“Firstly, I try to make them feel that ı love this lesson” (T10)
“…through the method I applied while doing an experiment or an activity, the order of
these methods, being tidy and the respect to the materials, I especially give more
important to the laboratory materials, I try to make them feel these so that they could do
the same.” (T3)
Some of the teachers who were interviewed in the study stated that they became models to the
students by telling about their own learning experience.
“I give the different examples that are not involved in our books. But it is not a so
frequent event but it happens sometimes. Generally, I try to tell about the attitudes
about science that I did during my studentship.” (T6).
“In fact I am very sorry that I could not feel that I am a teacher her for three years. In
my previous school, there was a corner at the hall that was not used, I asked permission
to use it form the director. I gave topics to the students there. The students prepared
simple projects such as related to global warming and produced small but concrete
products. The students became very happy.” (T9).
When the teachers‟ opinions about this issue was examined, it was seen that the teachers handled the
rules in terms of the laboratory context, the activities in the teaching-learning process class
environments were more restricted or at least they did not have any role-modeling activities in the
class.