In this study, kindergarten teachers` and secondary science teachers`, total number of 117 in Taegu, images of scientists and their respected scientists were explored through the Draw-A-Scientists-Test and Network Analysis methods. Main results of th...
In this study, kindergarten teachers` and secondary science teachers`, total number of 117 in Taegu, images of scientists and their respected scientists were explored through the Draw-A-Scientists-Test and Network Analysis methods. Main results of the study can be summarized as follows: 1) Teachers, in general, showed some stereotyped images of scientists. But kindergarten teachers have more stereotyped ones than secondary science teachers do. 2) Teachers tended to respect some scientists through those scientists` personal characteristics, especially affective ones. But while kindergarten teachers seemed to consider scientists` contributions to society and their affective characteristis more important, secondary science teacher tendeded to consider scientists` contributions to science and their cognitive characteristics.