Assessment of Educational Neuromyths among Teachers and Teacher Candidates

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Educational Practices; Misconceptions; Predictor Variables; Gender Differences; Social Class; Teacher Surveys; Student Surveys; Teacher Attitudes; Student Teacher Attitudes; Neurosciences; Neuropsychology; Knowledge Level; Familiarity; Scores; Comparative Analysis; Teaching Experience; Employment Level; Cohort Analysis; Elementary Secondary Education; Preservice Teachers; Foreign Countries; Statistical Analysis

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The aim of study is to determine the neuromyth level of teachers and pre-teachers and reveal if there is significant difference in terms of some variables (gender, class, etc.). Research was designed in survey model. The research sample was formed with 241 teachers and 511 teacher candidates. In the collection of data, "Educational neuromyths test" that has 31 questions with options "right, wrong, I have no idea" that was created by the authors by applying reliability studies. Score that can be taken from measuring tool are in the range of 0-31. According to the findings; while teachers are having an average score of "18,87", teacher candidates received an average score of "16,70". According to this result, teacher and teacher candidates have misplaced half of the questions of neurometry. While comparing the scores of teachers and teacher candidates, a significant difference in favor of the teachers (p = 0.000) were found. The results of the research are expected to led to a debate on "brain and learning" issues.

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2017

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