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This study was planned by using a phenomenological approach among the qualitative research methods and was carried out interviewing with five preschool teachers selected by using maximum diversity sampling among the purposeful sampling methods. Semi-structured interview data was used as the data collection tool. After the interviews, interview texts were prepared, the content analysis was performed by open coding method, and the findings were reached. According to the findings of this study, it was concluded that most of the preschool teachers feel inadequate in the field of science and are not interested in science. Another finding of this study is preschool teachers include science activities into their programs but they cannot be creative in these activities, they neither know nor question why they do such activities and do not diversify the activities. In addition, it was observed in this study that preschool\u003Cbr>teachers had a lack of knowledge in the field of science and this caused misconceptions for the students. Keywords: Preschool, preschool teacher, science education, self-efficacy. |\n| --- |\n| *Corresponding author. E-mail: [emelygmr@hotmail.com. Tel:](emelygmr@hotmail.com. Tel:) 90-505 393 60 51. |\n\nINTRODUCTION  \nChildren try to explore their environment beginning from the day they were born, and since they learn to speak, they speak with hundreds of questions. These questions show us that; children look around them in a very different perspective than adults, and are much more willing to learn by adults. According to Piaget , children have completely their own mental functioning and points of view. Young children are not a miniature of adults (Oktay, 2002) . For these reasons, the preschool period, which constitutes the first years of individuals' lives, is very important and valuable. It is the foundation of human life between pre-natal months and 0-6 years postpartum. An important part of our learning takes place during such periods. If all the faces of development are not supported by creating the necessary environment and opportunities in the early childhood period, it will be very difficult or even impossible to eliminate deficiencies in the later periods of life (Oktay et al. , 2006) .  \nPreschool education has been an educational process whose importance has been emphasized for many years  \nin developed countries. For example, Sweden updated pre-school curricula in 2010 so that the educational age is between 1 and 5 years old (Anderson and Gullberg, 2012) . In the early childhood period, which will form the basis of the students' educational life, the activities to be performed in the name of science are also very important. In line with the slowly appearance of literacy and math subject orientation in preschool also nature and nature phenomenon (nature science and technology science) are put on the agenda. This is visible in curricula from all Nordic countries. For example in the Norwegian curriculum in connection to the compulsory subject area“nature, environment and technology”many aims and a big numbers of science content is listed. The Swedish curriculum states that children are to “develop their understanding of science and relationships in nature as well as knowledge of plants, animals and also simple chemical proc","cbCaisbqkTRGIfRJ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisbqkTRGIfRJ","pdf",238409,"English","# Introduction\n## Preschool education and science exposure\n## Importance of early science education\n## Self-efficacy and theoretical background","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the study on preschool teachers’ self-efficacy in science?\",\"answer\":\"The study determines how adequate preschool teachers consider themselves in the field of science, assesses their awareness, and examines their perceived adequacy in science and science teaching.\"},{\"question\":\"How was the research conducted and analyzed?\",\"answer\":\"The research used a phenomenological approach with qualitative methods. 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