Investigation of Pre-service Teachers’ Attitudes towards Socioscientific Issues with respect to Different Variables

The aim of the research is to examine pre-service teachers’ attitudes towards socioscientific issues in terms of gender, grade point average and major. The study carried out with 144 pre-service teachers who studying from different major that include scientific and social sciences in an Education Faculty from Central Anatolian in 2015-2016 academic year. This study was designed survey method. The data were collected via personal information form and Attitudes towards Sociosicentific Issues Scale (ATSIS). This scale consists of 30 items, three dimensions (interest and usefulness of SSI, liking of SSI and anxiety towards SSI), and five point likert. In results, there was no significant difference between genders and grade point average on dimensions of ATSIS. Addition to these results, there was a significant difference between major on interest and usefulness of SSI, and anxiety towards SSI. There was not significant difference between major on liking of SSI