TY - JOUR TI - The Opinions of Prospective Science Teachers about Some BasicAstronomy Concepts AB - The purpose of this study is to reveal prospective science teachers' opinions about some basic astronomy concepts before and after they participated in an instruction process about these concepts using a Technology Aided Instruction (TAI) in their courses. The working group consists a total of five science teaching program prospective teachers who were studying in the senior class of a university in the Western Black Sea region in the fall semester of 2015-2016 academic year. The study was designed on the basis of case study. These five teachers were then interviewed and the data was analyzed by means of content analysis. As a result, it was concluded that there were significant differences among prospective teachers and they gave more explanatory and scientifically acceptable responses to the interview questions after the TAI instruction practices ended. The technology was an effective means of reducing the number of alternative ideas the prospective teachers held about basic astronomy concepts. In view of the findings of the study, it is suggested that astronomy classes should involve the TAI practices. AU - EZBERCI CEVIK, EBRU AU - Bozdemir, Hafife AU - KURNAZ, Mehmet Altan AU - CANDAN HELVACI, Sevcan DO - 10.14812/cufej.556133 PY - 2020 JO - Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi VL - 49 IS - 2 SN - 1302-9967 SP - 1025 EP - 1060 DB - TRDizin UR - http://search/yayin/detay/424680 ER -