The ideas of primary school teachers on the nature of science and the examination of the relationship between scientific attitude and science self- sufficiency level: Kütahya sample

In this research, the ideas on the nature of science of the primary school teachers who are one of the important dimensions to form a basis within the context of science. Concurrently, the primary school teachers' self-sufficiency and attitude towards science are examined to find out what kind of tendency they have. Primary school teachers view related to nature of science, scientific attitudes and the schools taken as a sample of self- sufficiency toward science and technology lessons and the data analyzing by carrying out a poll to the school teachers are evaluated with this descriptive survey model. The population is built up with the teachers of primary schools in Kütahya city. The sample is built up with the 100 teachers chosen from the city Kütahya, the county Altıntaş and some villages.The 18 point survey ?Views on Science, Technology and Society? developed by Aikenhead, Ryan and Fleming (1989) and translated into Turkish by Yakmaci (2000) is used to determine the ideas of primary school teachers on the nature of science. The Science Education Attitude Scale-II prepared by Moore and Foy (1997) and translated into Turkish by Turkmen (1999) is applied to determine the teachers' scientific attitude. The 20 point self-sufficiency test created by Riggs and Enochs (1990) and translated into Turkish by Bikmaz (2004) is applied to assess viithe level of the teachers' science self-sufficiency. For the result of survey, the necessary analyses have been performed by transferring the data taken to the ?SPSS Statics 13.0? statistical packageAs a result of the research, it has been found out that the ideas of primary school teachers towards the nature of science are closer to the positivist approach, the teachers have positive attitude towards science and science education and the teachers have medium-level science self-sufficiency. Key Words: The nature of science, scientific attitude, self-sufficiency