Pre-Service Teachers' Attitudes towards Scientific Research Methods Course: (The Sample of Gazi University, Gazi Faculty of Education) = Ögretmen adaylarinin bilimsel arastirma yöntemleri dersine yönelik tutumlari: (Gazi Üniversitesi, Gazi Egitim Fakültesi örnegi)

Overview & Synopsis

The aim of this study is to determine the attitudes of the students of Gazi University Gazi Education Faculty towards Scientific Research Methods (SRM) course. The survey model was used in this descriptive study. In the study, 20-item 'Attitude Scale towards Scientific Research Methods Course' developed by Yasar (2014) was used. The study population consisted of 308 pre-service teachers attending the German Language Education, Arabic Language Education, French Language Education, English Language Education, Philosophy Group Education, department of primary education and Preschool Teacher Education Departments at Gazi University, Gazi Faculty of Education. As a result of the research, it is difficult to say that the pre-service teachers have positive attitudes at the desired level towards the SRM course. It was determined that the pre-service teachers of the Philosophy Group had more positive attitudes towards the SRM course than the pre-service teachers of the other departments.