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Post-primary science teachers in Victoria were asked to express views about primary science curriculum design and implementation.
They were also asked about the value of continuity between primary and post-primary science education. The post-primary teachers
generally had favourable attitudes to primary science education and considered that cooperation would be useful-though it
is not common at the moment. However, the data revealed a considerable range of opinion. Post-primary science teachers' views
about primary science curriculum are similar to those of primary teachers themselves, but many post-primary teachers would
place more emphasis on formal or textbook knowledge. Post-primary teachers see a number of systemic problems in implementing
primary science education but their positive perceptions suggest the value of encouraging more structured links. The notion
of continuity across the two sectors was well supported.
Specializations: science education policy and practice, teacher education, school effectiveness.
Specializations: science education, teacher education in science. 相似文献
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Mr Ken Appleton 《Research in Science Education》1992,22(1):11-19
There has been renewed debate in recent years about the relatively poor science discipline background knowledge of primary
and preschool teachers, and their lack of confidence to teach science stemming from this. A reaction from teacher educators,
such as recommended by theDiscipline Review of Teacher Education in Mathematics and Science Report, has been to provide more explicit science discipline units in pre-service teacher education courses. However, a few
studies have cast some doubt on the notion that more science discipline studies (Skamp, 1989; Stepans & McCormack, 1985).
This paper reports on pre-service students' perceptions of their cofidence to teach science before and after a science education
unit adapted from the PECSTEP work (Kirkwood, Bearlin & Hardy, 1989), which included only a small amount of physical science,
and took an explicit gender approach emphasising the students as learners.
Specializations: primary teacher education, teaching strategies in science. 相似文献
3.
Mr David Tulip Mr David O'Connell Ms Lorraine English 《Research in Science Education》1994,24(1):331-337
A study of students from a primary school and its local secondary school was conducted to investigate students' relative interests
in geology and biology during the years prior to Year 10. Students from Years 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 were interviewed, using an
innovative interview technique, and results show that interest in both subjects appears to be fairly evenly distributed throughout
all years. This paper reports on the study conducted and illustrates the success of the interview technique developed to accommodate
all students, especially those from younger year levels.
Specializations: science teacher education, biology teacher education.
Specializations: economic geology, mineralogy, geological education.
Specializations: primary science education. 相似文献
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Carmel McNaught Dianne Raubenheimer Margaret Keogh Rob O'Donoghue Jim Taylor 《Research in Science Education》1992,22(1):291-298
This paper describes an ongoing process of participatory curriculum development. It outlines some of the tensions which need
to be explored in science curriculum development: debates about the nature of science, of society, of school science content
and of learning theories. The process whereby action can arise from this debate is also explored. An example will be outlined
of a network of science curriculum action which has developed from the work of a range of science education projects in Natal,
South Africa.
Specializations: science curriculum development from primary to tertiary level.
Specializations: inservice primary science teacher development.
Specializations: inservice teacher development, biology education.
Specializations: environmental education, teacher development.
Specializations: environmental education, teacher development. 相似文献
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Alison Grindrod Andrea Klindworth Dr. Marjory-Dore Martin Russell Tytler 《Research in Science Education》1991,21(1):151-160
In 1990, a large proportion of third year primary trainee teachers at Victoria College had observed or taught very few or
no science lessons during the first two years of their course. The students felt that a lack of content knowledge, a crowded
school curriculum, and problems associated with managing resources and equipment, were the main factors contributing to the
low level of science being taught in schools. By the end of their third year significantly more students had taught science
than after the second year. There was also a change in approach to teaching science with more practical activities being included
than previously. The science method unit taught to the students in the third year of their course contributed to this increase.
The students considered the hands-on activities in class to have been the most effective aspect of the unit in their preparation
for the teaching of primary science.
Specializations: children's learning in science, primary teacher education.
Specializations: student understanding of biology, evaluation of formal and informal educational settings.
Specializations: gender, science and technology, environmental education.
Specializations: children's learning in science, language and science. 相似文献
6.
This paper reports an empirical study of science education in Australian primary schools. The data show that, while funding
is seen as a major determinant of what is taught and how it is taught, teacher-confidence and teacher-knowledge are also important
variables. Teachers are most confident with topics drawn from the biological sciences, particularly things to do with plants.
With this exception there is no shared body of science education knowledge that could be used to develop a curriculum for
science education. There was evidence that most teachers see a need for a hands-on approach to primary science education involving
the use of concrete materials. A substantial proportion of teachers agree that some of the problems would be alleviated by
having a set course together with simple, prepared kits containing sample learning experiences. Any such materials must make
provision for individual teachers to capitalise on critical teaching incidents as they arise and must not undermine the professional
pride that teachers have in their work.
