Pre-service teachers’ attempts at debating contemporary issues in science education: A case study from Botswana |
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| Authors: | Anthony T Koosimile Shanah M Suping |
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| Institution: | University of Botswana, Private Bag 00702, Gaborone, Botswana |
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| Abstract: | This paper constitutes an attempt to explore trends, issues and challenges that emerge when three different cohorts of pre-service teachers debate contemporary issues in science education at the University of Botswana. Apart from the author's experience of teaching the course, the impetus for this study also comes from a growing interest in the contemporary literature in the need for teachers who, in the context of globalization and knowledge economy, are ‘self-reforming’ through continually addressing the key issues of their profession. Unfortunately, the current situation is such that this burden of interrogation falls heaviest on teachers, despite their lack of skills in undertaking the task. |
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| Keywords: | Contemporary issues Science education Pre-service teachers Critical and reflective thinking constructivism Argumentation |
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