Sosyobilimsel Konularla Desteklenmiş Karar Verme Becerisi Öğretiminin Fen Bilimleri Öğretmen Adaylarının Karar Verme Becerileri Üzerine Etkisine Yönelik Bir Çalışma

This study was conducted using mixed method to investigate and improve the decision-making skill competencies of pre-service science teachers. The study was conducted in the fall semester of the 2022-2023 academic year with pre-service teachers studying in the third year of Kastamonu University, Faculty of Education, Science Teacher Education. The study was conducted with a total of 13 pre-service teachers, 9 female and 4 male. Participant pre-service teachers were given an 8-week training and the reflection of this training on pre-service teachers was evaluated. During the training process, prospective teachers were allowed to experience the decision-making process through scenarios supported by socio-scientific issues. As data collection tools in the study, semi-structured interviews were conducted to determine the pre-service teachers' knowledge about decision-making skills at the beginning of the process and at the end of the process to evaluate the change in their decision-making skills with the reflection of the process on themselves, and the Decision Making Skills Test (DMST) adapted by Bozkurt (2014) for pre-service teachers was applied as pre-test before the process and post-test after the process. The quantitative data obtained were analyzed with SPSS program. As a result of the study, it was observed that the students' posttest mean scores (7.18) were higher than their pre-test mean scores (3.13) and this difference was significant. When the findings obtained from the interviews were analyzed, it was determined that the research process contributed to the pre-service teachers' decision-making skills, increased their awareness of decision-making skills, and they experienced conscious changes in the decision-making process.