Examination of Prospective Teachers' Creative Comparisons for the Concept of "Science Education" in Terms of Various Variables

Determination of prospective teachers' metaphoric perceptions of science education will contribute to the more effective and efficient organization of science education and the organize and structure of its teaching. In this aspect, this research aimed at determining prospective teachers' metaphoric perceptions toward science education in terms of various variables. This research was conducted on 301 prospective teachers. In this research, a phenomenological study, which is one of the qualitative research designs, was adopted. A creative comparison form was used as a data collection tool. The content analysis method, which is one of the qualitative data analysis methods, was used to analyze the collected data. As a result of this study, the creative comparisons of prospective teachers for science education were gathered under 5 categories: emotion, color, game, transportation vehicle, and technological tool. Prospective teachers produced several metaphors according to these categories. And some suggestions were made based on the results.