Viewpoints of Preschool Teachers About Science Centers at Schools and Science Education

The goal of this research is to obtain the evaluations of preschool teachers about science centers in their school and science education and to analyze their views on the basis of the obtained data. The study is carried out with qualitative research method, interviews are held with preschool teachers and the obtained data are presented through descriptive analysis. Study group of this research involves a total of 60 teachers who used to work at 25 different primary schools in Sivas city center during 2017-2018 academic semesters. An interview form is designed and prepared by the researcher and it is used as data collection tool for obtaining the views of preschool teachers about science education and science centers at schools. Findings of the research are separated into two as evaluations of preschool teachers about science centers in the schools and viewpoints of preschool teachers about science education; the information separated into two groups is then analyzed in details. According to the obtained data, it can be said that almost all of the participant teachers emphasized the importance of science education, but they think that science centers at schools are highly insufficient