The effects of children’s university activities on children’s views and attitudes towards scientists and science

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Hüseyin Es
Sinop University Education Faculty, Sinop 57000, TurkeyTel.: +90 3682715526 (2045) ; fax: +90 3682715530

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Children's universities introduce science to children at an early age. These universities are spreading across the world with an aim to popularize science and involve children in scientific activities. In this study, we have aimed to determine the effects of the children's university activities on children's views and attitudes towards scientists and science. The project lasted two weeks and included 27 activities including science, mathematics, arts and sports. The participants were 50 students from 6th grade. The data was collected through a 21 item-scale developed by Pell and Jarvis (2001) and by "The Images of the Scientist" scale developed by Song and Kim (1999). The results revealed that students' attitudes to science changed statistically. Therefore, the images of students to scientist changed positively at the end of the activities. The findings show that the children's university activities have reached its objectives. It is believed that children's universities should be expanded and supported, which may give children a chance to meet science and university at early ages.

Keywords: Children’s university; science school; science education; image of scientist, gifted education


 

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Es, H. (2016). The effects of children’s university activities on children’s views and attitudes towards scientists and science . International Journal of Learning and Teaching, 8(2), 100–108. https://doi.org/10.18844/ijlt.v8i2.508
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