The Scientific Attitude of Science Teachers and Their Students

Abstract

This study was undertaken to assess and determine the relationship between the scientific attitude of Grade 10 Science teachers and students in all public schools in the City Schools Division of Malolos. The descriptive method of research using two sets of questionnaires was employed in gathering the data.To find out the scientific attitudes exhibited by teachers and students, the researcher used an attitude scale covering the ten behavioral indicators that a person with a scientific attitude consistently manifested constructed by Lolita M. Salmorin (1983). The students and the teachers were asked to accomplish the attitude scale during the first semester of school year 2017-2018.The study revealed that the scientific attitudes exhibited by Grade 10 Science Teachers, in descending order were, open mindedness, respect for evidence, resourcefulness and creativity, curiosity, questioning attitude, believing in cause and effect relationship, honesty, humility, patience and determination, and intellectual responsibility. The students, on the other hand, ranked the above behavioral indicators in descending order were open mindedness, respect for evidence, curiosity, questioning attitude, believing in cause and effect relationship, resourcefulness and creativity, honesty, intellectual responsibility, patience and determination, and humility. The study found that there is no significant relationship between the scientific attitudes of teachers and students, specifically in the following behavioral indicators: open mindedness, respect for evidence, questioning attitude, curiosity, believing in cause and effect relationships, resourcefulness and creativity, honesty, and patience and determination. Likewise there was a significant relationship between the teachers and the students with the following attitudes; intellectual responsibility and humility.