The Opinions of Teacher Candidates about the Learning Outcomes in Teaching Science and Technology Course and the Predictions of Instructors about the Subject
Ali YILDIZ

Abstract
The purpose of the study is to examine the views of the primary school teacher candidates who are obliged to take the science and technology course about the learning outcomes they acquired with the presentations that they made during the course and the predictions of the instructors teaching (explaining) the science and technology course about these views. The study group of the research is comprised of a total of 69 students (28 males and 41 females) studying in the third grade of primary school teaching the programme of the education faculty in a state university. The opinion form is comprised of seven open ended questions and open-ended sensitising interviews were used as a data collection tool. After the questions were asked to teacher candidates, five instructors teaching the science and technology course were interviewed and asked to determine which outcomes the students wrote in the answers they could give to the open ended questions in percentages. It was revealed in the research study that the present condition which came up as a result of stating the opinions of primary school teacher candidates about which outcomes they acquired at what percentage during the presentations they made in teaching the science and technology course was different from the predictions of the instructors teaching the course.

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