The purpose of this study is to investigate 11th and 12th grade high school students&rsquo / attitudes towards philosophy course and to examine whether their attitudes show
significant differences with respect to certain background variables such as gender,
school type, grade level, GPA of previous semester, philosophy course grade from
the previous semester, mother&rsquo / s and father&rsquo / s education level, number of books
available at home, and numbers of books read in the previous year.
The sample consisted of 1322 high school students from 11th and 12th grades from 11
public and private high schools in the Province of Ankara. Data were gathered from
the participants via Philosophy Course Attitude Scale developed by the researcher.
Data were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. ANOVA was
employed to investigate whether there were significant differences among students&rsquo / v
attitude towards philosophy course with respect to certain background variables.
Descriptive Statistics were used to analyze the background of information of the
sample and attitudes of students towards philosophy course.
The findings indicated that the students have moderate level of positive attitude
towards philosophy course. The findings also showed that with the exception of the
mother&rsquo / s education, each of the variables examined (gender, grade level, school type,
GPA of previous semester, philosophy course grade from the previous semester,
father&rsquo / s education, number of books available at home, number of books read in the
previous year) created a significant difference in student attitudes towards the
philosophy course.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12611974/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 June 2010 |
| Creators | Zencirci, Nilufer |
| Contributors | Demir Engin, Cennet |
| 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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