The views of the nominate teachers about science and technology laboratories and science literacy

As known, science and technology subject is one of the disciplines which is the closest field in the field of long-life learning. Therefore, science and technology subject and the teachers who teach this subject have the responsibility to inject this fact to the youth who will be the adults in the future. So ignoring a teacher who is aware of the knowledge, academic and science literacy which lies in the foundation of long-life learning and the science laboratory applications will be unjust for this subject and the next generations. In this research, the views of the nominate class and science and technology teachers who have the authority to teach science and technology are given and this research was made to help the institutions and person who have the responsibility of teaching science and technology subject in accordance with the goal of this subject .In the study, investigating the scientific literacy of teacher candidates and their views on the laboratory, researcher prepared the scientific literacy (BOY) and opinions about the laboratory (L.İ.G.) surveys by regarding the pertinent literature and used "Personal Information Questionnaire" to obtain demographic characteristics of teacher candidates related to the dependent variables. In total 59 items was administered to 132 teacher candidates.The data obtained at the end of the research were analyzed by use of statistical techniques appropriate for their characteristics, and SPSS 12.0 (Statistical Package for The Social Sciences) package programme in computer environment. In data analyses, frequency, percentage, independent simple t-testi and crosstabs were used.Key words: Science Education, Science Literacy, Science Laboratory.