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Guoyuan Sang Martin Valcke Johan van Braak Chang Zhu Jo Tondeur Kailian Yu 《Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education》2012,40(4):363-378
The present study aims to challenge primary school science teachers' beliefs about education and teaching efficacy, as well as their teaching practices, through a video-case-based intervention programme in a Chinese educational setting. A total of 46 in-service teachers were involved in this study (experimental group = 23, control group = 23). Pre- and post-intervention surveys were administered to examine possible changes in the participants' beliefs about education and science teaching efficacy. Video data were gathered through classroom observations of 9 participants from the experimental group and 9 participants from the control group. The results of one-way analysis of covariance indicate that the reported post-intervention beliefs of teachers who participated in the programme differed significantly from their pre-intervention beliefs. More specifically, teachers in the experimental groups reported fewer traditional and more constructivist beliefs after the intervention, as well as stronger personal science teaching efficacy beliefs. One exception included beliefs about science teaching outcome expectancy. The video data showed that teaching practices became more constructivist in terms of both practical activities and student ICT use. 相似文献
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This study investigated the extent to which teacher professional development led to changes in science instruction in K-2
classrooms in rural school districts. The research specifically examined changes in (a) teachers’ content knowledge in science;
(b) teachers’ self-efficacy related to teaching science; (c) classroom instructional time allotted to science; and (d) instructional
strategies used in science. The study also investigated contextual factors contributing to or hindering changes in science
instruction. Data sources included a teacher survey, a self-efficacy assessment, content knowledge tests, interviews, and
classroom observations. After one year in the program, teachers showed increased content knowledge and self-efficacy in teaching
science; they spent more instructional time on science and began using different instructional strategies. Key contextual
factors included curricular demands, resources, administrative support, and support from other teachers. 相似文献
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In this study, we present the long-term influence of an after school science practicum associated with an elementary science methods course. The practicum or field experience could be considered a community-based service learning programme as it is situated both within and for the community. Study participants included eight third- and fifth-grade teachers who had participated in elementary science methods courses; four of these teachers participated in the after school teaching practicum while four participants experienced a more traditional observation-based elementary science practicum. All of these teachers were in their second or third year teaching which was 3–4 years after taking the methods course. Investigation methods included questionnaires, field observations and semi-structured, individual interviews. Teachers more regularly utilised reform-based teaching strategies and cited the after school teaching practicum as preparing them to use these strategies in their own classrooms. All teachers exhibited a growth mindset to some degree, but the after school practicum participants did demonstrate a wider use of reformed-based teaching strategies and a higher growth mindset. Elementary teachers perceive risk associated with these key aspects of instruction: (1) managing instruction and classroom management, (2) teaching science through guided inquiry, and (3) overcoming adoptions in other ‘mandated’ curriculum like math and reading. 相似文献
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Anderson Hassell Norton Andrea McCloskey 《Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education》2008,11(4):285-305
The challenge that we address concerns teachers’ shifts toward student-centered instruction. We report on a yearlong professional
development study in which two United States elementary school teachers engaged in a teaching experiment, as described by
Steffe and Thompson (in: Lesh and Kelly (eds) Research on design in mathematics and science education, 2000). The teaching
experiment involved close mathematical interactions with a pair of students after school, in the context of solving fractions
tasks. By conducting a teaching experiment, we anticipated that each teacher would have more opportunity to develop insight
into students’ mathematics. We also anticipated that these insights would influence the teachers’ classroom practice, even
without explicit support for such a shift. Indeed, the teachers found that they began asking more probing questions of their
students and spending more time listening to students’ explanations, but shifts to classroom practice were limited by constraining
factors such an inflexible curriculum. 相似文献
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This study examined how instructional challenges presented by gifted students shaped teachers’ instructional strategies. This
study is a qualitative research grounded in a social constructivist framework. The participants were three high school science
