Difficulties of science and technology teachers in the process of gaining affective competencies to the students and solution proposals

  • Bahadır Erişti
  • Nihal Tunca
Keywords: Sciences and technology instruction, teaching affective domain, teacher opinions

Abstract

This research aims to identify the views of primary school science and technology teachers, about the difficulties of the process of gaining affective competencies to the students and solution proposals. The research was a case study, a qualitative study. The participant of the research constitutes a total of 19 primary schools science and technology teachers.. The research data were collected through by using semi-structured interview form. The data were analyzed through content analysis approach by using NVivo8.0 package program. According to the teachers, they were experiencing troubles in the process they get the students gain affective competencies, arising from especially from the family and then, respectively from the students, the applications of the Ministry of Education, teachers, the social environment and the media. According to the teachers, in the issue of gaining affective competencies for students it is impossible to reach the success only by the efforts of teachers.

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How to Cite
Erişti, B., & Tunca, N. (2012). Difficulties of science and technology teachers in the process of gaining affective competencies to the students and solution proposals. International Journal of Curriculum and Instructional Studies (IJOCIS), 2(3), 87-102.