Gifted Students’ Perceptions of Scientists

• Authors: Murat Ozel , Alev Dogan

Abstracts

EN

Despite a high number of studies on students’ images of scientists, there is a lack of research on gifted students’ perceptions of scientists in the research literature. The aim of this study was to investigate gifted students’ perceptions of scientists and stereotypical images of scientists. The participants were 42 gifted students. The Draw-a-Scientist Test (DAST) was used to collect data. The findings demonstrated that gifted students had a variety of stereotypical images of scientists. The findings also showed that students’ drawings included fewer indicators of the stereotypic model on average. The drawings of fourth-grade students included more elements when compared to fifth-grade students’ drawings. As a result, it was found that there are some findings different from previous research. Considering the findings obtained from this study, this study has provided findings for teachers and science educators.

Keywords

EN

gifted students; scientist; perception of scientist

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 31
• Pages: 217-228

Dates

published

2013

Contributors

author

Murat Ozel

• Nigde University, Turkey

author

Alev Dogan

• Gazi University, Faculty of Education, Ankara, Turkey

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.13.31.1.19

Biblioteka Nauki

26469811