The effects of the children’s university activities to children’s views and attitudes towards scientists and scienc
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Children's universities introduce science to children at early ages, and these universities are established and spreading across the world in order to popularize science and take children into these scientific activities. In this study it was aimed to determine the effects of the children's university activities to children's views and attitudes towards scientist 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 were 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. Also, 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 chance children to meet science and university at early ages.
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Keywords: children’s university; science school; science education; image of scientist; gifted education.
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