Changes in the Beliefs of the Prospective Teachers on Knowledge, Learning and Teaching in a Social Constructivist Teaching Setting Applied

Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences

MüjdatAVCI¹  ErdalBAY¹  ServetDEMİR¹  BirsenBAGCECI¹  Ömer FarukVURAL¹ 

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关键词: Epistomolojik inançlar;    Sosyal yapılandırmacılık;    Bilgi;    Öğrenme;    Öğretme;    Epistemological belief;    Social constructive;    Knowledge;    Learning;    Teaching;   

DOI  :  10.21547/jss.256745

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Epistemological beliefs are the individuals’ point of view on what is knowledge, how to accumulate it, defining its boundaries and identifying the criteria. This study aims to investigate whether there is a change in the beliefs of the prospective teachers related to knowledge, learning and teaching in a social constructive teaching setting.The research has been conducted with 119 prospective teachers. This study is a semi-experimental one conducted with pretest and post-test without a control group. Data has been collected with ‘Epistemological Belief on Learning and Teaching’ scale developed by Ching Sing Chai, Timothy Teo and Chwee Beng Lee. The findings indicated a positive change in the beliefs of the candidates about relative knowledge and a visible decrease in the beliefs about absolute knowledge. Also, learning environment significantly affected the beliefs of the prospective teachers about relative knowledge. The results have proven that there occurred changes on the beliefs of prospective teachers’ knowledge, learning and teaching

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