STUDENTS’ OPINIONS ABOUT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN TURKEY AND THE UNITED STATES: A CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY

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Hünkar Korkmaz
Hacettepe University, Faculty of Education, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, Ankara, 06800 Turkey
Julie Anne Thomas
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, College of Education and Human sciencesteaching, Learning & Teacher Education, Lincoln, NE 68588-0355, USA
Nilgun Tatar
Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Faculty of Education, Department of Science Education, Antalya, Turkey
Serpil Aktas Altunay
Hacettepe University, Faculty of Science, Department of Statistics, Ankara, 06800 Turkey

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the thoughts of Turkish and American middle school students on science and technology. One intact school was assigned randomly for this study from both countries. The sampling of the study contains 479 students (363 Turkish students, 116 American students) from two countries aged between 11 and 13. The data for the study were obtained by using ROSE Survey. The results of the study revealed similarities and dissimilarities on science and technology between the students of the two countries. The findings of the study are thought to improve the education of universal science and technology and to contribute to the researchers doing research on comparative education and cultural diversity and to the literature of international science education.

Keywords: curriculum and instruction, science education, middle school

 

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Hünkar Korkmaz, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Education, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, Ankara, 06800 Turkey

 

 

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