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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Science teacher education"”.
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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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Development of environmental education guidelines for secondary science teacher education programmes in the Sudan's universities
… attempt to ascertain the 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 …
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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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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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Creando Maestros Científicos: Preparing Pre-Service Teachers to Teach Emergent Bi/Multilingual Students Science
Bilingual education takes many forms, but all forms are created to address the educational needs of emergent bi/multilingual students. These are students of all backgrounds, races, and ethnicities who are learning a new language in addition to academic content. Current research suggests that …
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The influence of self-efficacy beliefs and metacognitive prompting on genetics problem solving ability among high school students in Kenya
… foundation for instructional methods for biology teachers and recommendations are made for implementing metacognitive prompting in a problem-based learning environment in high schools and science teacher education programs in Kenya.
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ZAMBIAN PRE-SERVICE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERS' CHEMICAL REASONING AND ABILITY
… two-fold: examine junior high school pre-service science teachers' chemical reasoning; and establish the extent to which the pre-service science teachers' chemical abilities explain their chemical reasoning. A sample comprised 165 junior high school pre-service science teachers at Mufulira College …
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“Because I did what she told me to do.” Understanding the Identity Work of Elementary Students of Color in the Science Classroom and how a Teacher’s Positionality Impacts Student Learning
… elementary students of color constructed their science identities at a time in which the Next Generation Science Standards were taking root within their school’s science program. While the standards were developed under the paradigm of science being representative of a body of knowledge informed …
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Learning in a digitally connected classroom: Secondary science teachers’ pedagogical reasoning and practices
… of this research was therefore to investigate teachers’ pedagogically reasoned practice. This study involved three exemplary Australian secondary science teachers, renowned for their expertise in utilising ICT working in classrooms where students had school issued one-to-one computers and …
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SCIENCE TEACHERS’ UNDERSTANDING AND PRACTICE OF INQUIRY-BASED INSTRUCTION IN UGANDA
… school students in Uganda perform poorly in science subjects despite the Ugandan government’s efforts to train science teachers and build modern science laboratories in many public high schools. The poor performance of students in science subjects has been largely blamed on the inability by …
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Re-defining teacher education of primary teachers of science in Hong Kong
… as a lecturer in the Hong Kong Institute of Education with a responsibility to prepare student-teachers to teach science at the primary level. This study was conducted based on three concerns about science and science teacher education in Hong Kong. Firstly, there are concerns about the …
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An exploration of how models of teacher development and reflectivity interact: a multiple case study of secondary PGCE biology and chemistry beginning-teachers
This study explores two existing models of teacher development and learning: the teacher learning continuum of Wilson and Demetriou (2007) and the characteristics of reflective teachers of Korthagen and Wubbels (2010). I began this study through being intrigued at the different routes by which …
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Exploring the impact of postgraduate preservice primary science education on students’ self-efficacy
The effectiveness of science teaching in primary school is dependent upon teachers’ self-efficacy to teach science. Low self-efficacy has been linked to avoidance of teaching primary science; therefore, preservice teacher self-efficacy requires fostering to have graduates keen to teach primary …
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Onto-Ethico-Epistemological Expressions as/of/for Indigeneity: An Autoethnography of Professional Practice in Indigenous Thought, Body, Practice, and Science Education
This study investigated and explored how autoethnography influenced my understanding of professional practice through an Indigenous lens, leading to an understanding of decolonization. It aimed to explore decolonizing methodology using autoethnographic methods and to present a personal account of …
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Inquiry, Efficacy, and Science Education
… classrooms. Many secondary and post-secondary science instructors see the valuable link between students asking questions and the development of critical thinking. Inquiry-based instruction provides student opportunities to ask questions, design methods of investigation, gather information, and …