PERCEPTION OF PRE SERVICE SCIENCE TEACHERS TOWARDS NATURE OF SCIENCE: - A STUDY

The research paper documents the Perception of Pre service Science Teachers towards Nature of Science in secondary teacher education institutions. Objectives-The data were collected through a self-developed questionnaires from 304 preservice science teachers, out of which 137 male preservice science teachers and 167 female preservice science teachers from twelve teacher education institutions running under Higher Education Department, Govt. of Odisha. Data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. i.e Mean, standard deviation and t -test. The findings revealed that, the mean scores for understanding the empirical nature of science are 4.21 for males and 4.13 for females, with standard deviations of 0.386 and 0.369. The t-value of 1.842 indicates no significant difference, showing both genders have a similar understanding towards Nature of Science.