produced 78 different answer words about the concept of the scientist and linked the scientist to the very "smart" and "patience" concepts. It is believed that in the emergence of such a situation it could be effective for these students to see themselves as intelligent and candidate individuals to become scientists according to their colleagues. A significant proportion of participants (29.57) said that the scientist worked in the laboratory and conducted experiments in the relevant phrase in the test. This situation shows that although they have a different image of scientists, special talented students continue to perceive the classical scientist. In this context, it is important for special talented students to become scientists to change their views of scientists and scientists in their courses to pay attention to the nature of science activities and to enrich the teaching environments with the life stories of scientists.

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