teachers who were teaching identified gifted students in both heterogeneously- and homogeneously-grouped classrooms. Major
data sources are classroom observations and interviews. Data analysis indicated that these science teachers developed content-specific
teaching strategies based on their understanding of gifted students, including: (a) instructional differentiation, e.g., thematic
units, (b) variety in instructional mode and/or students’ products, (c) student grouping strategies and peer tutoring, (d)
individualized support, (e) strategies to manage challenging questions, (f) strategies to deal with the perfectionism, and
(g) psychologically safe classroom environments. 相似文献
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Ozgul Yilmaz-Tuzun 《Journal of Science Teacher Education》2008,19(2):183-204
In this study, a Beliefs About Teaching (BAT) scale was created to examine preservice elementary science teachers’ self-reported
comfort level with both traditional and reform-based teaching methods, assessment techniques, classroom management techniques,
and science content. Participants included 166 preservice teachers from three different US universities. Analyses revealed
significant correlations among participants’ confidence level with assessment techniques, classroom management, teaching methods,
and science content and number of science methods and science content courses taken. A significant difference was observed
among the students enrolled at each university. Overall, study participants felt more comfortable teaching biology concepts
than teaching chemistry concepts, physics concepts, or both. 相似文献
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This study explored the effects that the incorporation of nature of science (NoS) activities in the primary science classroom
had on children’s perceptions and understanding of science. We compared children’s ideas in four classes by inviting them
to talk, draw and write about what science meant to them: two of the classes were taught by ‘NoS’ teachers who had completed
an elective nature of science (NoS) course in the final year of their Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) degree. The ‘non-NoS’ teachers
who did not attend this course taught the other two classes. All four teachers had graduated from the same initial teacher
education institution with similar teaching grades and all had carried out the same science methods course during their B.Ed
programme. We found that children taught by the teachers who had been NoS-trained developed more elaborate notions of nature
of science, as might be expected. More importantly, their reflections on science and their science lessons evidenced a more
in-depth and sophisticated articulation of the scientific process in terms of scientists “trying their best” and “sometimes
getting it wrong” as well as “getting different answers”. Unlike children from non-NoS classes, those who had engaged in and
reflected on NoS activities talked about their own science lessons in the sense of ‘doing science’. These children also expressed
more positive attitudes about their science lessons than those from non-NoS classes. We therefore suggest that there is added value in including NoS activities in the primary science curriculum in that they seem to help children make sense of science and
the scientific process, which could lead to improved attitudes towards school science. We argue that as opposed to considering
the relevance of school science only in terms of children’s experience, relevance should include relevance to the world of
science, and NoS activities can help children to link school science to science itself. 相似文献
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This paper describes a mixed-methods case study of a national reform of College English teaching in China which called for
the integration of ICT (information and communication technology) into English classroom teaching and self-access learning.
The study examined ICT implementation of the national reform in a specific tertiary institution from the perspectives of ICT
use in language education and ICT-related policies and practices for EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teachers. The findings
indicated that the reform had represented a challenge for teachers, who were expected to adapt to technologically-enhanced
teaching materials, embrace student-centred classroom teaching and guide students’ autonomous learning in ICT settings. Constraints
included insufficient ICT facilities, teachers’ limited ICT skills and pedagogic expertise; and lack of effective communication
networks and inadequate technical support and ICT-related training also hindered the smooth ICT implementation of the reform.
Implications for national and institutional policy-making are discussed. 相似文献
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Using Scientists and Real-World Scenarios in Professional Development for Middle School Science Teachers 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Middle school science teachers were involved in a problem-solving experience presented and guided by research scientists.
Data on the teachers’ perspectives about this professional development and any impact it may have had on their teaching practices
were collected through interviews, surveys, and classroom observations. The findings show that the professional development
experience was positive, although one concern expressed by teachers was their lack of understanding of the scientists’ vocabulary.
