This study aimed to explore students& / #8217 / and teachers& / #8217 / perceptions with respect
to biology education at high school level in order to reveal the reasons of students& / #8217 / low achievement in biology as indicated by the university entrance examinations
between the years 1996-2002.
The study was conducted with a qualitative approach. Therefore two separate
interview schedules were developed to be conducted with 45 high school biology
teachers and 45 eleventh grade science students in 10 schools including private,
Anatolian, and public high schools. All the interviews were audiotaped and
transcribed verbatim by the researcher.
Results revealed that there are serious problems in biology education such as
biology curriculum covering high amounts of topics, unavailable time allocated to
biology, insufficient economical conditions... The reasons of students& / #8217 / low
achievement in biology can be summarized under the headings of students& / #8217 / perception of biology, the nature of biology lesson, questions asked in universityentrance examinations, students& / #8217 / perception of other science lessons, and biology
education in Turkey.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/1086933/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 January 2003 |
| Creators | Ozcan, Nesrin |
| Contributors | Tekkaya, Ceren |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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