Developing Children's Views of the Nature of Science Through Role Play

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dc.authorwosidÇakıcı, Yılmaz/ABA-8158-2020
dc.contributor.authorCakici, Yilmaz
dc.contributor.authorBayir, Eylem
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T11:09:02Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T11:09:02Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.departmentTrakya Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of using role play (portraying a scientist's life story) on the children's views of the nature of science (NOS). The study was carried out at the Children's University of Trakya in Turkey during the summer of 2010. The participants consisted of 18 children, aged 10-11. They met for 10 days for approximately 3 h per day. All children completed the pre- and post-tests including 16 open-ended questions in order to reveal changes in their views of the NOS prior to and at the completion of the role-play activities. The results revealed that the children had more informed views of the target NOS aspects in comparison with their views prior to the role-play activities. A large majority of the children (around 80-85%) started out with naive conceptions of the target NOS aspects. Following the role-play activities portraying scientists' lives, there was a 40-45% positive change in children's views of the tentative, empirical and creative/imaginative aspect of the NOS, and a 50-60% positive change in their views regarding the subjective/theory-laden and social-cultural embeddedness of science. The most substantial change occurred in their views concerning scientific method, with a shift of 72%. The percentage of informed views on images of scientists showed diversity. Overall results indicate that role-play/drama-oriented activities portraying scientist's life stories could be used as one of the exciting, informative and constructive ways of developing understanding of the NOS among children.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09500693.2011.647109
dc.identifier.endpage1091en_US
dc.identifier.issn0950-0693
dc.identifier.issue7en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84860734897en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage1075en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2011.647109
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/22664
dc.identifier.volume34en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000303520800005en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoutledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal Of Science Educationen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectNature Of Scienceen_US
dc.subjectRole Playen_US
dc.subjectDramaen_US
dc.subjectScience Educationen_US
dc.subjectPrimary Scienceen_US
dc.subjectPerceptionsen_US
dc.subjectDramaen_US
dc.titleDeveloping Children's Views of the Nature of Science Through Role Playen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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