A state-wide change initiative: The primary science teacher-leader project |
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Authors: | Dr Grady Venville John Wallace William Louden |
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Institution: | (1) Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, 6001 Perth, WA, Australia;(2) Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia |
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Abstract: | The Primary Science Teacher-Leader Project was conducted during 1995 and 1996 as part of the Education Department of Western
Australia's Science Project. This paper focuses on the implications of this project for primary science education reform.
It is shown that the project inducted a cadre of skilled and enthusiastic teacher-leaders who impacted on science teaching
in classrooms throughout the state. Quality professional development, networking, time and the provision of modest resources
for teacher-leaders were the major structural factors contributing to the success of the model. Contextual factors included
the readiness for change in primary science among schools and teachers, the collaborative approach to the project by the science
education community in Western Australia and the concurrent publication and implementation of quality teaching materials in
the form ofPrimary Investigations. |
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