Participatory Educational Research

Yazarlar: Tohit GÜNEŞ, Fatma TAŞTAN AKDAĞ

Konular:Eğitim, Bilimsel Disiplinler

Anahtar Kelimeler:Physics education,Science education,Science hıgh school

Özet: This study was conducted to find out how science high school students associate physics lesson with life and other science lessons. To this end, 13 open-ended questions about physics lesson and a demographic information form were given to a total of 43 students studying at 9th, 10th and 11th grades of a science high school in Samsun. The data obtained were analyzed and assessed. The results of the assessment showed that while the students used descriptive and attributive expressions to explain physics and science concepts, they associated the physics lesson with topics in school curriculum. The subjects which aroused interest in students about physics lesson were body systems and the formation of space and universe. In addition to students who associated physics lesson with chemistry, biology and mathematics lessons, there were also a great number of students who associated it with geography lesson due to natural events. While the areas students wanted to work in the future were restricted with biology and medicine, physics and engineering, it was found to be surprising that they did not want to work in areas related with chemistry. While no association was found with open-ended questions in terms of demographic characteristics, it was found that the students of science high school did not have access to technological devices and scientific studies and did not follow scientific developments. Thus, the intensity of physics curriculum should be decreased and students should be exposed to activities in which they can understand the core of physics discipline and make associations between the disciplines of physics-chemistry and biology.

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