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Showing 1 to 20 of 98 for “"Science teacher"”.
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Influences of science teacher characteristics on student science achievement.
Influences of science teacher characteristics on student science achievement.
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Interrogating Whiteness in Science Teacher Identities: A Critical Autoethnography
… of racism and anti-racism that manifest in science teacher identities-in-practice. Being a white, cis-gendered male science teacher who has been involved in (re)producing racial harm in science education spaces, I studied the ways in which whiteness manifests in science teacher identities of …
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Michigan science teacher preparation for the instruction of English Language Learners
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-09-16 without embargo terms
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Justice-Centered Mentorship in Science Teacher Education: Black Men Decolonizing Science Teaching
… justice-centered mentorship (JCM) in science education and studied how decolonizing science and the science classroom became a part of a Black man novice teacher’s science identity while being engaged in JCM that I facilitated as an experienced Black man high school science teacher. …
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Culturally Attributable Interactions Between a Stateside Science Teacher and Chamorro Students on Guam
… issues on Guam specifically those involving science classroom interactions between secondary students and teachers by providing a rationale for these interactions. At the onset it is important to recognize that Guam's public science education program is unique in that nearly all of our …
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Instructional decisions guided by student performance: the case of an exemplary elementary science teacher
… was to understand how an exemplary elementary teacher used classroom assessments to inform instructional decisions during the act of science teaching. Within the axioms of a naturalistic inquiry (see Chapter 3), a “bounded system” (Merriam, 2009) case study was used to conceptualize this …
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Development of environmental education guidelines for secondary science teacher education programmes in the Sudan's universities
… status of environmental education in secondary science teacher education programmes in the Sudan's universities and the science programmes of the secondary school curriculum. In addition, it explores how the shortcomings of these programmes could be rectified in accordance with the emerging …
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Reform-Based Science Teaching: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Explaining Variation in Secondary Science Teacher Practice
… and explain the variation seen in secondary science teachers' enactment of reform-based instructional practices. Utilizing teacher socialization theory, this mixed-methods analysis was conducted to determine the relative influence of secondary science teachers' characteristics, backgrounds …
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Views and Understandings of an Exemplary Secondary Science Teacher using Inquiry Instruction: A Case Study in England
… yet in the USA robust research shows secondary science teachers struggle to grasp inquiry. In 2015, academies are urging American teachers to come to a clear understanding of inquiry as a new framework gets adopted in the USA. Notably, this framework is akin to the National Curriculum in …
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The Influence of Science Teacher Preparation Programs on Instructional Practices of Beginning Primary School Teachers in Malawi
The purpose of this study was to observe the science teaching practices of six primary school teachers in Standards 5 through 7, to learn about their perceptions of teaching science and to examine whether or not their teaching practices were in keeping with what they were taught during teacher …
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The nature and quality of pre-service science teacher education and transition to teaching in Lagos State, Nigeria
The poor state of learning in pre-service science teacher education is typical. of the problems in the Nigeria education sector (Afe, 2001; Odubunmi, 2006; Okebukola, 2004). Little research based evidence about Nigerian pre-service science teacher education has been reported in the literature, …
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New Science Teacher Experiences in a Mentor Program with Same Content vs Different Content Mentors: A Qualitative Study
… knowledge on the experiences of novice secondary science teachers and what qualities novice science teachers find important in a mentor. This study investigates whether having a content-specific mentor affects a new science teacher’s self-efficacy, teaching practices, and career satisfaction …
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From College Student to Science Teacher--an Exploratory Study Based Upon the Experiences of Two Beginning Biology Teachers
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The development of science teacher leadership across a state: a reflection on practice complicated by issues of scale, politics and funding
… project is in the form of a follow-up study of teacher participants in two professional development programs in the years subsequent to their participation. It is a reflection of practice, written in narrative form, that highlights some of the challenges associated with professional development …
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Transforming content knowledge: a case study of an experienced science teacher teaching in a typical South African secondary school$$h[electronic resource]
The unique knowledge that teachers possess Shulman called pedagogical content knowledge or PCK. In the following 25 years many scholars have conceptualised PCK, and only recently, with an international PCK Summit, have attempts been made to consolidate this field. South Africa’s primary and …
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The use of a short-cycle formative assessment observation protocol to investigate alignment between a secondary science teacher's beliefs and practices : a narrative inquiry study.
Many secondary science educators within the United States describe a feeling of disconnect between their teaching beliefs and instructional practices. Whether dissonance stems from high-stakes testing or contention among colleagues regarding best instructional practices, this tension can influence …
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From Dichotomy to Continuum: Linking the Recruitment and Retention of Science Teachers
… minority communities, struggle to find qualified science teachers to fill vacancies, a situation that has been further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This science teacher shortage is caused by a combination of low levels of recruitment into the profession and high levels of attrition from …
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Fa’afatāmanu talafeagai mo lesona fa’asaienisi: O le tu’ualalo mo a’oga a faia’oga saienisi fa’aōliōli. A culturally appropriate formative assessment in science lessons: Implications for initial science teacher education.
This study set out to find the views of Samoan teachers on formative assessment and to document any cultural aspects of the fa’aSamoa (or Samoan culture) that could hinder the use of formative assessment in science classrooms. In addition, the research was also an opportunity for professional …
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