Investigation of the preservice science and technology teachers? and preservice classroom teachers? wiews on nature of technology

The aim of this study is to determine the views of pre-service science teachers and pre-service classroom teachers about nature of technology, the relationship between technology and science, the relationship between technology and society, and social construction of technology. Pre-service science and technology, and classroom teachers have been joined in this research. In order to determine the pre-service teachers? views about the nature of technology ?Views on Science-Technology-Society (VOSTS) which was designed by Aikenhead, Fleming and Ryan (1989) instrument was used. Seventeen questions which are about technology (two questions), the relationship between technology and science (four questions), the relationship between technology and society (eight questions), and the social construction of technology (three questions) has been selected form VOSTS and adopted to the Turkish. 20 interviews have been done (12 from pre-service science teachers and 8 pre-service classroom teachers) in order to reveal participants? views on nature of technology in depth,At the end of the research, it has been reached that pre-service teachers have misconceptions about the nature of technology. Although the pre-service teachers have acceptable views about definition of technology, this pre-service teachers have realistic views about influence of society on technology. However, the pre-service teachers have inadequate views about relationship between technology and science, because the pre-service teachers not know the technology advancing as independent from science. The pre-service teachers have traditional views about social of technology but 4th class pre-service teachers have more realistic views that topic.In the analysis of the chi-square test according to pre-service teachers? answers, 4th class pre-service science teachers have more realistic views on technology, relationship between technology and science, influence of technology on society than other pre-service science teachers. 4th class pre-service classroom teachers have more realistic views on relationship between technology and science, influence of technology on society than other pre-service classroom teachers. 3rd class pre-service classroom teachers have more realistic views on important of technology for research and development than other pre-service classroom teachers. 3rd class pre-service science and technology teachers have more realistic views on definition of technology, influence of technology on society than 3rd class pre-service classroom teachers. 3rd class pre-service classroom teachers have more realistic opinion on influence of society on technology, social construction of technology, important of technology for research and development than 3rd pre-service science teachers. 4th class pre-service science teachers have more realistic views on definition of technology, social construction of technology than 4th class pre-service classroom teachers.Keywords: Views on nature of science, Pre-service Science and Technology Teachers, Pre-service Classroom Teachers, Misconception, Science, Technology, Society.