Using scientists and real-world scenarios was shown to be an effective strategy for encouraging middle school teachers to
teach science as a process and help them strengthen their science content understanding. 相似文献
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HyunJu Park Peter W. Hewson John Lemberger Robin D. Marion 《Research in Science Education》2010,40(5):717-741
One strategy for implementing learner-centered teaching is through the preparation of teachers and their induction into the
profession. This article presents case studies of three secondary science teachers that follow them from their science teacher
education program that advocated teaching for conceptual change as one approach to learner-centered teaching into their first
years of teaching. The article’s purpose is to describe the teachers’ initial conceptions of teaching science carried over
from their teacher preparation program, and how they integrated those conceptions with the environmental influences of their
classrooms and schools to produce praxis. Data were collected from the participants in several different ways during the participants’
pre-service year and during their first year or two of teaching: Observation of the participants’ teaching; related interviews
with participants; and their action research journals. As they approached the end of their first or second year of teaching,
all three teachers demonstrated increased levels of confidence in their teaching competence, both in their classroom performance
and their places in their departments and schools. None of them had, however, fully implemented conceptual change teaching
approach that was the specific goal of their teacher preparation program. 相似文献
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The first part of this study was carried out in a primary school in a rural part of Wales in the United Kingdom. All classrooms
were equipped with interactive whiteboards (IWBs) linked to a teacher’s computer and six PCs for pupil use. Teaching through
ICT was the prevalent culture in the school. Thirty year six pupils [aged 10–11 years] were selected at random from the final
year cohort and were interviewed to determine their views about school science and their views about the teaching methods
employed. The pupils moved to a medium sized secondary school where the teachers were beginning to develop their ICT skills
and the availability of the computers was limited. The group was re-interviewed after 3 months, once they had settled in to
their new school, and were again asked their views about school science and the way it was taught. While in the primary school,
pupils expected to use ICT in every lesson, they enjoyed the way information was presented and they were interested in finding
things out for themselves when given the opportunity. The lack of ICT in the secondary school caused some frustration, but
this was mostly with the teaching of ICT, and the group remained predominantly enthusiastic about science. Those who were
less keen on science indicated that it was a teacher factor rather than anything to do with the resources being used. In general
the pupils particularly enjoyed the practical aspects of science lessons, something that they had not experienced in the primary
school, which compensated for the relative lack of ICT in science teaching. 相似文献
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Kathy Jordan 《The Australian Educational Researcher》2011,38(4):417-431
It is well over 20 years since information and communication technologies (ICT) was first included as part of a future vision
for Australia’s schools. Since this time numerous national policies have been developed, which collectively articulate an
official discourse in support of a vision for ICT to be embedded in our schools, and routinely used by ‘digital’ learners
and ‘competent’ teachers alike. The purpose of this paper is to critique how ICT, teachers and learners are positioned in
this vision by an analysis of national school-education ICT policies from 1989 to the present day, including the National
Goals of Schooling policies, the Learning in an Online World suite of policies, several Ministerial Statements relating to
ICT and the recent A Digital Education Revolution policy. This paper suggests that determinist views of technology and a utopian
vision underpin these representations, which creates a flawed, future vision for ICT in school education and its use by teachers
and learners. 相似文献
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Virginia L. J. Bolshakova Carla C. Johnson Charlene M. Czerniak 《Cultural Studies of Science Education》2011,6(4):961-997
In the United States today, urban schools serve the majority of high-poverty and high minority populations including large
numbers of Hispanic students. While many Hispanic students perform below grade level in middle school science, the science
teaching community as a whole is lacking elements of diversity as teachers struggle to meet the needs of all learners. Researchers
have recognized that science teacher effectiveness, one consequence of self-efficacy among teachers, is associated with future
science achievement and science-related careers of their students. This qualitative study explores how three science teachers’
effectiveness in the classroom impacts students’ science self-efficacy beliefs at one urban middle school. Hispanic students
were the focus of this investigation due to demographics and history of underperformance within this district. Teachers’ perspectives,
as well as outside observer evaluations of instructional strategies and classroom climates were triangulated to explore dynamics
that influence students’ interests and motivation to learn science using a framework to link teachers’ sense of efficacy (focusing
on student outcomes). Findings suggest the impact teacher effectiveness can have on student outcomes, including strengthened
student science self-efficacy and increased science achievement. Building awareness and support in teachers’ sense of efficacy,
as well as developing respectful and supportive relationships between educator/facilitator and pupil during the transition
to middle school may construct permanence and accomplishment for all in science. 相似文献
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Teaching and Learning Physics in a 1:1 Laptop School 总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0
1:1 laptop programs, in which every student is provided with a personal computer to use during the school year, permit increased
and routine use of powerful, user-friendly computer-based tools. Growing numbers of 1:1 programs are reshaping the roles of
teachers and learners in science classrooms. At the Denver School of Science and Technology, a public charter high school
