Anadolu Öğretmen Dergisi

Yazarlar: Çiğdem KABASAKAL, Mustafa YEL

Konular:Eğitim, Eğitim Araştırmaları

DOI:10.35346/aod.818768

Anahtar Kelimeler:Pre-service teacher,Graduate education,Biology education

Özet: This research is a study aiming to determine the opinions and anxieties of the prospective students in biology teachers about wanting to receive postgraduate education or not. In line with this target, the opinions of biology teacher candidates were analyzed by also considering gender and grade level. This study was carried out in the fall semester of 2019-2020 academic year. The participants of the study consisted of 42 freshman and senior pre-service teachers studying at Gazi University Faculty of Education Division of Biology Education. It was used an online survey as a data collection instrument in this research to get their opinions. During analysis of the data, the repetition frequency, frequency (f) and percentage (%) values of the answers given by respondent and similar answers were tabulated then their graphics were created. When the data was analyzed, it was seen that socioeconomic conditions, the necessity of entering the working life, the idea of not being included in the academic staff, the time problem due to the working situation, not feeling themselves with sufficient knowledge and equipment for an academic career were found to be significantly influential in differentiating the thoughts of the pre-service teachers for graduate education. There was no notable difference in the opinion s of the participants in terms of their gender. As the class level increased, there was an augmentation in reluctance to ask for postgraduate education. In line with this study, it was concluded that biology teacher candidates need to be informed and enlightened about the goals and postgraduate education programs.

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