| Abstract: | Teacher education in Denmark lasts 4 years of which 2.8 years are allocated to a common education while 1.2 years are used for specialization in two subjects, preparing for teaching the two subjects in lower secondary school. Traditionally, the science specialization parts of the education have been heavily influenced by science centered curriculum thinking, but in August 1994 we started a cooperation aimed at improving the physics/chemistry specialization by taking into account recent research in science education. The project was inspired by constructivist thinking emphasizing metacognition, but another major consideration was integration of pedagogical thinking and physics/chemistry thinking. We describe the relevant parts of the Danish educational system as well as our initial considerations and goals and their implementation in the actual teacher education during the first year of the project, i.e. half way through. In connection with the project we developed a ‘teaching/learning cycle’ which is described in detail. |
