THE MEASUREMENT OF CURIOSITY OF TEACHER CANDIDATES: A STUDY BASED ON BREADTH AND DEPTH OF INTEREST

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https://doi.org/10.20535/2410-8286.92520

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Curiosity, Breadth and Depth of interest, Education, Teacher Candidates

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate curiosity styles of teacher candidates. A total of 250 teacher candidates –classroom/physical education and sports- volunteered for the study. In the study Turkish version of Erwin’s (1998) two-factor curiosity scale was used as data gathering tool. In the evaluation of data first reliability and normality analyses were made. And MANOVA was used as hypothesis test at the %95 confidence level. This study showed that classroom teacher candidates' breadth of interest curiosity score was significantly higher in comparison with physical education and sport teacher candidates.

 

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Neslisah Aktas, Gazi University

Institute of Educational Sciences

Umit Dogan Ustun, Dumlupinar University

School of Physical Education and Sports

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2017-07-11

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Aktas, N., & Ustun, U. D. (2017). THE MEASUREMENT OF CURIOSITY OF TEACHER CANDIDATES: A STUDY BASED ON BREADTH AND DEPTH OF INTEREST. Advanced Education, (7), 33–36. https://doi.org/10.20535/2410-8286.92520

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2017: Issue 7

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