Preservice Science Teachers' Views on Comparative Multicultural Practices: Turkey and United States of America Sample

Multiculturalism is a multidisciplinary concept that has gained importance in educational environments in the 21st century and includes integrated skills, especially empathy and cooperation. The aim of this research is to find out and review the pre-service teachers’ views from two different countri...

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Main Author: İlke Çalışkan
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Language:English
Published: Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi 2025-08-01
Series:Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi
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description Multiculturalism is a multidisciplinary concept that has gained importance in educational environments in the 21st century and includes integrated skills, especially empathy and cooperation. The aim of this research is to find out and review the pre-service teachers’ views from two different countries about their experiential skills of multicultural science education. The study was conducted with 200 pre-service science teachers. 120 of them were from Hacettepe University and 80 of them were from the University of Iowa within the context of Science Instruction and Planning Class during the 2023-2024 spring semester. This is a case study design based on qualitative research. Practical instruction about multiculturalist learning environments was given to participants for five weeks. The interactive education covering multicultural skills during the science instructional design process was shared to two countries’ pre-service teachers. Sample lesson plans were shown to them. They constructed their own science lesson plans considering multicultural skills after the interactive workshop. A semi-structured interview form about multicultural learning environments was used as a data collection tool in this study. Data were analyzed by descriptive and content analysis techniques. Pre-service science teachers stated the importance of multiculturalism and gave valuable suggestions about multicultural science education.
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spelling doaj-art-fb1401fba4344fc48aceea5c393ad5632025-08-20T03:38:44ZengVan Yüzüncü Yıl ÜniversitesiVan Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi1305-20202025-08-012225135471655Preservice Science Teachers' Views on Comparative Multicultural Practices: Turkey and United States of America Sampleİlke Çalışkan0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4413-8514HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF EDUCATIONMulticulturalism is a multidisciplinary concept that has gained importance in educational environments in the 21st century and includes integrated skills, especially empathy and cooperation. The aim of this research is to find out and review the pre-service teachers’ views from two different countries about their experiential skills of multicultural science education. The study was conducted with 200 pre-service science teachers. 120 of them were from Hacettepe University and 80 of them were from the University of Iowa within the context of Science Instruction and Planning Class during the 2023-2024 spring semester. This is a case study design based on qualitative research. Practical instruction about multiculturalist learning environments was given to participants for five weeks. The interactive education covering multicultural skills during the science instructional design process was shared to two countries’ pre-service teachers. Sample lesson plans were shown to them. They constructed their own science lesson plans considering multicultural skills after the interactive workshop. A semi-structured interview form about multicultural learning environments was used as a data collection tool in this study. Data were analyzed by descriptive and content analysis techniques. Pre-service science teachers stated the importance of multiculturalism and gave valuable suggestions about multicultural science education.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/4673258çok kültürlü öğrenme ortamlarıhizmet öncesi öğretmen eğitimifen eğitimimulticultural learning environmentspre-service teacher educationscience education
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Preservice Science Teachers' Views on Comparative Multicultural Practices: Turkey and United States of America Sample
Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi
çok kültürlü öğrenme ortamları
hizmet öncesi öğretmen eğitimi
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multicultural learning environments
pre-service teacher education
science education
title Preservice Science Teachers' Views on Comparative Multicultural Practices: Turkey and United States of America Sample
title_full Preservice Science Teachers' Views on Comparative Multicultural Practices: Turkey and United States of America Sample
title_fullStr Preservice Science Teachers' Views on Comparative Multicultural Practices: Turkey and United States of America Sample
title_full_unstemmed Preservice Science Teachers' Views on Comparative Multicultural Practices: Turkey and United States of America Sample
title_short Preservice Science Teachers' Views on Comparative Multicultural Practices: Turkey and United States of America Sample
title_sort preservice science teachers views on comparative multicultural practices turkey and united states of america sample
topic çok kültürlü öğrenme ortamları
hizmet öncesi öğretmen eğitimi
fen eğitimi
multicultural learning environments
pre-service teacher education
science education
url https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/4673258
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