A Case Study About Using Instructional Design Models in Science Education

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to identify the perceptions of preservice science teachers' about using instructional design models in terms of planning and using their lesson plans during Teaching Applications course. This research is based on qualitative methodology. Study group consists of 12 preservice science teachers who take Teaching Applications course. Semi-structured questions were used for focus group interviews. Content analysis was used as a statistical technique for analyzing qualitative data. Bloom's Learning Taxonomy, Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction, Dick&Carrey Model and Kemp's Instructional Design Model were mostly preferred by student teachers in terms of results. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.