Specializations: science education, school effectiveness, teacher education
Specializations: science education, teacher education in science 相似文献
7.
This paper relates to a study commissioned by the Department of Employment, Education and Training to evaluate the impact
of the Discipline Review of Teacher Education in Mathematics and Science. The major datagathering strategies employed in that
study have been to visit every higher education institution in Australia involved in teacher education to interview relevant
staff and to seek information by mail from other bodies to whom recommendations of the Review were addressed. This paper reports
a supplementary activity, the analysis of citations of the Report of the Discipline Review in the journal of the Australasian
Science Education Research Association,Research in Science Education. This research reveals that there has been relatively little critical analysis of the Review, somewhat surprising in the
light of its significance for science teacher education. Further the citations in the journal suggest that the Review Report
has struck a responsive chord with those involved in the science education of primary school teachers. Its impact on secondary
teacher education would appear to be less significant. This difference is explored in the context of professional education.
Specializations: science education, teacher education.
Specializations: international education, educational measurement, science education. 相似文献
8.
Dr Denis Goodrum MS Judith Cousins Dr Adrianne Kinnear 《Research in Science Education》1992,22(1):163-169
The study attempts to identify the factors which affect teacher's reluctance to teach science, then explains an approach to
help teachers teach science in a worthwhile manner over the school year while monitoring any changes in their confidence and
competence. It was found that the condidence and competence of the teachers improved during the year such that they were able
to teach successful science lessons on a regular basis.
Specializations: primary science and technology education, curriculum development and implementation, teacher education.
Specializations: primary science curriculum, early childhood education, gender and science.
Specializations: primary science and technology education, issues related to girls in science and technology. 相似文献
9.
Dr. Campbell J. McRobbie Dr. Barry J. Fraser Dr. Geoffrey J. Giddings 《Research in Science Education》1991,21(1):244-252
Existing instruments in classroom environment research have limitations when subgroups are investigated or case studies of
individual students conducted. This study reports the validation and development of a personal form of the Science Laboratory
Environment Inventory which is better suited to such studies. Further, systematic differences between scores on the class
and personal forms of the instrument are reported along with comparisons of their associations with inquiry skill and attitudinal
outcomes.
Specializations: Science education, Preservice science teacher education.
Specializations: Learning environments, science education, educational evaluation, curriculum.
Specializations: Curriculum, science education, science laboratory teaching. 相似文献
10.
Beverley Jane Associate Professor Marjory-Dore Martin Russell Tytler 《Research in Science Education》1991,21(1):188-197
A study of primary teacher trainees' perceptions and attitudes to science in 1990, has been useful in designing a semester
unit aimed at increasing the confidence and interest of first year students at Victoria College. This paper outlines the background
survey and discusses some, of the results and how they were used to develop the Professional Readiness Study-Understanding
Science. This unit attempts to change attitudes by focussing on metacognition and encourages students to understand and control
their own learning. Discussion involves teaching and learning strategies and alternative assessment approaches including the
student's journal-the Personal Record.
Specializations: technology for learning, health education.
Specializations student understanding of biology, particularly genetics, evaluation.
Specializations: children's learning in science, language in science. 相似文献
11.
The potential of informal sources of science learning to supplement and interact with formal classroom science is receiving
increasing recognition and attention in the research literature. In this study, a phenomenographic approach was used to determine
changes in levels of understanding of 27 grade 7 primary school children as a result of a visit to an interactive science
centre. The results showed that most students did change their levels of understanding of aspects of the concept “sound”.
The study also provides information which will be of assistance to teachers on the levels of understanding displayed by students
on this concept.
Specializations: informal science learning, science curriculum
Specializations: science education, science teacher education, conceptual change, learning environments. 相似文献
12.
Jane Butler Kahle Ph.D. Andrea Anderson M.A.T. Arta Damnjanovic M.S. 《Research in Science Education》1991,21(1):208-216
A study, originally don in Australia in 1983, was replicated in an urban-suburb in the Unitd States. The Australian project
vivolved matched pairs of year-fiv teachers in one of two workshops. One workshop taught the skills of teaching electricity,
while the other one discussed issues in gender equity in science education (active participation of both girls and boys, comparble
student-teacher interactions, and research findings concerning equity). The U.S. study provided three types of workshops (skills,
equity and skills, and equity) for comparable groups of fourth and fifth grade teachers. All teachers and their students were
subsequently obseved during lessons involving an electricity unit, queried both students and teachers concerning the appropriateness
of different fields of science for boys and girls and their interest and aptitudes in doing various types of science. Results
from both studies suggest that gender differences in student attitudes toward science may be amellorated by specific types
of teacher workshop.
