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Makale Özeti:
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One of the purposes of the 2013 science programme was to develop entrepreneurial characteristics of
its students. Entrepreneurship is the new concept for science. Because of this, it can be said that the
students, science teacher candidates, and science teachers are lacking this entrepreneurship culture.
This research aimed to investigate the entrepreneurial characteristics of science teacher candidates in
terms of variables such as grade level, gender, work experience, and awards received in any field.
The research data was obtained from the 963 science teacher candidates, studying in five different
universities. The data was collected through a 5-point Likert-type measurement instrument,
consisting of five factors (risk taking, self-confidence, considering the opportunities, emotional
intelligence, and being innovative), which was developed by the researchers. The data was analyzed
using the Kolmogorov-Simirnov Test, U Test, and H Test. According to the results of this research,
males were better at risk taking and being innovative in terms of gender, more experienced people
were better at risk taking, emotional intelligence, considering the opportunities, and being
innovative in terms of work experience. Significant results were obtained with respect to risk taking,
self-confidence, considering the opportunities, and being innovative in favor of former awardreceivers
in terms award receiving. Additionally, it was seen that only senior students had more
innovative characteristics with respect other grade levels. In this respect, it could be said that gender,
work experience, receiving awards, and grade level variables should be considered in conducted
research on the issue of entrepreneurship in science education.
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