Situational interest and the attitudes towards science of primary teacher education students.

Title: Situational interest and the attitudes towards science of primary teacher education students.
Creator: Palmer, David
Relation: International Journal of Science Education Vol. 26, Issue 7, p. 895-908
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0950069032000177262
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2004
Description: The construct of "situational interest" involves the identification of classroom factors that arouse student interest, but previous research has focussed on non-science domains such as reading or mathematics. The first aim of this study was to identify the sources of situational interest in a science content/methods course for primary teacher education students. The second aim was to investigate whether sustained situational interest could positively influence students' attitudes towards science. Data were obtained by formal surveys, informal surveys and individual interviews. The results indicated that situational interest was generated by factors such as novelty, meaningfulness and involvement, and positive attitude change did occur.
Subject: situational interest; student interest; science; attitude
Identifier: uon:1815
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/27581
Identifier: ISSN:0950-0693
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