where a large percentage of students come from low-income families, 1:1 laptops are used often by teachers and students. This
article describes the school’s use of laptops, the Internet, and related digital tools, especially for teaching and learning
physics. The data are from teacher and student surveys, interviews, classroom observations, and document analyses. Physics
students and teachers use an interactive digital textbook; Internet-based simulations (some developed by a Nobel Prize winner);
word processors; digital drop boxes; email; formative electronic assessments; computer-based and stand-alone graphing calculators;
probes and associated software; and digital video cameras to explore hypotheses, collaborate, engage in scientific inquiry,
and to identify strengths and weaknesses of students’ understanding of physics. Technology provides students at DSST with
high-quality tools to explore scientific concepts and the experiences of teachers and students illustrate effective uses of
digital technology for high school physics. 相似文献
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Seyum Tekeher Getenet Kim Beswick Rosemary Callingham 《Education and Information Technologies》2016,21(1):19-34
In Ethiopia, primary school teachers of science and mathematics are encouraged to integrate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) into their teaching as a means to improve the quality of education. However, there has not been the same emphasis placed on providing professional learning opportunities for teachers on how to use ICT in their teaching. The present study investigated how a group of practising primary school science and mathematics teachers developed the skills needed to integrate ICT into their teaching. The study employed a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods within an action research approach. The teachers took part in activities from a Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK) based professional learning workshop, including designing lessons, classroom instruction, and reflection activities in teams. A lesson evaluation sheet, questionnaire, observation checklist, and logbook were used to gather data. The results showed that the teachers acquired an improved competency to integrate available ICT into their teaching through the intervention activities. 相似文献
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Marina Papastergiou 《Education and Information Technologies》2011,16(3):281-299
The increasing importance that Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have been gaining for Physical Education (PE)
and sports pedagogy has generated the need to prepare ICT-proficient prospective PE teachers within PE and sport science university
departments. This study was aimed at: (a) the design and implementation of two project-based elective courses on ICT in education
(entitled ‘Informatics in Education’ and ‘Computers in Physical Education Teaching’) for the undergraduate students of a PE
and sport science department, and (b) the investigation of students’ responses to the courses and instructor’s experiences
from organizing and imparting the courses. The courses were focused on educational multimedia and web development for PE.
Twenty-three students that had attended ‘Informatics in Education’ and 13 students that had attended ‘Computers in Physical
Education Teaching’ participated in the study. Research data were collected through student questionnaires and instructor’s
notes. It was found that students were helped to acquire basic multimedia and web development skills for educational purposes,
and that their responses to the courses were positive overall. The courses fulfilled students’ expectations and were successful
in equipping students with self-confidence in their ability to make use of ICT in PE courses and to construct multimedia and
web-based learning materials. Furthermore, students were provided with opportunities to express their creativity and improve
their future instructional practices. However, the study also brought to light the various difficulties and challenges of
training prospective PE teachers in the didactical utilization of ICT at undergraduate level. 相似文献
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Al-Abdali Nasser S. Al-Balushi Sulaiman M. 《International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education》2015,14(2):251-268
This classroom observation study explored how science teachers (N = 22) teach for creativity in grades 5–10 in Oman. We designed an observation form with 4 main categories that targeted the instructional practices related to teaching for creativity: questioning strategy, teacher’s responses to students’ ideas, classroom activities to support creativity, and whole-lesson methods that foster creativity. An open-ended survey was also designed to explore participants’ justifications for their instructional decisions and practices. The findings indicate that the overall level of teaching for creativity was low and that participants’ performance was the highest for teacher’s responses to students’ ideas category and the lowest for classroom activities to support creativity category. We observed that a teacher-centered approach with instructional practices geared toward preparing students for examinations was dominant and that these science teachers were bound to the textbook, following cookbook-style activities. Participants believed that they did not have enough time to cover the content and teach for creativity and that they were not prepared to teach for creativity. Based on these findings, we recommend that programs be developed to prepare science teachers to teach for creativity.
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Michail Kalogiannakis 《Education and Information Technologies》2010,15(1):3-17
The introduction of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) presents new challenges for teachers and often meets
with their belief that ICT, as well as other changes present a factor, which can cause several changes in school. Although
there have been many education reforms regarding teachers’ training policy in recent years and the number of training programs
has been increased, they have not been able to satisfy teachers’ needs to a substantial degree. In this research the results
from an exploratory study conducted within the framework of a national training programme in Greece on ICT known as "In-service
teacher training in the use of ICT in Education" are presented. Based on a specially constructed questionnaire intended for
the educators, this research elicits teachers’ attitudes towards this programme. Some of the main results point out the preparedness
of these teachers to use ICT in the daily school practice. Furthermore, they expressed their wish for further in-training
programmes concerning the pedagogical development of the ICT use in class practice. 相似文献