Yazar "Kilinc, Ahmet" için listeleme
-
Exploring Students' Ideas About Risks and Benefits of Nuclear Power Using Risk Perception Theories
Kilinc, Ahmet; Boyes, Edward; Stanisstreet, Martin (SPRINGER, 2013)Due to increased energy demand, Turkey is continuing to explore the possibilities of introducing nuclear power. Gaining acceptance from local populations, however, may be problematic because nuclear power has a negative ... -
Incentives and disincentives for using renewable energy: Turkish students' ideas
Kilinc, Ahmet; Stanisstreet, Martin; Boyes, Edward (PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2009)A closed-form questionnaire was used to explore the prevalence of ideas of Turkish school students in years 7 and 8 (age 13-14 years) about renewable power generation. The questionnaire investigated students' ideas about ... -
Preservice Science Teachers' Efficacy Regarding a Socioscientific Issue: A Belief System Approach
Kilinc, Ahmet; Kartal, Tezcan; Eroglu, Baris; Demiral, Umit; Afacan, Ozlem; Polat, Dilber; Guler, Mutlu P. Demirci (SPRINGER, 2013)The aim of the present study was to understand the nature of teaching efficacy beliefs related to a socioscientific issue (SSI). We investigated Turkish preservice science teachers' teaching efficacy beliefs about genetically ... -
Resistance to dialogic discourse in SSI teaching: The effects of an argumentation-based workshop, teaching practicum, and induction on a preservice science teacher
Kilinc, Ahmet; Demiral, Umit; Kartal, Tezcan (WILEY, 2017)Teaching socioscientific issues (SSI) necessitates dialogic discourse activities. However, a majority of science teachers prefer monologic discourse in SSI contexts. In addition, some of these teachers are resistant to ... -
School Students' Conceptions about Biodiversity Loss: Definitions, Reasons, Results and Solutions
Kilinc, Ahmet; Yesiltas, Namik Kemal; Kartal, Tezcan; Demiral, Umit; Eroglu, Baris (SPRINGER, 2013)Environmental degradation stemming from anthropocentric causes threatens the biodiversity more than ever before, leading scholars to warn governments about the impending consequences of biodiversity loss (BL). At this ... -
Stickers to Facts, Imposers, Democracy Advocators, and Committed Impartialists: Preservice Science Teachers' Beliefs About Teacher's Roles in Socioscientific Discourses
Kilinc, Ahmet; Kelly, Thomas; Eroglu, Baris; Demiral, Umit; Kartal, Tezcan; Sonmez, Arzu; Demirbag, Mehmet (SPRINGER, 2017)For science teachers using the discourse of socioscientific issues (SSI), it is important to make a decision as to whether when and how to disclose their own positions. The existing limited literature shows that science ... -
Turkish Student Science Teachers' Conceptions of Sustainable Development: A phenomenography
Kilinc, Ahmet; Aydin, Abdullah (ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2013)In creating a society whose citizens have sustainable lifestyles, education for sustainable development (ESD) plays a key role. However, the concept of sustainable development (SD) has developed independently from the input ...