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Equity and what secondary science teachers bring to the classroom
The demographics of people working in science-based careers do not match the demographics of the larger society. In particular, people who self-identify as Hispanic are underrepresented among working scientists. One reason may be the influence of formal schooling and more specifically, the …
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California and Texas Secondary Science Teachers' Perceptions about climate change
Background: Science teachers’ perceptions about climate change can affect their instruction in the classroom. Teachers’ misconceptions about this topic can be problematic since scientifically inaccurate ideas may be transferred to their students. Purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate …
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Science, technology, and pedagogy: exploring secondary science teachers’ effective uses of technology.
… become inseparable from several areas, such as science. However, it has not been fully integrated into the field of education. The integration of technology in teaching and learning is still challenging even though there has been a historical growth of Internet access and available technology …
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Science practical work: what types of knowledge do secondary science teachers use?
The prominence of practical work in science curricula today infers that these activities offer unique learning experiences for achieving specific goals. Yet, but for a few exceptions, practical work in school science is often neglected and has not been effective in achieving the goals normally …
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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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How Do Secondary Science Teachers Understand and Implement Technological Design in Their Classrooms?
… phenomenological study examined how ten secondary science teachers from a variety of different schools around the country understand and implement technological design in their classrooms. The results of this study indicate that these teachers were drawn to the tenets of technological …
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The Role of the Science Supervisor as Perceived by Elementary and Secondary Science Teachers
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What Secondary Science Teachers Pay Attention to in the Classroom: Situating Teaching in Institutional and Social Systems
This study concerns the issue of secondary science teachers' attention. In particular, I consider if, how, and when science teachers attend to the substance of student thinking, which is called for by science education reform (NRC, 2007). Using a case study approach, and drawing on ethnographic …
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Preservice and in-Service Consequences of an Elementary School Practicum for Prospective Secondary Science Teachers in Ctep
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A Case Study of Eight First-year Secondary Science Teachers in North Carolina: Problems, Issues and Behaviors
… of the major problems confronting first-year secondary science teachers; (2) list supportive practices supplied by the school-based administration and district-wide programs for first-year secondary science teachers; and (3) describe problems of socialization confronting first-year secondary …
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The development of summative assessment literacy: An exploration of the experiences of beginner secondary science teachers in New Zealand
… effective pedagogy. In the New Zealand context, secondary teachers are responsible for summative assessment within their own classrooms and for summative assessment that contributes to standards-based high stakes school leaving qualifications for students. For this they need high levels of …
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THERE’S A METHOD TO MY MADNESS: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF SECONDARY SCIENCE TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION AND PLANNING OF INQUIRY IN URBAN SECONDARY CLASSROOMS
There has been a declining interest in science by adolescents as they mature in the American school system (Anderman & Young, 1994). Inquiry-based teaching is a supported practice with the aim of shifting science teaching to better engage students. This study offers a qualitative analysis of …
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Teacher Perceptions of Inquiry and STEM Education in Bangladesh
This dissertation reports lower secondary science teachers perceptions of current practice in Dhaka, Bangladesh concerning inquiry and STEM Education in order to establish a baseline of data for reform of science education in Bangladesh. Bangladesh has been trying to incorporate inquiry-based …
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The Next Generation and Texas Science: Life Science Teacher’s Use of Literacy and Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Assessing Students’ Abilities to Engage in Science Practices, A Three Article Dissertation
… dissertation investigates the connection between science education and disciplinary literacy as an avenue to promote students’ proficiency of scientific practices. To do this, a progressive three-article dissertation format was followed to complete a qualitative evidence synthesis of three NSTA …
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Exploring Science Teacher's Concerns and Self-Efficacy Toward Implementing Engineering Practices in Science Education
Exploring Science Teacher's Concerns and Self-Efficacy Toward Implementing Engineering Practices in Science Education Angela Sanders Morris Scholarly Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the levels of concern and self-efficacy held by Virginia secondary science teachers regarding the …
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The Nature Of Scientific Explanation (NOSE): Using a philosophically guided framework to examine the nature and quality of scientific explanations constructed by freshman college students, science teachers, and practicing scientists
… interest not only to philosophers, but also to science educators as is clearly evident in the emphasis given to K-12 students’ construction of explanations in current national science education reform efforts – the Next Generation Science Standards NGSS (NGSS Lead States, 2013). Nonetheless, …
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Reform-Based Science Teaching: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Explaining Variation in Secondary Science Teacher Practice
… to understand 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, …
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