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This study employs narrative methods to give a holistic view of the experiences of five mature age preservice teachers in
a semester unit of science education. The unit was designed to help teachers examine and make explicit their ideas about science
and science teaching and consider ways in which they might put those ideas into practice. The pivotal theme, around which
the teachers' experiences could be organised, was found to be learning science. The preservice teachers expressed a need for
a supportive learning environment in which concepts were built gradually and introduced using concrete examples. Previous
science experience was found to be a major influence on the attitudes the participants brought to the present course. A lack
of previous experience or negative past experiences were a major cause of anxiety. Gender was also important as it had limited
the science experiences available to some participants in the past and continued to influence the way they participated in
classes during the semester.
Specializations: primary science, science teacher education, primary school field experience.
Specializations: formation of teachers' knowledge, leadership, teacher change, school reform. 相似文献
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Conclusion This study suggests that most students entering science or science education units in preservice primary teacher education
courses have a positive attitude to the teaching/learning of primary science and see value in all domains of science for children
at this stage. This was an unexpected finding. It was of concern however, that their interest in physical science topics was
so low. This may be due to previous specific experiences in secondary science. Science and science education units should
build on the positive attitudes of students and could develop physical science ideas through their significance in environmental
and social problems.
Specializations: science education, teacher education in science.
Specializations: science education policy and practice, teacher education, school effectiveness. 相似文献
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In recent years Australian primary schools have adopted an across-the-curriculum approach to writing. However, relatively
little research has been conducted in the area of primary science. This paper reports the result of a small scale collaborative
study involving a Year 2 and a Year 5 class, and their classroom teacher, which used science activities as the basis for developing
report-writing skills using a framework consisting of three focus questions. Students in both classes learned to use the framework
in one term and it was found that it improved the quality of reports.
Specialisations: science and technology curriculum development, secondary and primary teacher education in agriculture, science and environmental
education.
Specialisations: cognition and curriculum, early childhood and primary teacher education in science and social education. 相似文献
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Post-primary science teachers in Victoria were asked to express views about primary science curriculum design and implementation.
They were also asked about the value of continuity between primary and post-primary science education. The post-primary teachers
generally had favourable attitudes to primary science education and considered that cooperation would be useful-though it
is not common at the moment. However, the data revealed a considerable range of opinion. Post-primary science teachers' views
about primary science curriculum are similar to those of primary teachers themselves, but many post-primary teachers would
place more emphasis on formal or textbook knowledge. Post-primary teachers see a number of systemic problems in implementing
primary science education but their positive perceptions suggest the value of encouraging more structured links. The notion
of continuity across the two sectors was well supported.
Specializations: science education policy and practice, teacher education, school effectiveness.
Specializations: science education, teacher education in science. 相似文献
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Carmel McNaught Dianne Raubenheimer Margaret Keogh Rob O'Donoghue Jim Taylor 《Research in Science Education》1992,22(1):291-298
This paper describes an ongoing process of participatory curriculum development. It outlines some of the tensions which need
to be explored in science curriculum development: debates about the nature of science, of society, of school science content
and of learning theories. The process whereby action can arise from this debate is also explored. An example will be outlined
of a network of science curriculum action which has developed from the work of a range of science education projects in Natal,
South Africa.
Specializations: science curriculum development from primary to tertiary level.
Specializations: inservice primary science teacher development.
Specializations: inservice teacher development, biology education.
Specializations: environmental education, teacher development.
Specializations: environmental education, teacher development. 相似文献
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Dr Denis Goodrum MS Judith Cousins Dr Adrianne Kinnear 《Research in Science Education》1992,22(1):163-169
The study attempts to identify the factors which affect teacher's reluctance to teach science, then explains an approach to
help teachers teach science in a worthwhile manner over the school year while monitoring any changes in their confidence and
competence. It was found that the condidence and competence of the teachers improved during the year such that they were able
to teach successful science lessons on a regular basis.
Specializations: primary science and technology education, curriculum development and implementation, teacher education.
Specializations: primary science curriculum, early childhood education, gender and science.
Specializations: primary science and technology education, issues related to girls in science and technology. 相似文献
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Dr Tim Hardy Ms Margaret Bearlin Dr Valda Kirkwood 《Research in Science Education》1990,20(1):142-151
The aim of the Primary and Early Childhood Science and Technology Education Project (PECSTEP) is to improve teaching and learning
in science and technology of by increasing the number of early childhood and primary teachers who are effective educators.
