Are Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers' Teaching Concerns Related to Their Epistemological Beliefs?

BOZ N., BOZ Y.

CROATIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION-HRVATSKI CASOPIS ZA ODGOJ I OBRAZOVANJE, cilt.16, sa.2, ss.335-362, 2014 (SSCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 16 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Dergi Adı: CROATIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION-HRVATSKI CASOPIS ZA ODGOJ I OBRAZOVANJE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.335-362
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: epistemological beliefs, pre-service teachers, teacher education programs, teaching concerns, STUDENTS, SCIENCE, SCHOOL, KNOWLEDGE, EFFICACY
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The purposes of this study were to evaluate the effect of year on pre-service teachers' epistemological beliefs and their teaching concerns as well as to investigate the relationship between teaching concerns and epistemological beliefs. One hundred seventy seven mathematics pre-service teachers enrolled in the Department of Secondary Mathematics Education in two universities participated in the present study. Two instruments: Teaching Concerns Checklist and Schommer Epistemological Questionnaire were used for data collection. Two MANOVAs were conducted to determine the effect of year on pre-service mathematics teachers' epistemological beliefs and their teaching concerns. In order to find out the relationship between pre-service teachers' teaching concerns and their epistemological beliefs, canonical analysis was conducted. It was found that there were no significant mean differences among pre-service teachers attending different years regarding teaching concerns, whereas there was a significant effect of year on pre-service teachers' epistemological beliefs. Apart from that, canonical analysis revealed a significant relationship between teaching concerns and epistemological beliefs.