Specializations: Gender research, science teacher education, science education national policy.
Specializations: Elementary and middle school science education, classroom research.
Specializations: Secondary science education, data analysis. 相似文献
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This paper describes research into teachers' perceptions of technology education carried out as part of the Learning in Technology
Education Project. Thirty primary and secondary school teachers were interviewed. Secondary teachers interpreted technology
education in terms of their subject subcultures as did some primary teachers. The primary teachers were also influenced by
current initiatives, outside school interests and teaching programs.
Specializations: investigations in science, science and technology education.
Specializations: learning theories, history and philosophy of science, chemical education. 相似文献
14.
What is written in reports to parents can provide insight into the perceptions of teachers of the various areas of the primary
school curriculum. This paper reports the first stage of a research project focussing on reports as a guide to teachers' views
of the relative importance of, and desired student outcomes in, key areas of the curriculum. Teacher comments in the end-of-the-year
reports in one primary school were analysed.
Specializations: science education, teacher education.
Specializations: science education, teacher education. 相似文献
15.
Dr. Srinivasiah Muralidhar 《Research in Science Education》1991,21(1):253-262
One of the issues identified in a recent study of science teaching and learning in Fiji's primary and secondary schools was
the problems faced by students in coping with scientific terminology, and in expressing ideas in their own words (Muralidhar,
1989). In this paper, some examples from the study are used to illustrate the extent of the problem and to discuss the implications
for teaching and learning science. It is argued that the quality of communication is an important factor in promoting the
understanding of science, especially when the main sources of information for the majority of students are the textbook and
the teacher.
Specializations: Science teacher education, curriculum in action, problem solving, curriculum evaluation, naturalistic research. 相似文献
16.
At a time when recruitment into preservice teacher education courses in mathematics and science is difficult, one strategy
to increase the number of graduates is to minimise the number of students who fail to complete their university courses. This
study sought to determine factors which distinguish withdrawers from persisters in the first semester of a B.Ed course. Discriminant
analysis was employed; a discriminant function employing seven factors resulted in correct classification in 81% of cases.
Further analysis distinguishing between dropouts and transferees resulted in two discriminant functions with some common variables.
Specializations: Science Education, Pedagogy.
Specializations: Science Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Metacognition 相似文献
17.
Garry Henderson 《Research in Science Education》1992,22(1):188-193
This paper describes a study involving second and third year primary Diploma of Teaching students. It considers their discipline
competence, their confidence in teaching particular topic areas and their views of the nature of science teaching in the classes
in which they were placed during teaching rounds. It then describes attempts made within the science curriculum course to
overcome particular problems.
Specializations: Science teacher education, the practicum. 相似文献
18.
Whilst there is general agreement that primary teachers have a rather limited understanding of science, as Symington and Mackay
(Note 1) have shown there is no universally accepted view amongst teacher educators in Victoria about the steps that need
to be taken to improve their subject matter competence in science. This paper addresses the issue by taking a topic which
is widely included in primary science programs, namely floating and sinking, and asking what knowledge primary teachers should
have to enable them to handle the topic in a primary classroom in a way consistent with constructivist ideas. The paper will
also address the issue of how that knowledge could be assessed.
Specializations: learning theories, history and philosophy of science, chemical education.
Specialization: primary school science. 相似文献
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Concern is increasingly being expressed about the teaching of higher order thinking skills in schools and the levels of understanding
of scientific concepts by students. Metaphors for the improvement of science education have included science as exploration
and science as process skills for experimentation. As a result of a series of studies on how children relate evidence to their
theories or beliefs, Kuhn (1993a) has suggested that changing the metaphor to science as argument may be a fruitful way to
increase the development of higher order thinking skills and understanding in science instruction. This report is of a case
study into the coordination of evidence and theories by a grade 7 primary school student. This student was not able to coordinate
these elements in a way that would enable her to rationally consider evidence in relation to her theories. It appeared that
the thinking skills associated with science as argument were similar for her in different domains of knowledge and context.
Specializations: science learning, scientific reasoning, learning environments, science teacher education.
Specializations: cognition, reasoning in science and mathermatics. 相似文献
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Despite the almost mandatory inclusion of a laboratory component in the school curriculum very little has been reported about
the effects of laboratory instruction upon student learning and attitudes. The present study was undertaken to investigate
the thinking of students in a chemistry laboratory. An interpretive research method was adopted in collecting and analysing
data gathered from observations, general interviews and stimulated recall interviews. Four high school students were studied
during their participation in a week-long university summer school program. This study reports how the four students responded
differently to the same laboratory experience.
Specializations: chemistry and biochemistry education, thinking in science and industry.
Specializations: science education, teacher learning and preparation, teaching thinking. 相似文献