PECSTEP is based on an interactive model of teaching and systematically links work on gender with the learning and teaching
of science and technology. The project involves: a year-long inservice program which includes the development of a science
curriculum unit by teachers in their schools; linking of the preservice and inservice programs; and the development of support
networks for teachers. Each phase of PECSTEP has been researched by means of surveys, interviews and the use of diaries. Research
questions have focussed particularly on changes in: teachers’ and student teachers’ attitudes to teaching science and technology;
their perceptions of science and technology; their perceptions of their students’ responses and their understandings of how
gender relates to these areas.
Specializations: primary science curriculum, science teacher education, sociology of science, technology and education.
Specializations: gender and science/science teacher education, feminist theory, curriculum theory.
Specializations: Science education research, curriculum development. 相似文献
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This paper reports an empirical study of science education in Australian primary schools. The data show that, while funding
is seen as a major determinant of what is taught and how it is taught, teacher-confidence and teacher-knowledge are also important
variables. Teachers are most confident with topics drawn from the biological sciences, particularly things to do with plants.
With this exception there is no shared body of science education knowledge that could be used to develop a curriculum for
science education. There was evidence that most teachers see a need for a hands-on approach to primary science education involving
the use of concrete materials. A substantial proportion of teachers agree that some of the problems would be alleviated by
having a set course together with simple, prepared kits containing sample learning experiences. Any such materials must make
provision for individual teachers to capitalise on critical teaching incidents as they arise and must not undermine the professional
pride that teachers have in their work.
Specializations: science education, school effectiveness, teacher education
Specializations: science education, teacher education in science 相似文献
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What is written in reports to parents can provide insight into the perceptions of teachers of the various areas of the primary
school curriculum. This paper reports the first stage of a research project focussing on reports as a guide to teachers' views
of the relative importance of, and desired student outcomes in, key areas of the curriculum. Teacher comments in the end-of-the-year
reports in one primary school were analysed.
Specializations: science education, teacher education.
Specializations: science education, teacher education. 相似文献
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Over the past two years, Florida State University's Science Education Program and Sabal Palm Elementary have collaborated
to develop a PPS. The formation of the Sabal Palm PPS was not based upon a predetermined design nor has one group served as
an authority to direct how the PPS ought to operate. The success of this model relies on PPS participants working collaboratively
to establish goals and plans for actions to be taken to support teacher-learning. The Sabal Palm PPS continues to evolve as
dynamic model for creating a center for teacher and student learning. The purpose of this paper is to discuss our involvement
in the formation a PPS and implications for enhancing teacher education programs.
Specializations: professional practice school development, teacher research, primary science education
Specializations: environmental science, primary science education. 相似文献
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Mr. Ray Peterson Associate Professor David Treagust 《Research in Science Education》1992,22(1):323-330
This paper discusses a preliminary investigation into primary pre-service teachers' pedagogical reasoning skills. Results
from this investigation led to the development of a problem-based learning model which focused on improving primary pre-service
teachers' pedagogical reasoning skills. The problem-based learning model uses pedagogical reasoning as the basis for creating
problem situations for the pre-service teachers to investigate. The paper reports on pre-service teachers' views on the use
of the approach to improve their pedagogical reasoning skills.
Specializations: science teacher education, learning in science, chemistry education.
Specializations: student learning, conceptual change, technology education, curriculum evaluation. 相似文献
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Alison Grindrod Andrea Klindworth Dr. Marjory-Dore Martin Russell Tytler 《Research in Science Education》1991,21(1):151-160
In 1990, a large proportion of third year primary trainee teachers at Victoria College had observed or taught very few or
no science lessons during the first two years of their course. The students felt that a lack of content knowledge, a crowded
school curriculum, and problems associated with managing resources and equipment, were the main factors contributing to the
low level of science being taught in schools. By the end of their third year significantly more students had taught science
than after the second year. There was also a change in approach to teaching science with more practical activities being included
than previously. The science method unit taught to the students in the third year of their course contributed to this increase.
The students considered the hands-on activities in class to have been the most effective aspect of the unit in their preparation
for the teaching of primary science.
Specializations: children's learning in science, primary teacher education.
Specializations: student understanding of biology, evaluation of formal and informal educational settings.
Specializations: gender, science and technology, environmental education.
Specializations: children's learning in science, language and science. 相似文献
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Margaret Bearlin 《Research in Science Education》1990,20(1):21-30
Female teachers predominate in primary schools, and tend both to have more negative perceptions of their teaching skills in
the physical sciences than males, and to expect girls to perform less well in these areas than boys, with likely serious consequences
for girls. In this context the WASTE (Women and Science Teacher Education) Project sought to identify characteristics for
teacher education programs which, in the opinion of their conveners, were productive in changing the attitude toward the teaching
of science, or in changing the actual mode of teaching science, of women preservice and practising teachers. This paper reports
the findings of the WASTE Project which surveyed the conveners of pre- and inservice programs and outlined the three models
of exemplary practice used to classify responses:subject-centred, learner-centred andknowledge and person-centred. These models were based largely on differing explanations given for attitude change and on implicit concepts of knowledge,
persons, and teaching and learning, and on the importance attributed to gender as a variable. Secondly, it shows how the Primary
and Early Childhood Science and Technology Education Project, a gender-sensitive action-research project, was built on these
findings. Finally, using these models, it offers a critique of the gender perspective of the Discipline Review of Teacher
Education (DEET, 1989).
