Deniz Yordaml?|Erkan ?en?ekerci
CORRELATION BETWEEN SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER CANDIDATES’ EPISTEMOLOGICAL BELIEFS AND THEIR INFORMATION LITERACY LEVELS
Uluda? University|Uluda? University
evident school fundamental institution information literacy sophisticated flexible epistemological beliefs acquired competence subject context main problem study aims address vital importance educating preservice teachers information literates sophisticated flexible epistemological belief levels teacher training institutions thus study aims determine epistemological belief information literacy levels social studies teacher candidates investigate whether significant relationship levels conducted relational survey model study focuses effects gender class variables participants 426 social studies teacher candidates studying four different state universities located provinces bursa istanbul anakkale academic year 20182019 data collection process used epistemological beliefs scale originally developed schommer 1990 information literacy scale developed adgzel 2011 epistemological beliefs scale utilised study turkish version scale adapted turkish deryakulu amp bykztrk 2002 whose validity reliability analyses made aydn et al 2017 apart two scales participants also provided personal information form filled various statistical analyses tests applied collected data following basic findings obtained epistemological beliefs information literacy skills social studies teacher candidates high level low moderate correlation epistemological beliefs teacher candidates information literacy levels dimension belief learning depends effort belief learning depends talent low correlation dimension belief one truth