Specializations: gender and science/science teacher education, feminist theory, curriculum theory. 相似文献
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Mr Ken Appleton 《Research in Science Education》1992,22(1):11-19
There has been renewed debate in recent years about the relatively poor science discipline background knowledge of primary
and preschool teachers, and their lack of confidence to teach science stemming from this. A reaction from teacher educators,
such as recommended by theDiscipline Review of Teacher Education in Mathematics and Science Report, has been to provide more explicit science discipline units in pre-service teacher education courses. However, a few
studies have cast some doubt on the notion that more science discipline studies (Skamp, 1989; Stepans & McCormack, 1985).
This paper reports on pre-service students' perceptions of their cofidence to teach science before and after a science education
unit adapted from the PECSTEP work (Kirkwood, Bearlin & Hardy, 1989), which included only a small amount of physical science,
and took an explicit gender approach emphasising the students as learners.
Specializations: primary teacher education, teaching strategies in science. 相似文献
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This paper relates to a study commissioned by the Department of Employment, Education and Training to evaluate the impact
of the Discipline Review of Teacher Education in Mathematics and Science. The major datagathering strategies employed in that
study have been to visit every higher education institution in Australia involved in teacher education to interview relevant
staff and to seek information by mail from other bodies to whom recommendations of the Review were addressed. This paper reports
a supplementary activity, the analysis of citations of the Report of the Discipline Review in the journal of the Australasian
Science Education Research Association,Research in Science Education. This research reveals that there has been relatively little critical analysis of the Review, somewhat surprising in the
light of its significance for science teacher education. Further the citations in the journal suggest that the Review Report
has struck a responsive chord with those involved in the science education of primary school teachers. Its impact on secondary
teacher education would appear to be less significant. This difference is explored in the context of professional education.
Specializations: science education, teacher education.
Specializations: international education, educational measurement, science education. 相似文献
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Preparing student teachers to teach thoughtfully and to consider carefully the consequences of their work involves creating
opportunities for these beginning teachers to learn the skills and attitudes required for reflective practive. The case study
described here explores one model of developing reflective practice and the congruent role that the source and use of knowledge
of good teaching practice has in the process of developing the reflective practices of a post-graduate pre-service science
teacher. Of particular interest are the facilitators and barriers she sees as affecting this development.
Specializations: Science education, science teacher education
Specializations: science education, science teacher education, conceptual change, learning environments, science reasoning. 相似文献
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Mr David Tulip Mr David O'Connell Ms Lorraine English 《Research in Science Education》1994,24(1):331-337
A study of students from a primary school and its local secondary school was conducted to investigate students' relative interests
in geology and biology during the years prior to Year 10. Students from Years 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 were interviewed, using an
innovative interview technique, and results show that interest in both subjects appears to be fairly evenly distributed throughout
all years. This paper reports on the study conducted and illustrates the success of the interview technique developed to accommodate
all students, especially those from younger year levels.
Specializations: science teacher education, biology teacher education.
Specializations: economic geology, mineralogy, geological education.
Specializations: primary science education. 相似文献
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A questionnaire survey of 300, 14 and 15 year-old pupils in England and Spain was carried out to investigate pupils' general
ideas about the process of buring and their ideas about specific types of combustion, using open-ended and structured response
questions. Pupils' responses were analysed and categories were defined from a classification scheme previously reported by
Andersson (1990). A possible model for progression of pupils' ideas about combustion is discussed.
Specialization: science teacher education.
Specializations: Problem-solving, pupils' alternative concepts, initial teacher education.
Specializations: Environmental education, science teacher development (international). 相似文献
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Mr Ken Appleton 《Research in Science Education》1991,21(1):1-9
Mature-age students have formed a significant proportion of preservice students in primary teacher education over recent years.
Academic staff have reported a difference between mature-age students and school-leavers, particularly in motivation and achievement.
This report examines part of a study which explored mature-age students' views about aspects of teaching science and technology,
compared to the views of students who came to university straight from school. It examines, in particular, students' personal
feelings of adequacy in teaching science and technology in primary schools.
Specialisations: primary teacher education, teaching strategies in science. 相似文献